Subject: bin/5009: sendmail permissions wrong?
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@quick.com.au>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/18/1998 01:30:41
>Number: 5009
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: send-pr fails because sendmail cannot create file in mqueue
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 17 15:50:01 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Simon J. Gerraty
>Organization:
Zen Programming...
>Release: 1.3
>Environment:
System: NetBSD zen.quick.com.au 1.3 NetBSD 1.3 (ZEN) #1: Sun Feb 15 23:38:24 EST 1998 root@zen.quick.com.au:/u0/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/ZEN i386
>Description:
After upgrading to 1.3 send-pr fails because sendmail cannot create
a queue file in /var/spool/mqueue
This is because sendmail is not set-uid root and the mqueue is only
writable by root.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
chmod u+s /usr/sbin/sendmail
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: