Lisa Casey wrote:
Yes, but what's causing the error state? Grep for the queue IDs to see the rest of the log lines associated with those emails. E.g., using an ID above:
grep j4CGvC6p068449 /var/log/maillog
I checked on this just now. When I first start mimedefang (and I do start it before I start Sendmail) I get errors like these in maillog:
# grep j4DE0G9C062329 maillog | more
May 13 10:00:16 radius sm-mta[62329]: j4DE0G9C062329: Milter (mimedefang): local
socket name /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.sock unsafe
May 13 10:00:16 radius sm-mta[62329]: j4DE0G9C062329: Milter (mimedefang): to er
ror state
[munch]
Thought so--it's a socket problem.
As far as the unsafe socket goes, here is my permissions on the path to the socket (/var/spool/MIMEDefang/)
drwxr-xr-x 18 root wheel 512 Apr 27 14:49 var drwxr-xr-x 13 root wheel 512 May 3 17:56 spool drwx------ 2 defang defang 512 May 13 10:12 MIMEDefang # cd MIMEDefang # ls -l total 4 -rw-r----- 1 defang defang 6 May 13 10:12 mimedefang-multiplexor.pid srw------- 1 defang defang 0 May 13 10:12 mimedefang-multiplexor.sock -rw-r----- 1 defang defang 6 May 13 10:12 mimedefang.pid srwxr-x--- 1 defang defang 0 May 13 10:12 mimedefang.sock
What did you do to make MD run as 'defang'? It should be running as the Sendmail user (usually 'mailnull') since Sendmail doesn't run as root. Otherwise, Sendmail won't be able to write to MD's socket.
cgreen:pumice1:/etc/mail# grep mailnull /etc/passwd mailnull:*:26:26:Sendmail Default User:/var/spool/mqueue:/usr/sbin/nologin
cgreen:pumice1:/etc/mail# grep -i defaultuser /etc/mail/sendmail.cf #O DefaultUser=mailnull
cgreen:pumice1:/etc/mail# grep -i user /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mimedefang.sh # Run the multiplexor and filters as this user, not root. RECOMMENDED MX_USER=mailnull
I'd suggest you review MD's startup script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d, change the MX_USER setting, stop MD, chown MD's directories in /var/spool to mailnull and then start up MD.
I suspect, however, that since the port nicely sets everything up to run as 'mailnull' for you, including making and chowning the /var/spool MD directories to mailnull, either you didn't use the port or you worked very hard at modifying the default port install to look like Linux or something. If the former, use the port. If the latter, you'll need to undo your changes.
What else can I look at (or show to the list)? I did find something yesterday that started a debug log of some sort in /var/log, the file is called mdefang-event-debug.log. Nothing in that log seems to jump out at me as being descriptive of a problem, but if it might be helpful I could post it. As an attachment? Are attachments allowed on this list?
Thanks, I really need to solve this. Mimedefang was a simple install on my old Redhat box but it's giving me a heck of a time on this FreeBSD box.
Setting up MD on FreeBSD is so simple, I usually feel spoiled. :-)
Install:
1) update ports (see the Handbook, but essentially 'cvsup /path/to/ports-supfile')
2) cd /usr/ports/mail/mimedefang
3) make install
Config Sendmail:
4) copy/paste the 2 .mc file lines that the post-install messages helpfully gives you into the /etc/mail/<HOSTNAME>.mc file
5) rebuild the .cf file. Easiest is with 'cd /etc/mail; make cf; make install'
Config MD startup:
6) review the MD startup file in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. The port will have already set MX_USER. You may need to copy mimedefang.sh-dist to mimedefang.sh.
Modify filter:
7) modify the filter in /usr/local/etc/mimedefang/mimedefang-filter as you like
Start everything up:
8) start up MD with '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mimedefang.sh start'. Review the maillog for errors.
9) restart Sendmail. Easiest is with 'cd /etc/mail; make restart-mta'. Review maillog for errors.
Done:
10) enjoy filtered mail goodness.
Of course anything is "simple" if you already know how to do it. ;-)
Craig. ------
Lisa
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