Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 10:42:35 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: Joe Bo <ibjoe@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:512 Message-ID: <19991028104235.C46147@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19991027173141.01677368@netmail.home.com>; from Joe Bo on Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 10:31:41AM -0700 References: <2.2.32.19991027173141.01677368@netmail.home.com>
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On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 10:31:41AM -0700, Joe Bo wrote: [...] > >> resolv.conf has one line: > >> nameserver 127.0.0.1 > > >This is equivalent to an empty resolv.conf file, the nameserver IP > >address is 127.0.0.1 by default. > > So I could delete this file with no effects. But since it doesn't > make any difference (does it?) I'll leave it alone? > Please take a look at resolv.conf(5) manpage, it explains this in details. In your case, your file in its current form is equivalent to an empty file, you can even just delete it. > >> I don't enable the sendmail daemon. > > >But this does not mean that sendmail(8) is not used. Whenever you > >run mail(1) (or any other MUA), the sendmail(8) is invoked to actually > >deliver the mail to the recipient, and if the recipient is a local user, > >sendmail(8) sends a message to the comsat(8) server to notify user about > >message arrival. If comsat(8) server is not running, and you have > >`log_in_vain' set to 1, you will see `Connection attempt' message from > >the kernel. > > Oh! Enabling the comsat server fixed the problem! Thanks! > Alternatively, you could modify /etc/sendmail.cf and add `-b' option to the mail.local(8) (see `Mlocal') to turn off `biff' notifications. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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