Sendmail Failure following instructions

[stephen.a.cochran@…]

Following the default instructions, it fails on RHEL 4 using sendmail. Generates the following error:

smrsh: "run_email2trac.--project=turingTime" not available for sendmail programs (stat failed)

It's obviously a problem with the SUID run_email2trac program, but I'm not clear enough on it's purpose to have solved it yet.

One thought though, if that program is only needed for saving attachments, perhaps an option to disable attachments (which I don't want anyway) would be nice and remove the need for installing a SUID program?

WHen I find the solution I'll update this ticket

[anonymous]

Found a reference to the problem, and checking on smrsh I did the following:

ln -s /usr/local/bin/run_email2trac email2trac

and changes the alias line to

|email2trac --project=...

That's the config that works on the same system for majordomo, but I'm still getting the same error for right now.

[anonymous]

I am not familiar with sendmail, we use postfix, did you tried to specify the whole path: |"/usr/local/bin/run_email2trac --project=...."

I will make an option to disable attachments and in the futuru test it with sendmail

[stephen.a.cochran@…]

Yea, I hate sendmail as well.

Sendmail limits the executables that can be run via aliases to those in a special directory, and runs them using a restricted shell called smrsh. On RH, the default location for the allowed programs is /etc/smrsh.

I tried both a link in that dir to the run_email2trac file and a little shell script that simply calls run_email2trac and passes the params. Both should work, but neither did yet. Majordomo works the same way, and it set up on the machine already so I'll check on that later today.

I found a pretty good walk-through of the problem/solution at ​http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20030605.105120.74c3bfa8.html

[anonymous]

Well, I was in fact doing the right thing. Here's all the steps to follow post make install

ln -s /usr/local/bin/run_email2trac /etc/smrsh/run_email2trac

in aliases use:

"|run_email2trac --project=..."

Note: Include the quotes, they are necessary. That got me past the sendmail problem. No ticket appeared in the project, but I'll look into that next. Is there a log generated anywhere?