[rt-users] Can't create requests via web interface

Jesse jesse at fsck.com
Thu Aug 24 21:01:33 EDT 2000


I don't know whether a wrapper script would help or not. or maybe a nonsetuid
copy of the sendmail binary..


What version of sendmail is it?

On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 03:22:18PM -0700, Grant Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 03:00:41PM -0700, Grant Miller wrote:
> > 
> > When I attempt to create a new request through the web interface, it bombs
> > out and the following shows up in the Apache error_log:
> > 
> > Could not send mail :(
> > 
> > Tried to launch this command: /usr/lib/sendmail -t
> > [Tue Aug 22 08:39:24 2000] [error] [client 17.205.32.182] Premature end of
> > script headers: /local/solaris_2.5.1/rt1.0.2/bin/cgi/webrt.cgi
> > 
> > 
> > Yes, /usr/lib/sendmail does exist.
> >
> 
> 
> Okay, I found something that may be the cause of the problem:
> 
> root at www-ecs:~ #230> ls -l /usr/lib/sendmail
> -r-sr-xr-x   1 root     sys       393284 Jun 12  1999 /usr/lib/sendmail
> 
> 
> Is there a way around this setuid-root sendmail thing with Request Tracker?
> 
> 
> 
> -Grant Miller    grant at pico.apple.com   
> 
>  Unix Systems Admin, Engineering Compute Services
>  unix-support at pico.apple.com, http://www-ecs.apple.com
> 
> 
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