Hutch: New page: When using the SendMail Restricted SHell (smrsh) for mailing to programs, the programs themselves, or symbolic links to the programs, must be placed in '''/etc/smrsh'''. Example error mes...

Hutch — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:23:37 GMT

New page: When using the SendMail Restricted SHell (smrsh) for mailing to programs, the programs themselves, or symbolic links to the programs, must be placed in '''/etc/smrsh'''. Example error mes...

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When using the SendMail Restricted SHell (smrsh) for mailing to programs, the programs themselves, or symbolic links to the programs, must be placed in '''/etc/smrsh'''.

Example error message in '''maillog''':

* '''maillog''' output:
Nov 14 08:56:15 ''host'' smrsh: uid 8: attempt to use "email2ipage hutchib" (stat failed)
Nov 14 08:56:15 ''host'' sendmail[1460]: mAEEuFpe001459: to="|/etc/mail/email2ipage hutchib";, ctladdr=<hutchib.pager@example.com> (8/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=30559, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable

After creating a symbolic link in '''/etc/smrsh''' to the script, the program mailer works.

Smrsh: attempt to use script failed - Revision history

Hutch: New page: When using the SendMail Restricted SHell (smrsh) for mailing to programs, the programs themselves, or symbolic links to the programs, must be placed in '''/etc/smrsh'''. Example error mes...