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Why not just change sendmail?
In the book "Mac OS X Unleashed", the author talks about having a group writable directory (as OS X does) and sendmail not liking it. His fix (and to me, this is more elegant, as updates and such don't break it) is to change the line:
#0 DontBlameSendmail=safeto 0 DontBlameSendmail=GroupWritableDirPathSafein the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file.
Why not just change sendmail?
There is a legitimate security reason why sendmail does not like group writable directories. You are basically just telling sendmail to ignore it's better judgment by using that alteration.
Re: Why not just change sendmail?
As an exercise in curiosity (and me wanting to learn more), what is the security flaw that is opened up when changing this value in sendmail?
Re: Why not just change sendmail?
Hello,
Re: Why not just change sendmail?
Heh, I wish I could get authentication working. That would save me a few headaches. I just know that it is possible. Right now, I'm using IP addresses to restrict usage.
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