".forward : World writable directory" message
spacelee
There comes a message ".... .forward : World writable directory".
And SENDMAIL doesn't reference my ".forward" file.
I heard that SENDMAIL doesn't reference ".forward" file that has world
writable access permission.
But my ".forward" file DOESN'T HAVE world writable access permission.
It has "r--r--r--" access code.
What's wrong with SENDMAIL.
Thanks for your time and help.
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SpaceLee.
spacelee
My system's administrator made user's parent directory have world writable
access permission.
That was the reason.
Someone told me that check my directory.
My directory didn't have a problem.
But grandparent's directory had a problem.
Thanks for all help.
Gary L. Burnore
<35D277E8...@brutus.snu.ac.kr>, spacelee <spac...@brutus.snu.ac.kr>
wrote:
>I found reason.
>My system's administrator made user's parent directory have world writable
>access permission.
You should A. Retrain or fire the administrator. B. Ensure no other
directories are world readable that shouldn't be.
>That was the reason.
>Someone told me that check my directory.
>My directory didn't have a problem.
>But grandparent's directory had a problem.
Well there's a new term. Does your server have aunt and uncle directories as
well? :)
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John Riddoch
>
> When Someone in my host send a mail to me via "Mail -v ..." command,
> There comes a message ".... .forward : World writable directory".
> And SENDMAIL doesn't reference my ".forward" file.
>
> I heard that SENDMAIL doesn't reference ".forward" file that has world
> writable access permission.
> But my ".forward" file DOESN'T HAVE world writable access permission.
> It has "r--r--r--" access code.
>
> What's wrong with SENDMAIL.
Is your home directory world writable?
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lucious
correct it.
I am getting a message -
forward /home/"user"/.forward: Group writable directory.
the user directory's were set to 700 but when I check in the directory
the .. was group writabe. when changed to 600 the messages changed to
.forward: Permission denied.
Changing the permissions on the /home directory produced the same
results.
Any suggestions would be greatly appriciated. :)
We do not have any forwarding being done, so even just being to
disable the message would be ok if it cannot be corrected.
Thanks in Advance.
Frank
On Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:10:03 +0100, John Riddoch <j...@scms.rgu.ac.uk>
wrote:
Phil
this error message.
I can be root if necessary.
.forward has only
"| /usr/bin/lp -d mis2"
WDS-IIE $$ /usr/lib/sendmail -v pww8
/usr2/pww8/.forward: line 1: forwarding to "| /usr/bin/lp -d mis2 "
/usr2/pww8/.forward: line 1: "| /usr/bin/lp -d mis2 "... Address pww8 is
unsafe for mailing to programs
Saving message in /usr2/pww8/dead.letter
/usr2/pww8/dead.letter... Sent
-d
alias(pww8)
udbexpand(pww8)
forward(pww8)
sendto: "| /usr/bin/lp -d mis2 "
ctladdr=8091064=pww8:
mailer 3 (local), host `', user `pww8', ruser `pww8'
next=0, flags=4014, alias 0, uid 304, gid 50
owner=(none), home="/usr2/pww8", fullname="Philip Weber 508"
--parseaddr("| /usr/bin/lp -d mis2 ")
parseaddr-->8091174="| /usr/bin/lp -d mis2 ":
mailer 0 (prog), host `', user `"| /usr/bin/lp -d mis2 "', ruser
`<null>'
next=0, flags=0, alias 0, uid 0, gid 0
owner=(none), home="(none)", fullname="(none)"
recipient: 8091174="| /usr/bin/lp -d mis2 ":
mailer 0 (prog), host `', user `"| /usr/bin/lp -d mis2 "', ruser
`<null>'
next=0, flags=10, alias 8091064, uid 0, gid 0
owner=(none), home="(none)", fullname="(none)"
/usr2/pww8/.forward: line 1: "| /usr/bin/lp -d mis2 "... Address pww8 is
unsafe for mailing to programs
header syntax error, line ":"
Per Hedeland
(lucious) writes:
>I am getting a message -
> forward /home/"user"/.forward: Group writable directory.
>the user directory's were set to 700 but when I check in the directory
>the .. was group writabe. when changed to 600 the messages changed to
>.forward: Permission denied.
Try 755 on all of / /home /home/"user" - 700 on /home/"user" should work
too, but if you make /home 700 or 600, "user" can't access his home
directory...
--Per Hedeland
p...@erix.ericsson.se
Enrique Ostua
>
> I have somewhat of a similar situation but can not follow the logic to
> correct it.
>
> forward /home/"user"/.forward: Group writable directory.
> the user directory's were set to 700 but when I check in the directory
> the .. was group writabe. when changed to 600 the messages changed to
> .forward: Permission denied.
>
> results.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appriciated. :)
> We do not have any forwarding being done, so even just being to
> disable the message would be ok if it cannot be corrected.
>
> Thanks in Advance.
>
> Frank
Just another "feature" of sendmail 8.9 Check
http://www.sendmail.org/tips/DontBlameSendmail.html to solve it.
Seeya.