Re: Mail problem
Hi,
> > I have problem with mail. Only root can send mail to himself, all other
> > combinations (root->user, user->root, user->user) fail. The sample of failed
> > mail is attached. It was very late when I've installed Debian/Linux on my
> > home PC and maybe I missed something when configuration was performed.
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > |------------------------- Message log follows: -------------------------|
> > Xfail: <rek> reason: (ERR133) transport local: failed to open output file:
> > Permission denied
> > |------------------------- Failed addresses follow: ---------------------|
> > rek ... transport local: failed to open output file: Permission denied
> > |------------------------- Message text follows: ------------------------|
> > Received: by eddie (Smail3.1.29.1 #33)
> > id m0toyN4-0002DeC; Tue, 20 Feb 96 21:09 MET
> > Message-Id: <m0toyN4-0002DeC@eddie>
>
> please verify that smail is suid root.
>
> soenke@escher:~$ ls -l /usr/sbin/smail
> -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 272508 Jan 21 20:09 /usr/sbin/smail
> ^
> Soenke
I've verified and I have the same permisions and ownership.
I also compared /etc/smail directory on my work PC and home PC and found
that files: config, transports, routers and directors are missing. But this
is perhaps my home PC is not on network. Should I reinstall smail?
Regards.
Zlatko
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