Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 09:52:05 +0700 From: "Rashid N. Achilov" <shelton@granch.ru> To: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@os.org.za>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some sendmail questions Message-ID: <3765BFD5.34880142@granch.ru> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9906141950230.17603-100000@pleb.cs.uct.ac.za>
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Khetan Gajjar wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Rashid N. Achilov wrote:
>
> >1. When I sending mail to some user (f.E aaa@granch.ru, which have it's
> >owners .forward file, which remapped mail to aaa@bbb.granch.ru, file has
> >access 0644), sendmail say "file .forward or group include is writing
> >access, unsafe alert...",and so more and do not forward mail. Setting
> >DontBlameSendmail does not have effect. "UnsafeGroupWrites" too. WHY?
>
> What are the permissions of the directory that the .forward file
> is sitting in ? And up one level ? And up the level before that ?
.forward file in /usr/home/aaa directory with 0755 rights.
You think, it's right? I can add user 'aaa' in any group, grant this
group to write to some set of home directories (f.E. users bbb and ccc)
,and now users aaa,bbb and ccc cannot froward your own mail? In my
opinion, it's not right.
>
> >2. When one from users of my server (BSD/OS 2.1, very old :-( ),which
> >work with old version (8.7.3) without any troubles, senidng mail with
> >new Sendmail, it suddenly say "Relaying denyed" :-( But it was ordinary
> >mail from my user into world! I don't probe set advanced features, like
> >granted relay domain lists, simply grant third-party relaying. Work
> >begin... :-(
>
> Is this user sending mail from the server, or from another server ?
It's my user. He send mail from Outlook Express from some MustDie95
station.
>
> >3. What is a file /var/log/mailacct? With my old version (8.7.3) with
> >each mail, comes with SMTP or UUCP, into it add one line with
> >sender/recipient/time/length of message. With new version, I don't see
> >any setup for this file. May be SITECONFIG? In README says, what
> >SITECONFIG is obsolete, and I don't setup it. File content vital for
> >me...
>
> You could try /var/log/maillog
>
Cannot. We computed users statistic with data from mailacct. Maillog
usage lead to rewriting big program :-(
--
With Best Regards.
Rashid N. Achilov (RNA1-RIPE), Granch Ltd. lead engineer
e-mail: achilov@granch.ru, tel (383-2) 24-2363
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