Hi,

Just a quick question

I just ran /etc/newaliases
Answer : > newaliases: cannot open /etc/aliases: Group writable file
but I put chmod 777 newaliases !?!!

Is there specific rights on it ??

Thanks

Steve <steve@everybody.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just a quick question
>
> I just ran /etc/newaliases
> Answer : > newaliases: cannot open /etc/aliases: Group writable file
> but I put chmod 777 newaliases !?!!
>
> Is there specific rights on it ??

Sendmail does not complain about "too restrictive" permissions.
Sendmail complains about "too broad" permissions.

Sendmail treats "too broad" permissions as a security risk
and *refuses* to process such file *for security reasons*.

chmod 744 aliases aliases.db

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Andrzej Adam Filip wrote:
> Steve <steve@everybody.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just a quick question
>>
>> I just ran /etc/newaliases
>> Answer : > newaliases: cannot open /etc/aliases: Group writable file
>> but I put chmod 777 newaliases !?!!
>>
>> Is there specific rights on it ??
>
> Sendmail does not complain about "too restrictive" permissions.
> Sendmail complains about "too broad" permissions.
>
> Sendmail treats "too broad" permissions as a security risk
> and *refuses* to process such file *for security reasons*.
>
> chmod 744 aliases aliases.db
>

Ah !! Good

Thanks, it even prefer 644 than 744
Thanks again

Andrzej Adam Filip schrieb:
>
> chmod 744 aliases aliases.db
>
Make that 644. Execute permission on the alias file doesn't make sense.

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