[Esd-l] Perl error

Dan Doucette dano at redlon-johnson.com
Fri Mar 4 09:34:35 PST 2005


> > Hello List,
> > 
> > I've recently noticed some errors related to setuid in my 
> procmail logs.
> > 
> > Errors:
> > >>>>
> > No -e allowed in setuid scripts.
> > procmail: Error while writing to " perl -p -e ' #\
> > >>>>
> > 
> > I see this in the documentation:
> > Do not put html-trap.procmail into /etc/procmailrcs/ as 
> implied by the 
> > procmail man page. You'll get security errors from Perl 
> about -e and 
> > setuid scripts if you do this. You may also have problems with 
> > filtering mail sent to root for this reason.
> > 
> > My procmailrc is not setup like that. Any clues on where to look or 
> > how to fix?
> 
> Does this happen to be on a mail to the root account?

No, on all accounts

> 
> Is it happening on all mails, or just mails to certain users?

All users.

Thanks for any help.

Dano

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