[Esd-l] Perl error

John D. Hardin jhardin at impsec.org
Fri Mar 4 18:32:18 PST 2005


On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Dan Doucette wrote:

> > > 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 ' #\
> > > >>>>
> > 
> > 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.

Hrmf.

The perl executable isn't setuid root, is it? (grasping at straws)

Where is this being logged, and what are the permissions on the log
file?

What version of the sanitizer is this?

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