From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 28 19:22:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A1AE16A4E6 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:22:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: from smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C5B8043D72 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:22:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: (qmail 56118 invoked from network); 28 Aug 2006 19:22:44 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=prodigy.net; h=Received:Mime-Version:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Message-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding:From:Subject:Date:To:X-Mailer; b=ZbWwfs1QjUTNXVCjT2A00W2inBlnljebRD+IQJefe/73ruJYf8G7lXZ3n4T4pVDzEWAffIjeuJDhCAD5GAUpu0rlOC6bSzQlF44gf9reoxslGi855rz9ehckZ5HnktpueR7rlvg42lmuEa2eYwF7tQbIValQbHQYF7bAigQhbrE= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?75.7.236.228?) (jekillen@prodigy.net@75.7.236.228 with plain) by smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Aug 2006 19:22:43 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) In-Reply-To: <44psekgasm.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <5b3e8f769d1857a07e1f494cdaf6a035@prodigy.net> <44psekgasm.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: jekillen Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:26:25 -0700 To: FreeBSD Mailing List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Subject: Re: mail to root X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:22:46 -0000 On Aug 28, 2006, at 8:06 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > jekillen writes: > >> Unfortunately, there is not to my knowledge a comprehensive >> text that will offer an analysis of every possible mail message to >> root and what it means. > > Well, no, any more than there is a comprehensive text that will list > every single noise your car might make and what it means. > >> rc.conf to set the aliases and rebooted the machine. The new aliases >> didn't >> show up with ifconfig so I added them with ifconfig ( I must have made >> a mistake >> in the rc.conf lines). > > Right. Sounds like you put inappropriate lines in rc.conf, which is > only supposed to contain variable settings, not actual commands. > > Since you didn't show the lines you'd added, we can't suggest the > right way to do it, but look at the if settings in rc.conf(5) and the > Handbook description of configuring networking. > > Good luck. I did add the ifconfig commands to rc.conf, but the problem started before I did that, I did find a line in rc.conf setting ifconfig to something already having to do with configuration of an interface. I'll have to go back and get the actual line, and remove the others as well. I hope no one has cracked the machine, I get failed login attempts over ftp all the time. I have ftp blocked on the public addresses. Thanks for the info,: JK > -- > Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area > http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ >