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Subject: Re: Question: Running Majordomo on Virtual Domain
From: "Dale J. Chatham" <dale @ chatham . org>
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 1997 21:12:05 -0500
To: "Brian H. Marston" <webguy @ fatdays . com>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
References: <3.0.32.19970601210158.007f7100@fatdays.com>

Brian H. Marston wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to run Majordomo (version 1.94.3) on a virtual domain
> without root access?  I don't have write permissions on /etc/aliases.  Is
> it possible to use the .aliases file in my home directory to accomplish the
> same thing?  The .aliases file appears to be of a different format than the
> /etc/aliases file.  For one thing, it's tab-delimited rather than
> colon-delimited, and as far as I can tell, it doesn't accept the "include"
> directive.

The only thing you can do is to get root to add the aliases or to add
a line in sendmail.cf with the OA macro to point to an alias file in
your
directory.  It's a *major* security problem and I wouldn't give it to 
anyone on any of my machines.

  Dale


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                      William Pitt, Earl of Chatham 
             speech in the House of Lords, November 18, 1783
Dale J. Chatham, WA5WNI                               dale@chatham.org
Member PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals)       http://www.chatham.org


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