You're the man Richard! As soon as I set the suid bit, the 'you have new mail' popped up.
Wayne Richard A Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote .. > On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > First I moved my server to a new co-lo facility, and changed the ip address. > > Then, because I wanted to install webmail, I upgraded to woody, which I > > have done > on my laptop with minor problems. When I did the apt-get dist-upgrade, it > uninstalled > me sendmail server. After the upgrade, I went into dselect and re-installed > my sendmail > server. I don't get errors, it just doesn't deliver mail, not even locally. > Every > thing I send out, sits in the queue with the status of deferred. I set up > everything > the same. > > Let me guess, sendmail-8.9.3 right? > do you have deliver or procmail (or both installed)? > > One of the delivery agents must be SUID or this happens, No one has > figured out where the permission bits get cleared... > > If you reinstall whichever (or both) MDAs, check to make sure the suid > bit is on, check /etc/suid.conf to make sure its not resetting the bit, > and finally set the bit by hand if need be. > > Then restart sendmail and things should clean up right away. > > -- > Rick Nelson > World Domination, of course. And scantily clad females. Who cares if > its twenty below? -- Linus Torvalds > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]