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From: "David R. Bixby" <bix@otcinc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Sendmail warning
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 02:54:43 -0500
Organization: Object Technology Consultants, Inc.
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David R. Bixby wrote:
> 
> Sendmail starts up with a "dangerous write permission warning".
> 
> I can't find any documentation on this problem or how to fix it.
> 
> Any ideas.
> 
> thanks,
> bix
> 
>

Looks like I "Homerd" this one. chmod 555 /etc/sendmail.cf fixed the problem.

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