Re: [cobalt-users] After moving /usr to /home.....

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Rich LaBo" <rlabo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Jan 25 13:00:08 tma1 sendmail[3049]: error:
> > > safesasl(/usr/lib/sasl/Sendmail.conf) failed: Group writable directory
> >
> Thanks for the quick reply Steve.
>
> I checked the permissions and below is what I see. Nothing has group
> writable permission, yet still getting the error.
>
> drwxr-xr-x  16 root     root         1024 Jan 25 11:49 home
> drwxr-xr-x  26 root     root         1024 Jan 25 15:27 /home/usr
> drwxr-xr-x  30 root     root         8192 Aug 27 10:21 /home/usr/lib
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Aug  1  2000 /home/usr/lib/sasl
>
> -rw-r--r--   1 bin      bin            42 Jun 17  2000 Sendmail.conf
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root          702 May 17  2000 libanonymous.la

I thought that the errors meant that those files were in a group writable
path, but maybe it means that those files are trying to access a different
file in a group writable path.  I'm stumped.  I'd suggest putting /usr back
where it was so that /usr/lib is in its original location and see if the
errors disappear.  If so you may want to move directories within /usr
individually to see which cause problems.  I've definitely moved /usr/man,
/usr/src, /usr/local and /usr/doc without problems.  I'm sure there are
plenty of other directories that can be moved safely, but I'd have to log in
to a number of servers to check specifics that worked for me.  YMMV.

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