[BlueOnyx:03463] Re: db files in /etc/mail owned by smmsp

Gerald Waugh gwaugh at raqware.com
Fri Jan 29 16:11:08 -05 2010


On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 14:26 -0600, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet
wrote:
> Gerald Waugh wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 12:54 -0600, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet
> > wrote:
> >   
> >> Gerald Waugh wrote:
> >>     
> >>> -rw-r----- 1 smmsp root  12288 Jan 26 17:20 access.db
> >>> -rw-r----- 1 smmsp smmsp 12288 Jan 26 17:20 aliases.db
> >>> -rw-r----- 1 smmsp smmsp 24576 Jan 26 17:20 aliases.majordomo.db
> >>> -rw-r----- 1 smmsp root  12288 Jan 26 17:20 mailertable.db
> >>> -rw-r----- 1 smmsp root  45056 Jan 26 17:20 virtusertable.db
> >>>
> >>> Server had AV-SPAM installed and then removed...
> >>> Not sure what goes on here
> >>>       
> >> That looks pretty standard for a BX installation.  Here's from a 
> >> brand-new "virgin" install (no 3rd party pkgs/apps):
> >>
> >> [admin at bx1 ~]$ ls -lah /etc/mail | grep "smmsp"
> >> -rw-r-----  1 smmsp root   12K Jan 26 01:01 access.db
> >> -rw-r-----  1 smmsp smmsp  12K Jan 29 10:31 aliases.db
> >> -rw-r-----  1 smmsp smmsp  12K Jan 29 10:31 aliases.majordomo.db
> >> -rw-r-----  1 smmsp root   12K Jan 26 01:01 mailertable.db
> >> -rw-r-----  1 smmsp root   40K Jan 26 00:25 virtusertable.db
> >>     
> >
> > Thanks Chris,
> >
> > The server admin had solarspeed av-spam, and removed it.
> > Now email problems, maillog full of procmail EX-TEMPFAIL
> > I tried to makemap hash the /etc/mail*.db files, but get permission
> > denied.
> > tried to su to smmsp, bit no go.
> > So how can I rebuild the .db files
> >
> > Gerald
> >
> > Gerald 
> >   
> Do I presume correctly that you did the makemap hash as root?  (You were 
> sure to "su -")   Because as admin you wouldn't be able to, but root 
> should have permission over, well, everything.

Yes, was root
[root at ns1 mail]# makemap hash virtusertable.db < virtusertable
makemap: error opening type hash map virtusertable.db: Permission denied

Gerald




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