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[root@localhost ~]# yum -y install sendmail sendmail-devel
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirrors.neusoft.edu.cn
* epel: mirror.bjtu.edu.cn
* extras: mirrors.neusoft.edu.cn
* updates: mirrors.neusoft.edu.cn
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package sendmail.i386 0:8.13.8-8.1.el5_7 set to be updated
---> Package sendmail-devel.i386 0:8.13.8-8.1.el5_7 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================================================================================================
Package                                   Arch                            Version                                        Repository                       Size
================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
sendmail                                  i386                            8.13.8-8.1.el5_7                               base                            624 k
sendmail-devel                            i386                            8.13.8-8.1.el5_7                               base                            128 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================================================================================================
Install       2 Package(s)
Upgrade       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 751 k
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): sendmail-devel-8.13.8-8.1.el5_7.i386.rpm                                                                                          | 128 kB     00:00    
(2/2): sendmail-8.13.8-8.1.el5_7.i386.rpm                                                                                                | 624 kB     00:00    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                                                                                           589 kB/s | 751 kB     00:01    
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing     : sendmail                                                                                                                                 1/2
  Installing     : sendmail-devel                                                                                                                           2/2

Installed:
  sendmail.i386 0:8.13.8-8.1.el5_7                                            sendmail-devel.i386 0:8.13.8-8.1.el5_7                                          

Complete!
[root@localhost ~]# /etc/init.d/sendmail start
启动 sendmail：451 4.0.0 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 91: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/local-host-names': Group writable directory
451 4.0.0 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 588: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/trusted-users': Group writable directory
                                                           [失败]
启动 sm-client：/etc/mail/submit.cf: line 544: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/trusted-users': Group writable directory
                                                           [失败]

 

 

解决办法一：
[root@localhost ~]# vim /etc/mail/sendmail.mc
1.找到下面这行
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl
将它改为下面这样即可
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=0.0.0.0, Name=MTA')dnl
2.备份旧的设置文件数据
[root@localhost ~]# cd /etc/mail
[root@localhost mail]# mv sendmail.cf sendmail.cf.bak
3.m4
[root@localhost mail]# m4 sendmail.mc > sendmail.cf
sendmail.mc:10: m4: cannot open `/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4': No such file or directory

[root@localhost mail]# rpm -qa m4
m4-1.4.5-3.el5.1
[root@localhost mail]# yum -y install sendmail-cf
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirrors.stuhome.net
* epel: mirror.bjtu.edu.cn
* extras: mirrors.stuhome.net
* updates: ftp.twaren.net
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package sendmail-cf.i386 0:8.13.8-8.1.el5_7 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================================================================================================
Package                                 Arch                             Version                                        Repository                        Size
================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
sendmail-cf                             i386                             8.13.8-8.1.el5_7                               base                             306 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================================================================================================
Install       1 Package(s)
Upgrade       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 306 k
Downloading Packages:
sendmail-cf-8.13.8-8.1.el5_7.i386.rpm                                                                                                    | 306 kB     00:01    
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing     : sendmail-cf                                                                                                                              1/1

Installed:
  sendmail-cf.i386 0:8.13.8-8.1.el5_7                                                                                                                          

Complete!
[root@localhost mail]# m4 sendmail.mc > sendmail.cf
[root@localhost mail]# /etc/init.d/sendmail start
启动 sendmail：451 4.0.0 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 91: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/local-host-names': Group writable directory
451 4.0.0 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 588: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/trusted-users': Group writable directory
                                                           [失败]


解决方法二：

1、查看相应目录权限，权限为755.
[root@localhost mail]# ls -ld / /etc /etc/mail /usr /var /var/spool /var/spool/mqueue
drwxr-xr-x  26 root root  4096 01-23 10:09 /
drwxr-xr-x 112 root root 12288 01-23 16:40 /etc
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 01-23 16:49 /etc/mail
drwxr-xr-x  15 root root  4096 12-21 16:53 /usr
drwxr-xr-x  25 root root  4096 10-08 18:46 /var
drwxr-xr-x  16 root root  4096 01-23 16:40 /var/spool
drw-r-xr-x   2 root mail  4096 2011-08-12 /var/spool/mqueue
[root@localhost mail]#

2、放松文件权限检查：
1.替换/etc/mail/sendmail.cf 中 
2.第91行Fw/etc/mail/local-host-names为Fw-o /etc/mail/local-host-names 
3.第588行Ft/etc/mail/trusted-users为Ft-o /etc/mail/trusted-users 
4.替换/etc/mail/submit.cf中 
5.第545行Ft/etc/mail/trusted-users为Ft-o /etc/mail/trusted-users
注意：加入-o参数后面有空格。

[root@localhost mail]# vim /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
[root@localhost mail]# /etc/init.d/sendmail restart
关闭 sm-client：                                           [失败]
关闭 sendmail：                                            [失败]
启动 sendmail：                                            [确定]
启动 sm-client：                                           [确定]