Re: gnats redhat install problems

[Dan Wilder]

On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 12:47:36PM -0400, Heather Classen wrote:

>  ** I've got the email alias /etc/aliases:
>  
>  bugs:  "| /usr/local/libexec/gnats/queue-pr -q"
>  
>  ** which gives me the following error:
>  
>     ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
>  "| /usr/local/libexec/gnats/queue-pr -q"
>      (reason: service unavailable)
>      (expanded from: bugs)
>     ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>  smrsh: queue-pr not available for sendmail programs
>  554 5.0.0 "| /usr/local/libexec/gnats/queue-pr -q"... Service
>  unavailable
>  
>  
>  ** what is smrsh? and how do I fix it?????
>  
>  

http://www.google.com

search for "smrsh"

This is sendmail's attempt to avoid security breaches by allowing
mail to be handled only by a restricted list of programs.

The google search reveals among other things a writeup at

http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/solrhe/Securing-Optimizing-Linux-RH-Edition-v1.3/chap22sec182.html


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