On Wednesday 04 August 2004 20:11, Cowles, Steve wrote: > jim martin wrote: > > Well, I changed my sendmail.mf file's MASQUERADE_AS(`abc.com')dnl, > > abc.com is the source domain that I want to be. but it still shown > > as root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > As a reference from the sendmail README.... > > There are always users that need to be "exposed" -- that is, their > internal site name should be displayed instead of the masquerade name. > Root is an example (which has been "exposed" by default prior to 8.10). > You can add users to this list using > > EXPOSED_USER(`usernames') you know, you're absolutely right. Apologies to those concerned for my rather ill-informed responses... That'll teach me to answer stuff at the end of a work day on too much coffee... > > See /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > > > In fact, I did install postfix before and configured the > > /etc/postfix/main.cf 's myorigin=abc.com but it still shown > > as root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > See the section of the postfix main.cf titled "ADDRESS REWRITING". In > particular, using the sender_canonical_maps. > > > And my friend told me that it is because my postfix is taken over > > by sendmail. So I stop my sendmail.. and restart the postfix.. > > postfix start fine.. but I still cannot send mail via postfix as > > the source address that define in main.cf "myorigin=abc.com" when > > I am using root. > > Prior to switching MTA's, did you run "system-switch-mail" (FC2)?? > I believe its "redhat-switch-mail" on FC1 and RH9 > > > what my friend told me was it is because, I am still using Sendmail, > > namely because sendmail(1) is the Sendmail MTA and not Postfix' > > sendmail binary. > > If you don't run the [redhat/system]-switch-mail script prior to starting > either postfix or sendmail (which ever MTA you want to run), then > /etc/alternatives will not be updated. Thus, your friends comment (for the > most part) is true. Postfix supplies a sendmail compatible submission > binary that is linked in /etc/alternatives. i.e. either > /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail or /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix. There are other > links that are also created like mailq, newaliases, etc when you run > *-switch-mail. > > > BUT I wonder what he said is true or not now. As later I tried to > > start both sendmail and postfix and using the postfix command (mail > > -s "subject" david@xxxxxxxxx < /file using other user account for > > example david instead of root. It does show the source address as > > david@xxxxxxxx But I wonder it doesn't apply to root. Anyone can > > tell me?? > > See above regarding exposed users. > > BTW: Why in the world would you NOT want to list root as an exposed user? this is also a rather good point that I seem to have totally missed... > Steve Cowles -- Stuart Sears RHCE, RHCX -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
