233027 – ssmtp binary is useless without being in the ssmtp group

Bug 233027 - ssmtp binary is useless without being in the ssmtp group

Summary: ssmtp binary is useless without being in the ssmtp group

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Net-Mail Packages

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Reported:	2008-07-26 19:56 UTC by Petteri Räty (RETIRED)
Modified:	2008-07-27 08:04 UTC (History)
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Description Petteri Räty (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-07-26 19:56:58 UTC

in bug #187841 the configuration file was made root:ssmtp. The same group should be applied to the binary itself so you shouldn't have to wonder why this happens all of a sudden:

betelgeuse@pena ~ $ sendmail praty@cc.hut.fi
Subject: Test
test
.

sendmail: Cannot open mailhub:25

Comment 1 Tobias Scherbaum (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-07-27 08:04:21 UTC

Fixed in 2.62-r1.