The key here may be the empty directory listing for /etc/smrsh: > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of John Espiro > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 3:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Mailman-Users] Cannot exec /etc/mail/smrsh: Permission > denied > > When I send a message to the mailing list I get: > > sm-mta[16327]: p0SJuInx016321: SYSERR(root): Cannot exec > /etc/mail/smrsh: Permission denied > Jan 28 19:56:22 sm-mta[16326]: p0SJuInx016321: > to="|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post LISTNAME", ctladdr=<ADDRESS> > (8/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=31689, > dsn=4.0.0, stat=Operating system error > > System: Ubuntu 10.10 Server 64bit > > I've read through this: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-install/node32.html > > grep smrsh /etc/mail/sendmail.cf > ##### $Id: smrsh.m4,v 8.14 1999/11/18 05:06:23 ca Exp $ ##### > Mprog, P=/etc/mail/smrsh, F=lsDFM > > smrsh is in: :/usr/lib/sm.bin > > In /usr/lib/sm.bin, I ran: ln -s /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman > mailman > In /etc/mail/smrsh, I ran: ln -s /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman > mailman > > > Still, the problem persists. I am sure this must be a permissions > issue, then again, maybe not. > > Other data: > uid=51(smmsp) gid=51(smmsp) groups=51(smmsp),45(sasl) > uid=103(smmta) gid=106(smmta) groups=106(smmta),45(sasl) > uid=8(mail) gid=8(mail) groups=8(mail) > > ls -la /etc/mail/smrsh > drwsr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-01-28 19:31 . > In the directory /etc/smrsh is actually empty, it means your command
ln -s /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman mailman didn't work. It may have failed silently. Try running it either as root or using sudo: while in /etc/smrsh: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman mailman That might fix it. JimP -- + --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- + | Jim Parker [email protected] | | Systems Engineer | | Society for Industrial & | | Applied Mathematics | | Philadelphia (267)350-6327 | + --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- + ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
