At 10:31 07/01/2003 -0500, Haines Brown wrote: >> I remember doing an :include: statement for a mate and we found that >> 777 permissions on the file were OK but the directory must be set >> correctly. I seem to remember it couldn't have root ownership. >> >> Check the sendmail faq at: >> http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section3.html#3.33 > >Thanks, Carl. I took at look at the document and checked ownership and >permissions, but it looks like I'm ok. > >I've an :include that points to ~/aliases/test.aliases, but I get the >following error when using it: > > Cannot open /home/brownh/aliases/test.aliases: Permission denied. > >The alias directory is owned by brownh and is rwx------. The >test.aliases file is also owned by brownh and is rw-------. I believe >this satisfies the permission requirements defined in the document. > >I have a vague sense that my problem arose when I upgraded >sendmail. At the same time I began to get messed up headers so that a >simple Reply to this message is sometimes sent to the invalid address >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > >Haines >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
I spoke to my mate and we put his lists in a dir /etc/mail/lists with owner and group of root and permissions of 755 and the files themselves are again root owner/group with 777 permissions - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
