Whe trying to start sendmail i getting following error

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Hi expert ,

When i trying to start sendmail i getting the following error : pls help me

# ./sendmail start
# 451 4.0.0 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 77: fileclass: cannot open /etc/mail/local-host-names: World writable directory
451 4.0.0 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 472: fileclass: cannot open /etc/mail/trusted-users: World writable directory.

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My local-host-name file is empty
*my trusted-users file contains root

What to do now ! what to check now!

thanks in advance.

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The error message suggests that /etc/mail is world writable, so you have to change the permissions to whatever sendmail requires.

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hi sysgate,

if i gave 777 also same error !

i have used
# chmod 777 mail & chmod 777 for local-host-names & chmod 777 for trusted-users

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It complains because the permissions are insecure, not because they are too tight. You need to set them to something like 400. chmod 777 is basically never correct, anyway.

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try chmod 775 which withdraws the world writeable privilege.

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hi era,johnf

I have tried both the permission 400 and 755 !

i m getting same error.

what to do?
thanks

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Read the documentation to see what the permissions should really be.