[rt-users] postfix: rt-mailgait: can't do setuid

[Jesse]

Check out the faq at http://www.helgrim.com/rtdocs/

You haven't made setuid perl work yet.


On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 05:45:04PM -0700, Ashley Gould wrote:
> 
> I've just gotten my second rt2 system up.  This one is for production. 
> But I am stuck on one last mail error when I try to post to rt:
> 
> Aug 10 15:53:48 rt postfix/local[4259]: C89D59B9: to=<rt at rt.aslab.com>,
>   relay=local, delay=0, status=bounced (Command died with status 255:
>   "/usr/local/rt2/bin/rt-mailgate --queue general --action correspond". 
>   Command output: Can't do setuid )
>                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> I did not have this issue on my test rt system.  I am running RT 2.04,
> on SuSE 7.2 using postfix Version 20010228pl02.  What would be different? 
> I can't say.  But why does rt-mailgate want to run setuid?
> 
> I have set up permissions on the general queue for requesters/everyone to
> create tickets.  
> 
> Permissions on rt-mailgate:
> -rwxr-sr-x    1 root     rt          15781 Aug  9 17:10 rt-mailgate
> 
> 
> 
>  
> I did some more fiddling from the command line.  Root can send 
> mail by pipe to rt, but normal user cannot:
>  
> root at rt:/home/ashley # cat tmp/testmail |/usr/local/rt2/bin/rt-mailgate --queue general --action correspond
> root at rt:/home/ashley # logout
>  
> ashley at rt:~ >cat tmp/testmail |/usr/local/rt2/bin/rt-mailgate --queue general --action correspond
> Can't do setuid
> 
> 
> But it works on my test system:
> ashley at ishi:~ > cat tmp/testmail |/usr/local/rt/bin/rt-mailgate --queue general --action correspond
> ashley at ishi:~ > 
> 
> permissions on host ishi are the same as on host rt:
> 
> -rwxr-sr-x    1 root     rt          15779 Jul 25 11:33 /usr/local/rt/bin/rt-mailgate
> 
> 
> 
> Perhaps I'm just tired, but i've run out of ideas.
> 
> ashley
> 
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