Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 19:04:53 -0700 From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Doug Sampson <dougs@dawnsign.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: newaliases not working? Message-ID: <475C9E69-9952-4A41-B0F4-8A6936CB2216@dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <9DE6EC5B5CF8C84281AE3D7454376A0D0138F1@cetus.dawnsign.com> References: <9DE6EC5B5CF8C84281AE3D7454376A0D0138F1@cetus.dawnsign.com>
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On Feb 6, 2007, at 6:31 PM, Doug Sampson wrote: > I'm having trouble getting the periodic reports sent out on a daily > basis > from a FreeBSD 6.2 server. I've changed the /etc/aliases file so > that root > points to an administrative mail address. But for some reason it > doesn't get > translated to the admin email address. I've run the 'newaliases' > several > times to no avail. > > Mail log below. The first four lines are a result of running 'periodic > daily'. The last four lines is when I address a mail directly to > admin(at)dawnsign.com (the @ sign has been changed to protect it). > > Feb 6 17:00:03 ftp sendmail[11196]: l17103fh011196: from=root, > size=38, > class=0, nrcpts=1, > msgid=<200702070100.l17103fh011196@ftp.dawnsign.com>, > relay=root@localhost > Feb 6 17:00:03 ftp sm-mta[11197]: l17103eC011197: > from=<root@ftp.dawnsign.com>, size=367, class=0, nrcpts=1, > msgid=<200702070100.l17103fh011196@ftp.dawnsign.com>, proto=ESMTP, > daemon=Daemon0, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1] > Feb 6 17:00:03 ftp sendmail[11196]: l17103fh011196: to=to:root, > ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, > pri=30038, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent > (l17103eC011197 Message accepted for delivery) Looks like you have a bad entry in /etc/mail/aliases This to=to:root, should look like to=dougs Post the relevant lines from your aliases file. Dan > Feb 6 17:00:04 ftp sm-mta[11199]: l17103eC011197: > to=<root@ftp.dawnsign.com>, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, > mailer=esmtp, > pri=30367, relay=mercury.dawnsign.com. [192.168.1.4], dsn=2.0.0, > stat=Sent > (OK) > Feb 6 17:18:00 ftp sendmail[11242]: l171I0SO011242: from=root, > size=84, > class=0, nrcpts=1, > msgid=<200702070118.l171I0SO011242@ftp.dawnsign.com>, > relay=root@localhost > Feb 6 17:18:00 ftp sm-mta[11243]: l171I08q011243: > from=<root@ftp.dawnsign.com>, size=410, class=0, nrcpts=1, > msgid=<200702070118.l171I0SO011242@ftp.dawnsign.com>, proto=ESMTP, > daemon=Daemon0, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1] > Feb 6 17:18:00 ftp sendmail[11242]: l171I0SO011242: > to=to:dougs@dawnsign.com, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, > xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30084, relay=[127.0.0.1] > [127.0.0.1], > dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (l171I08q011243 Message accepted for delivery) > Feb 6 17:18:01 ftp sm-mta[11245]: l171I08q011243: > to=<admin(at)dawnsign.com>, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, > mailer=esmtp, > pri=30410, relay=mercury.dawnsign.com. [192.168.1.4], dsn=2.0.0, > stat=Sent > (OK) > > ps ax shows that sendmail is running as follows: > <snip> > 11136 ?? Ss 0:00.08 sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail) > 11137 ?? Is 0:00.01 sendmail: Queue runner@00:30:00 for > /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmail) > 11170 ?? Is 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/inetd -wW > <snip> > > I used to receive these daily & security run output messages until > the day I > installed vsftpd using inetd. > > There are no mail in any outbound mail queues. > > What could I be doing wrong? > > ~Doug
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