Re: [cobalt-users] Raq3 GUI forward mail doesn't forward cgi sendmail

[enrique <enriquevega@xxxxxxx>]

on 8/2/01 7:39 PM, Colin J. Raven at cjraven@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> <snippage>
>> 

> What I would do under comparable circumstances:- *don't* do it through the
> GUI, do it via the CLI. Create a .forward file in John's home directory and
> put one single line in it thusly:
> doe@xxxxxxxxx

Ok, I did this as root so root owned it. But I got an error:
Aug  3 00:14:35 www sendmail[13568]: AAA13568: forward
/home/sites/site1/web/Doe/.forward: Permission denied

So now I changed owner of the .forward to Doe and chmod 640 just for the
heck of it. Guess what?

It worked! ;-)

Thanks Colin!

> I don't think this is any more or less of a bug than the confounding number
> of other peculiarities that seem to afflict the Cobalt GUI. That said, the
> boxes *are* marketed as a device that doesn't require CLI expertise, and can
> be administered by a Linux novice. I have a problem with the concept, but it
> seems to have worked in revenue terms for Cobalt/Sun.

I agree! I guess that at the time, there was nothing better on the market.
But I'll tell you, now that Apple has come out with OS X for the mac user
market, it won't be long before folks will realize they can do things a
little easier. We just have to learn to "think different!" ;-)

I'm just joking folks, please don't get weirded out. I'm tickled to death
that I am administering a server on the internet with as little knowledge as
I have. But I'm lernin'! ...

One little step at a time.

Thanks again Colin!

enrique