08-23-2012
jim mcnamara has got it.
You are sometimes picking up nascent files just after they have been created and before they contain data (hence the strange permissions). You could equally have been picking up part-written files which have the correct permissions. This situation tends to worsen with time once the directory file becomes fragmented.
We would suggest building a simple processing delay into the script by using the find command to only process files which are say at least one minute old (or more than the longest time that it takes to create a complete file - whichever is the greater). You can use find to check individual files.
The normal approach is to always use temporary file names when creating or copying a file, then rename the file to it's correct name when the process completes.
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check-permissions
check-permissions(1M) System Administration Commands check-permissions(1M)
NAME
check-permissions - check permissions on mail rerouting files
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/check-permissions [login]
DESCRIPTION
The check-permissions script is intended as a migration aid for sendmail(1M). It checks the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file for all configured
alias files, and checks the alias files for :include: files. It also checks for certain .forward files. For each file that check-permis-
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If the special argument ALL is given, the passwd entry in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file is checked, and all password entries that can be
obtained through the switch file are checked. In large domains, this can be time-consuming.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
login Where login is a valid user name, checks the home directory for login.
ALL Checks the home directory of all users.
FILES
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf Defines enviornment for sendmail
/etc/mail/aliases Ascii mail aliases file
ATTRIBUTES
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+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWsndmu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Evolving |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
getent(1M), sendmail(1M), aliases(4), attributes(5)
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