Mark Reis wrote: > Hello, > > Try 2.... > > We are getting in the process of upgrading our department to Redhat > 9.0. While I was in the process of testing our customized install, I > ran into problems with mail. This command works fine as root, but not > as a typical user. > > >> bash-2.04$ mail -v [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: test >> test >> . >> Cc: >> can not chdir(/var/spool/mqueue/): Permission denied Program > mode requires > special >privileges, e.g., root or TrustedUser.
The following cut/paste (see below) is from the sendmail SECURITY file which can be found if you download the sendmail tarball. I believe this addresses your problem. Steve Cowles -------------- cut/paste --------------- The default configuration starting with sendmail 8.12 uses one sendmail binary which acts differently based on operation mode and supplied options. sendmail must be a set-group-ID (default group: smmsp, recommended gid: 25) program to allow for queueing mail in a group-writable directory. Two .cf files are required: sendmail.cf for the daemon and submit.cf for the submission program. The following permissions should be used: -r-xr-sr-x root smmsp ... /PATH/TO/sendmail drwxrwx--- smmsp smmsp ... /var/spool/clientmqueue drwx------ root wheel ... /var/spool/mqueue -r--r--r-- root wheel ... /etc/mail/sendmail.cf -r--r--r-- root wheel ... /etc/mail/submit.cf [Notice: On some OS "wheel" is not used but "bin" or "root" instead ------------------------------------------------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
