HELP ".forward" won't forward mails as it should

[conniefu]

Hi

I am trying to forward all mails from user 'sybase' to 'root' by setting up $HOME/.forward file. But new mails still go to sybase instead of root. I did same thing for user 'dameon'and it works. Here is the part of mail log from syslogd. Thanks for any advice.

dakserv2:mqueue> tail log
Oct 8 10:07:02 dakserv2 sendmail[23058]: KAA23058: forward /usr/grok/sybase/.forward.dakserv2+: Group writable director
y
Oct 8 10:07:02 dakserv2 sendmail[23058]: KAA23058: forward /usr/grok/sybase/.forward+: Group writable directory
Oct 8 10:07:02 dakserv2 sendmail[23058]: KAA23058: forward /usr/grok/sybase/.forward.dakserv2: Group writable directory
Oct 8 10:07:02 dakserv2 sendmail[23058]: KAA23058: forward /usr/grok/sybase/.forward: Group writable directory
Oct 8 10:07:02 dakserv2 sendmail[23058]: KAA23058: from user root: size is 33, class is 0, priority is 30033, and nrcpt
s=1, message id is <200210081507.KAA23058@dakserv2.dakotaimaging.com>, relay=root@localhost
Oct 8 10:07:02 dakserv2 sendmail[20606]: KAA23058: forward /usr/grok/sybase/.forward.dakserv2+: Group writable director
y
Oct 8 10:07:02 dakserv2 sendmail[20606]: KAA23058: forward /usr/grok/sybase/.forward+: Group writable directory
Oct 8 10:07:02 dakserv2 sendmail[20606]: KAA23058: forward /usr/grok/sybase/.forward.dakserv2: Group writable directory
Oct 8 10:07:02 dakserv2 sendmail[20606]: KAA23058: forward /usr/grok/sybase/.forward: Group writable directory
Oct 8 10:07:02 dakserv2 sendmail[20606]: KAA23058: to=sybase, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mail
er=local, stat=Sent

 

[d3funct]

What does the log say about user &quot;daemon&quot;? What are the differences/similarities of the accounts? Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.
-- Ambrose Bierce

 

[Chapter11]

Pay heed to the warning messages. Sendmail is probably not liking the fact that .forward exists in a group-writable directory, and thus refusing to relay.

 

[conniefu]

Thanks for all the advice. It's probably related to the permission of the directory. /usr/grok/sybase is sybase's home directory but owned by user 'sys' and group 'sys'. I am afraid of changing it.

drwxr-sr-x 19 sys sys 1024 May 01 18:07 sybase


Another interesting thing is if /etc set as 777 instead of 755, sendmail couldn't work properly.

 

[aixmurderer]

Why not create a simple entry in the aliases file, or don't you have access to that?

sybase: root IBM Certified Confused - MQSeries
IBM Certified Flabbergasted - AIX 5 pSeries System Administration

 

[conniefu]

aixmurderer,

That's what I did (creating aliase in /etc/aliases) in order to forward the mails. I am curious why &quot;./forward&quot; won't work.

Thanks,

connie