Installing and Administering Internet Services

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Installing and Administering sendmail
Security
In the sendmail.cf file, change the DontBlameSendmail=option_value,
where option_value is any of the options listed in the table below. The
default option value is “safe.” Once you change the value option, that
value (the new value you just specified) becomes the default value.
Table 4-3 option_values for DontBlameSendmail
Option Value Description
safe Allows the files only in safe directory. All files
accessed by sendmail must be safe.
AssumeSafeChown Assumes that the chown system call is restricted
to root.
ClassFileInUnsafeDirPath Allows class files that are in unsafe directories.
ErrorHeaderInUnsafeDirPath Allows the file named in the ErrorHeader
option to be in an unsafe directory.
GroupWrtableDirPathSafe Consider group-writable directories to be safe.
Sendmail will read messages from group writable
directories.
GroupWritableIncludeFileSafe Accepts group-writable :include files
GroupWritableAliasFile Allows group-writable alias files.
ForwardFileInGroupWritableDirPath Allows .forward files in group writable
directories.
IncludeFileInGroupWritableDirPath Allows :include: files in group-writable
directories.
ForwardFileInUnsafeDirPath Allows a .forward file that is in an unsafe
directory to include references to program and
files.
IncludeFileInUnsafedirPathSafe Allows an :include: file that is in an unsafe
directory to include references to program and
files.
MapInUnsafeDirPath Allows maps (e.g., hash, btree, and dbm files) in
unsafe directories.