Well, I am not a Unix sys admin and there are some basic rules that I just don't know. I found
out that one thing I did wrong was install Majordomo in a directory that has group write
privileges. I didn't know that you were supposed to install it in a directory that if you go all
the way up to /, there should not be any group/world write permissions. I am going to start over
and reinstall Majordomo in /usr/local where there are no group/world write permissions. If this
doesn't work, I'll write again.
Diana
Adelaide Yip wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got the same error as you, and I'm interested in how you went about in fixing
> the problem.
>
> This is what i get:
>
> [root@brubeck /etc]# newaliases
> hash map "Alias2": unsafe map file /usr/lib/majordomo/majordomo.aliases.db: Permission denied
> WARNING: cannot open alias database /usr/lib/majordomo/majordomo.aliases
> Cannot create database for alias file /usr/lib/majordomo/majordomo.aliases
> /etc/aliases: 25 aliases, longest 150 bytes, 734 bytes total
> hash map "Alias1": unsafe map file /usr/lib/majordomo/majordomo.aliases.db: Permission denied
> WARNING: cannot open alias database /usr/lib/majordomo/majordomo.aliases
> Cannot create database for alias file /usr/lib/majordomo/majordomo.aliases
>
> I am using Majordomo 1.94.5 on Redhat Linux 6.2, using sendmail 8.9.3-20 and
> Perl 5.003.
>
> TIA,
> Adelaide
>
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, you wrote:
> > Sorry, I sent the last message too soon. I forgot to tell you something -
> > I made some changes and the response I get now when I enter newaliases is:
> >
> > [root@sesgweb mail]# newaliases
> > WARNING: Group writable directory /home/mcuadm
> > WARNING: Group writable directory /home/mcuadm/src
> > newaliases: cannot open /home/mcuadm/src/majordom/majordomo.aliases: Group
> > writable file
> > /etc/aliases: 15 aliases, longest 49 bytes, 226 bytes total
> > newaliases: cannot open /etc/mail/majordomo.aliases: Group writable file
> >
> > I don't get the "hash map "Alias2": unsafe map file..." error anymore.
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Diana
> >
> > Daniel Liston wrote:
> >
> > > What are the ownership and permissions on the link you created?
> > > Are you running on a hosted service? Have you tried the RPM install?
> > > You could save yourself lots of these problems by using the RPM if
> > > you own the machine you are installed on.
> > >
> > > Dan Liston
> > >
> > > Diana Mateja wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am having a problem installing majordomo. Here is my system info:
> > > > Majordomo Version: 1.94.5
> > > > Perl version 5.00503
> > > > OS: Linux2.2.18
> > > > Mailer: Sendmail8.8.7
> > > >
> > > > I made it to the last step where I issued the 'lists' command -
> > > > 10. Test the configuration again by creating an empty file 'test' in
> > > > $listdir, and issue a 'lists' command to Majordomo:
> > > > % touch /path/to/majordomo/lists/test
> > > > % echo 'lists' | mail majordomo
> > > >
> > > > I get the following error -
> > > > [root@sesgweb lists]# hash map "Alias1": unsafe map file
> > > > /home/mcuadm/src/majordom/majordomo.aliases.db: Group writable directory
> > > >
> > > > So I looked through the archives and found that many have problems at
> > > > this step and I found one that was similar to mine but the response for
> > > > that one did not work for me.
> > > >
> > > > Someone else reported the error -
> > > > Issuing an echo lists | mail majordomo on my fBSD 3.3 system
> > > > with sendmail returns this error:
> > > >
> > > > % Cannot open hash database /opt/majordomo.aliases.db:
> > > > Inappropriate file type or format
> > > > --------------------
> > > > The response he got was -
> > > >
> > > > Most likely, your separate aliases file for majordomo is
> > > > not located in a sendmail safe directory or owned by root.
> > > > Try creating a link from /opt/majordomo.aliases to /etc/mail
> > > > and in your sendmail.cf use that link as an additional
> > > > aliases file.
> > > >
> > > > As root do;
> > > > `ln -s /opt/majordomo.aliases /etc/mail` (I used my own pathname.)
> > > > In sendmail.cf
> > > > # location of alias file
> > > > O AliasFile=/etc/aliases, /etc/mail/majordomo.aliases
> > > >
> > > > Restart sendmail
> > > > Maybe `newaliases` or `sendmail -bi`
> > > > ---------------
> > > > This worked for him but when I restart sendmail. This is what I get:
> > > > [root@sesgweb mail]# newaliases
> > > > WARNING: Group writable directory /home/mcuadm
> > > > WARNING: Group writable directory /home/mcuadm/src
> > > > hash map "Alias2": unsafe map file
> > > > /home/mcuadm/src/majordom/majordomo.aliases.db: Group writable directory
> > > >
> > > > WARNING: cannot open alias database
> > > > /home/mcuadm/src/majordom/majordomo.aliases
> > > > Cannot create database for alias file
> > > > /home/mcuadm/src/majordom/majordomo.aliases
> > > > /etc/aliases: 15 aliases, longest 49 bytes, 226 bytes total
> > > > /etc/mail/majordomo.aliases: 19 aliases, longest 121 bytes, 1131 bytes
> > > > total
> > > >
> > > > I am not a sys admin so I don't understand these errors.
> > > > Can someone help?
> > > > Diana
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