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From: Jarry <mr.jarry@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: sSMTP write error...?
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:24:07
Message-Id: 4AA6AF06.5030201@gmail.com
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-user] Re: sSMTP write error...? by Adam Carter
1 Adam Carter wrote:
2 >>> 2009-09-03T17:30:15+00:00 obelix sSMTP[7233]: 421 4.3.0 collect:
3 >>> Cannot write ./dfn83HUEom007670 (bfcommit, uid=0, gid=209):
4 >>> Permission denied
5 >>> 2009-09-03T17:30:15+00:00 obelix )
6 >>>
7 >>> I suppose it comes from mail-mta/ssmtp, but I do not understand.
8 >>> Some persmission problem? Where does ssmtp want to write?
9 >
10 > You could try 'strace -p 7233' to see if it shows where the attempted write is occuring. Uid=0 means root and I don't imagine there's many places root cant write.
11
12 The problem is, there is no more any process with id 7233,
13 so strace finds nothing. BTW, I have found a following file
14 in /root :
15
16 # ls -l /root/
17 -rw-r--r-- 1 root ssmtp 4 Sep 8 19:00 dead.letter
18
19 There are only 4 or 5 empty lines in it, nothing more.
20 It has been created at the time of the last such an entry
21 in /var/log/messages :
22
23 2009-09-08T19:00:13+00:00 obelix sSMTP[27923]: 421 4.3.0 collect:
24 Cannot write ./dfn88J0CTX028212 (bfcommit, uid=0, gid=209):
25 Permission denied
26 2009-09-08T19:00:13+00:00 obelix )
27
28 I think these two events are somehow tied together. Any more ideas?
29
30 Jarry
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