Re: maillog error, no such file, procmail verbose=on

At 10:22 2003-07-11 -0600, Eric wrote:
> Don't get angry: this issue could regard sendmail or procmail.
'cept that the logentry clearly shows that it is SENDMAIL reporting that it 
can't invoke a program (JFTR " verbose=on" is neither part of the procmail 
filename, nor a valid commandline parameter to procmail).
> I had this working. shut down the system for a while ... restarted
> and now get this in my log?
>
> Jul 11 10:07:00 www sendmail[691]: h6BEdAHn000682: SYSERR(root): Cannot
> exec /usr/bin/procmail verbose=on: No such file or directory
>
> the file does exist.. where is it calling verbose from... if its the
> sendmail.cf then its not a procmail question. but I changed that.
You, uh "changed that"?  What, you spotted a place where this verbose=on 
was included in the program specification?  Well, doesn't it seem logical 
that it must have been the cause?  Have you considered _RESTARTING_ 
sendmail?  Chances are, someone (I'm not pointing fingers) manually boged 
the sendmail.cf (which is generally considered a big NO-NO - sysadms 
maintain it via the .MC files), and then, when you restarted the whole 
system, that new sendmail.cf took effect.  Until you restart sendmail 
(which as a matter of course, would take place when you reboot your host), 
it's not going to re-read the .cf file, so you can edit it all to your 
hearts content, but it isn't going to change anything until sendmail is 
told as much.
Alternatley, some unnamed user hosed their .foward syntax (which, if 
procmail is properly configured as the LDA, should be unnecessary).  If you 
search the maillog for the SMTP id (shown there in the logentry you 
posted), you should quickly identify which user the message was destined for.
---
 Sean B. Straw / Professional Software Engineering

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