[Mailman-Users] Sendmail error or mailman error?

[Pete Holsberg]

On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Christopher Lindsey wrote:

> >    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> > "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd test"
> >     (expanded from: <test-request at listserv.mccc.edu>)
> > 
> >    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > 554 "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd test"... unknown mailer error 2
> > 
> > Is the error in mailman or sendmail?
> 
> Probably sendmail.  I'm guessing that you're using a
> system with smrsh (sendmail restricted shell) installed
> (i.e. RedHat 5+).  If that's the case, you probably have
> a directory called /etc/smrsh.  If so:
> 
>    cd /etc/smrsh
>    ln -s /home/mailman/mail/wrapper
> 
> That will tell sendmail that you want to let it run
> 'wrapper'.  You need to do the same thing for any other
> binaries that you want to run out of your aliases or
> .forward files.

Actually we're running Debian (intending to upgrade to RH
soon) and there's no /etc/smrsh.

Thanks,
Pete