Re: [cobalt-users] Sendmail errors

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Bayhawk wrote:
> My Sendmail quit responding about an hour ago.
> After attempting to restart it, reboot, and restart again, this is the error
> being displayed at the command prompt when a restart is issued
> 
>        Setting up Mail Service:  sendmail451 4.0.0 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf:
> line 83: fileclass: cannot open /etc/mail/local-host-names: Group writable
> dy
>        451 4.0.0 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 485: fileclass: cannot open
> /etc/mail/trusted-users: Group writable directory

> I have tried to 777 those 2 files, and no luck...

Well, for one, 777 *is* group writable, and world writable...you wanted 
something like 644

The REAL question you should be asking yourself is , HOW did they get this
way? These files shouldn't just magiclly become accessible to everyone...

Not to make you panic, but it has been known for machines to get hacked
for the purposes of sending spam....

gsh