I don't know why I seem to be the only one crying about these odd problems. Here's the output from a 'make install-strip':
# make install-strip make AM_INSTALL_PROGRAM_FLAGS=-s install make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/qmail/qmailadmin-1.0' make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/qmail/qmailadmin-1.0' make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/qmail/qmailadmin-1.0' /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /home/httpd/cgi-bin chown vpopmail /home/httpd/cgi-bin/qmailadmin chgrp vchkpw /home/httpd/cgi-bin/qmailadmin chmod u+s,g+s /home/httpd/cgi-bin/qmailadmin /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/qmailadmin/ /usr/bin/install -c -s qmailadmin /home/httpd/cgi-bin/qmailadmin /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/qmailadmin//html cp -R html/* /usr/local/share/qmailadmin//html /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /home/httpd/html/images /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /home/httpd/html/images/qmailadmin cp -R images/* /home/httpd/html/images/qmailadmin make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/qmail/qmailadmin-1.0' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/qmail/qmailadmin-1.0' make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/qmail/qmailadmin-1.0' So, what's the problem? the chown, chgrp and chown is done _before_ the install. I've no idea how standard install is, but how about replacing: chown vpopmail /home/httpd/cgi-bin/qmailadmin chgrp vchkpw /home/httpd/cgi-bin/qmailadmin chmod u+s,g+s /home/httpd/cgi-bin/qmailadmin /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/qmailadmin/ /usr/bin/install -c -s qmailadmin /home/httpd/cgi-bin/qmailadmin with: /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/qmailadmin/ /usr/bin/install -g vchkpw -o vpopmail -m 6755 -c -s qmailadmin /home/httpd/cgi-bin/qmailadmin I think that will do it. Works on linux and freebsd....
