sendmail 8.9.1 and /va protection problem

From: <maurerf_at_post.ch>
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 08:37:51 +0200

Hello DU Managers,

I'm having a funy problem with DU 4.0d (patch #2) and sendmail. I get the
following message when booting:

WARNING: Group writable directory /var
/usr/adm/sendmail/aliases: 9884 aliases, longest 114 bytes, 263874 bytes
total

If I change the protection of /var as recommended in sendmail README (chmod
go-w /var), this warning message appear again after booting the system 2
times. I can reproduce this problem on 2 differents systems. Even changing
the protection to /usr/var doen't cure the problem.

Do you also have a such effect on your system, and is there a solution?

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Felix Maurer
Die Schweizerische Post Tel: +41-31-338 98 49
Informatik POST Fax: +41-31-338 98 80
Messaging Management
Webergutstrasse 12 Mailto:maurerf_at_post.ch
CH-3030 Bern http://www.post.ch
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