Hi Nitebirdz, Well, I think (from some of Nelson's other posts) that he is having more then just sendmail problems. He may want to check for a root kit or do some drive integrity checks. But if it is sendmail I think more info about his configuration would help to nail this down. To keep a 4.1 system going for this long there are quite possibly a LOT of things that have been customized to keep it safe and happily running along, so I wouldn't want to take stabs in the dark. And if that type of modifications haven't been made over this period of time then he almost definitely has been compromised or will be soon. And then it is time for an upgrade. Sorry I can't be of more help... But if you can get more info I will try. Have fun, -- _________________________________________________________________ Brian Ashe CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dee-Web Software Services, LLC. http://www.dee-web.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. Friday, August 04, 2000, 6:12:59 PM, you wrote: N> Need some help over here. A Red Hat user from Bolivia recently sent a N> message to the list in Spanish because perhaps he didn't feel confident N> enough to type the message in English. I tried helping him in Spanish, N> but my suggestions did not seem to help. I'll try to explain his problem N> here and somehow translate back and forth if necessary. N> Basically, Nelson is running Red Hat 4.1, and in the last few days has N> been unable to make his sendmail work. Whenever he starts the daemon he N> gets the following error message: N> Starting sendmail: sendmail 451 /etc/sendmail.cf: line N> 41: fileclass: cannot open /etc/sendmail.cw: Permission denied N> When I asked him to paste some information from his /var/log/messages, N> this is what he got: N> Aug 4 13:34:04 urano inetd[5603]: execv /usr/bin/smtpd: No such file or N> directory N> Finally, I should also clarify that it doesn't appear to be a permissions N> issue. Any ideas? He needs help as soon as possible. Again, I will N> translate into Spanish if necessary... Any help will be appreciated. N> Thanks in advance. N> ------------------------------ N> Nitebirdz N> http://www.linuxnovice.org N> Tips, articles, news, links... N> _______________________________________________ N> Redhat-list mailing list N> [EMAIL PROTECTED] N> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
