[log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> We are currently using SENDMAIL to send emails from our batch jobs.
> Periodically my jobs will receive an error:
>
> /etc/sendmail.cf: line 0: cannot open: file /etc/sendmail.cf changed
> after open
> /etc/sendmail.cf: line 0: cannot open: File changed after open
>
> I turned on debugging and received the following:
>
>  File changed after opening:
> ? uid   = 1/1
> ? gid   = 0/-905688884
> ?/etc/sendmail.cf: line 0: cannot open: file /etc/sendmail.cf changed
> after open
> ?/etc/sendmail.cf: line 0: cannot open: File changed after open
>  :EOJ
>
> Can anyone explain what would cause this problem?

This is very weird, and possibly bug-like.

Uid 1 is MANAGER.SYS, and gid 0 I think means no group ownership has been
assigned.  The 0 shouldn't suddenly be turning negative.

Here's what the ownership of /etc/sendmail.cf looks like on my machine:

nomad:/BIXBY/PUB$ ls -l /etc/sendmail.cf
-rw-r--r--   1 SERVER.SENDMAIL   SENDMAIL   28130 Aug  4 16:23 /etc/sendmail.cf

Log on as MANAGER.SYS and do a "chown SERVER.SENDMAIL:SENDMAIL
/etc/sendmail.cf" so your machine will be the same.

- Mark B.