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RE: [cobalt-users] [RaQ 4] Sendmail Error
- Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] [RaQ 4] Sendmail Error
- From: "Jolley, Carl" <Carl.Jolley@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Jul 8 11:47:01 2002
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
-----Original Message-----
From: William J.A. Brillinger [mailto:billy@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 1:56 PM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-users] [RaQ 4] Sendmail Error
Good day!
I notice today that I have a recurring error in my mail log.
grep "error: safesas" /var/log/maillog returns:
Jul 8 12:39:26 secure1 sendmail[26617]: error: safesasl(/etc/sasldb)
failed: Group readable file
Jul 8 12:41:27 secure1 sendmail[26698]: error: safesasl(/etc/sasldb)
failed: Group readable file
Jul 8 12:43:47 secure1 sendmail[26820]: error: safesasl(/etc/sasldb)
failed: Group readable file
Jul 8 12:45:02 secure1 sendmail[26894]: error: safesasl(/etc/sasldb)
failed: Group readable file
Jul 8 12:45:43 secure1 sendmail[26938]: error: safesasl(/etc/sasldb)
failed: Group readable file
Jul 8 12:46:39 secure1 sendmail[26987]: error: safesasl(/etc/sasldb)
failed: Group readable file
Jul 8 12:48:38 secure1 sendmail[27095]: error: safesasl(/etc/sasldb)
failed: Group readable file
Anyone know what this is?
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Based on the error message, my WAG is that the file /etc/sasldb has
the group write permission set. Some e-mail related software view
group write permissions on files as a security problem.