Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:33:14 +0100 From: Hans Nieser <h.nieser@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to redirect mail sent to root to external mailbox? Message-ID: <4378AE3A.2040805@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <4378A704.1010600@scls.lib.wi.us> References: <200511141440.jAEEeq6C064503@argotsoft.com> <4378A704.1010600@scls.lib.wi.us>
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Greg Barniskis wrote: > Mark J. Sommer wrote: > >> >> This is really a sendmail question I believe. Your problem is probably >> because root doesn't get masqueraded. In your sendmail.cf, is there >> a line >> like the following: >> >> CEroot >> >> or >> >> C{E}root >> >> If so, comment it out and restart sendmail. > > > That will work but the config will get overwritten on upgrades. It is > best to override the defaults via the mc config generator, so that "CE > root" doesn't appear in the first place. Thanks to both of you! This appears to be causing my problems. (I haven't been able to actually test it yet because when I "su -l" to root and try to use "mail" to send e-mail it seems to use the user I initially logged in with anyway.) For the sake of completeness, I found the solution to removing root as an exposed user at http://www.grok.org.uk/docs/smroot.html . (It does require a bit more editing and adjusting of configuration files then I would like, but it's well-explained and does kinda make sense.) My apologies for sending this to the wrong list
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