Just a thought. Is mimedefang running as user "defang"?
If so, is that user a member of the "mail" group (12 in your case)? Hope this helps. On Wednesday 08 March 2006 09:51, Lisa Casey wrote: > Hi Ben, > > > Check the permissions and mode bits of the directory... > > > > then compare that to what user your sendmail system is running as and if > > that user has > > rwx access to the dir. > > That's one of the first things I looked at, and I don't see where the > problem is. In sendmail.cf I have: > > # default UID (can be username or userid:groupid) > O DefaultUser=8:12 > > In my password file, this is the user mail: > > mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/sbin/nologin > > I have this commented out in sendmail.cf: > > # what user id do we assume for the majority of the processing? > #O RunAsUser=sendmail > > Permissions on /var/spool/clientmqueue are as follows: > > drwxrwx--- 2 mail mail 4096 Feb 28 13:13 clientmqueue > > The error message I am seeing looks to me like it's complaining about the > defang user not having permission to access /var/spool/mqueue and I'm > pretty certain that the defang user shouldn't be the owner of > /var/spool/clientmqueue > > Mar 8 09:11:21 Raydeus-Dee mimedefang-multiplexor[737]: Slave 0 stderr: > can not chdir(/var/spool/clientmqueue/): Permission denied > Mar 8 09:11:21 Raydeus-Dee sendmail[17956]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(defang): can > not chdir(/var/spool/clientmqueue/): Permission denied > > I think maybe my thinking is screwey here? What might I have overlooked? > > Lisa Casey > > > _______________________________________________ > NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above > message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. > > Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com > MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] > http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang -- Larry G. Starr - [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Engineer: Full Compass Systems LTD. Phone: 608-831-7330 x 1347 FAX: 608-831-6330 =================================================================== There are only three sports: bullfighting, mountaineering and motor racing, all the rest are merely games! - Ernest Hemmingway _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
