Hi Danny, Thanks for the reply. I believe I did. To your knowledge, should the following work:
city.example.com# grep smmsp /etc/passwd smmsp:*:25:25:Sendmail Queue:/nonexistent:/nonexistent city.example.com# grep smmsp /etc/group smmsp:*:25: Or will the /nonexistent home directory and /nonexistent bogus shell entry cause problems? -- Steve Camp [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 07:47:12PM +0100, Danny Horne wrote: > Steve Camp was once thought to have said: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I am sending / posting this message to > > > > FreeBSD questions mailing list > > comp.mail.sendmail newsgroup > > sendmail mailing list > > possibly other comp.unix.bsd.* newsgroups > > > > I am quite stumped. Any and all help is welcomed. I will be working on this > > problem all day. Please feel free to contact me directly at '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > if you'd like to help me figure this puzzle out. > > > Did you create the smmsp user / group as part of the upgrade? Required from > 8.12.0 - > > 8.12.0/8.12.0 2001/09/08 > *NOTICE*: The default installation of sendmail does not use > set-user-ID root anymore. You need to create a new user and > a new group before installing sendmail (both called smmsp by > default). The installation process tries to install > /etc/mail/submit.cf and creates /var/spool/clientmqueue by > default. Please see sendmail/SECURITY for details. > > -- > To do is to be -- Nietzsche > To be is to do -- Sartre > Scooby do be do -- Scooby > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"