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: