changing user and group(poll)

[Mozzi]

So is anyone on the list running MS successfully on a rehat 7.3 server?
I have upgraded my perl and still it is a problem

Mozzi

On Wednesday 19 February 2003 01:07, Lindsay Snider wrote:
> On the server I'm having difficulty setting the user/group id, I am also
> running perl 5.6.1-34.99.6.  For me, the mailscanner is dieing on line 740
> of Sendmail.pm.  Line 740 reads:
>
> unless (chdir $queuedirname) {
>
> Within the 'unless', a log entry is posted and next is called.  However,
> nothing within or after the loop gets executed.    I tried adding 'chdir
> $queuedirname' a few lines before the 'unless' and that then too dies.  I
> debug printed the chdir $queuedirname and switched to the directory as the
> user in bash and it worked fine.  I also wrote a perl script that setuid's
> and changes to the directory, that too worked.  Seems to be a perl bug.
>
> Cameron, do you want to see if mailscanner is dieing at the same place for
> you?  I'm not in a good position to upgrade my perl but if that is
> something you can try, want to see if that helps?
>
> Good luck!
> lindsay
>
> On Tuesday 18 February 2003 17:35, you wrote:
> > Yes, as I was just testing it, so I changed it to my uid and gid.
> >
> > I'm running Red Hat 7.3 with all the latest rpms.
> > sendmail 8.11.6-15
> > perl 5.6.1-34.99.6
> > on a celeron 400
> >
> > Cameron
> >
> > > Does the user you are running as have a real home directory that it can
> > > read from and write to?
> > > --
> > > Julian Field
> > > www.MailScanner.info
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