Re: no mail from / for root

[Steve Rieger <riegersteve@xxxxxxxxx>]

they get seved from localhost.


you need to define your root aliases, and sun sendmail -b -m 15 (i  
think thats the command)


On Feb 8, 2006, at 5:29 PM, j_70@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I guess the curiosity here is that:
>
> [root@rhel1 root]$ ps -aeef | grep mail
> root   19005 18945  0 20:23 pts/0    00:00:00 grep mail
> [root@rhel1 root]$
> [root@rhel1 root]$ ps -aeef | grep master
> root   19081 18945  0 20:24 pts/0    00:00:00 grep master
> [root@rhel1 root]$
>
> Yet root has 123 messages. Where are they being served-up from????
>
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Steve Rieger <riegersteve@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ps -aeef | grep mail or ps -aeef | grep master
> >
> > at the command prompt as root type mail, if you have any it will show
> > up there,
> >
> >
> > did you add the proper aliases.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 8, 2006, at 10:01 AM, j_70@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the replies to this. My curiosity is that I have two
> > > RHEL4 machines, one where root is sending mail, one where it is
> > > not. As far as I can tell (ps -ef | grep sendmail & ps -ef | grep
> > > postfix) neither of these daemons are running on either machine.
> > > So, what is sending the mail?
> > >
> > >
> > >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > > From: "Wayne Pinette" <Wpinette@xxxxxx>
> > > > Also, I believe that sendmail's default configuration in RHEL 4  
> > > > is to
> > > > only listen  to localhost anyway.  This means
> > > > that even if it is running (with just default) outside users still
> > > > won't connect to the smtp port, just localhost users.
> > > >
> > > > In addition, you can also fire up iptables to block port 25 as  
> > > > well,
> > > > just to make sure.
> > > > If you want email to flow from your machine, though, sendmail (or
> > > > postfix) does need to be running.
> > > >
> > > > Wayner
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > > Job Cacka <job@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 02/08/06 8:33 am >>>
> > > > 	Because sendmail is disabled, and no other mailer is enabled,
> > > > this is why
> > > > you are not getting the root mail. What we do to protect  
> > > > sendmail is
> > > > we
> > > > block port 25 access to all servers except for the email servers.
> > > > This
> > > > means
> > > > that the port is not available on that machine except locally,  
> > > > in our
> > > > own
> > > > WAN. We use an external hardware device to accomplish this,  
> > > > which is
> > > > the
> > > > only way to create a true firewall. Obviously keeping sendmail  
> > > > off is
> > > > the
> > > > best security, but then so is using scissors on your CAT 5
> > > > connections.
> > > > 	I would guess that if you are keeping sendmail up2date with the
> > > > RHN then
> > > > you have nothing to worry about. Unless you are NSA, FBI, CIA, some
> > > > company
> > > > with secrets worth knowing, or good bandwidth that hackers/spammers
> > > > might
> > > > want to exploit.
> > > > 	There are other mail servers in RHES 4. Dovecot comes to mind
> > > > and I think
> > > > that Courier is also available.
> > > >
> > > > Job Cacka
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of  
> > > > j_70@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:13 AM
> > > > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: no mail from / for root
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have an RHES4 mahine which does not send any mail to or from  
> > > > root.
> > > > For
> > > > example, the result of a cron job is not sent. I thought this  
> > > > service
> > > > was
> > > > enabled by default. If not, which services is it. I have read that
> > > > sendmail
> > > > has some security issues and since this machine will not be mailing
> > > > the
> > > > outside world, I did not want to start or configure it. Not sure
> > > > where
> > > > to
> > > > start looking. TIA.
> > > >
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