From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Apr 22 13:43:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA16640 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 22 Apr 1998 13:43:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA16587 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 1998 20:43:33 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA00639; Wed, 22 Apr 1998 13:38:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804222038.NAA00639@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Axel Thimm cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail in -stable and aliases In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:35:08 +0200." <19980422223508.A27999@physik.fu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 13:38:06 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > O AliasFile=/etc/aliases > O AliasFile=/usr/local/etc/aliases > > then localy everything works again, but not for incoming mails from outside: > > Apr 22 22:12:03 rige sendmail[29993]: WAA29993: ... User unknown Did you try restarting sendmail? > On a related note I also have problems installing the majordomo aliases (I get a > strange error from newaliases), which I posted on freebsd-ports. The port installs the alias file in an insecure fashion. The diagnostic from 'newaliases' makes this fairly clear. You need to change the ownership of the directory containing the alias file. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message