On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 02:27:54 +0200 Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Sa, den 25.06.2005 schrieb Richard E Miles um 1:57: > > > I noticed in my logwatch that newaliases could not create the /etc/aliases.db > > because of permission problems. I tried newaliases at root and got this message: > > > > hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied > > WARNING: cannot open alias database /etc/aliases > > Cannot create database for alias file /etc/aliases > > > > I checked the permissions on these files: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1526 Jun 15 16:40 /etc/aliases > > -rw-r----- 1 smmsp smmsp 12288 Jun 19 10:43 /etc/aliases.db > > > > I see that the owner and group are smmsp on /etc/aliases/db. Is this right? > > Why am i getting these messages? > > > Richard E Miles > > chown root:root /etc/aliases* > chmod 640 /etc/aliases* > > Alexander > > Thanks Alexander -- Richard E Miles Federal Way Wa. USA Registered linux user 46097
