Re: Qmail / TMDA Problems

Dave Steinberg <[email protected]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:56:17 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.tmda.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Marty Parish wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My first post here. Thanks in advance for any advice.
> 
> I'm running qmail with vpopmail and trying to get tmda running but i keep  
> getting this error in my logs:
> 
>>>> delivery 4907: failure:  
>>>> preline:_fatal:_unable_to_run_/root/tmda-1.1.12/bin/tmda-filter:_access_denied/

Is that actually where tmda is installed?  You probably want to move it 
somewhere like /usr/local, since whatever user is trying to deliver the 
mail shouldn't have access to the /root directory (hence the permission 
error).

Regards,
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Dave Steinberg
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