When installing sendmail (instead of postfix) in the default location of 
/usr/sbin/sendmail, the mail daemon doesn't start, only the queue 
handler.  Attempting to start the daemon by hand results in the 
following error:

huron:/usr/sbin # ./sendmail -bD -q15m
451 4.0.0 opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Permission denied
421 4.0.0 opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA: server SMTP socket wedged: exiting
huron:/usr/sbin #

When I move the sendmail binary to /usr/lib and make a symbolic link to 
/usr/sbin, it starts as expected, both on the command line and in the 
/etc/init.d/sendmail script.

It's only a minor inconvenience to start things this way, but it is an 
inconvenience.  I suspect that this is related to some sort of enhanced 
security on /usr/sbin.  The file system is reiserfs.

Does anyone know how to rectify this condition?

Thanks,

Scott


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