Re: /etc/aliases forwarding to wrong user

[Tom Rymes <trymes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The plot thickens. I updated the .forward file to be readable and 
writeable by the user only.   If I send a message now (after removing 
the alias I created earlier and running newaliases), it still gets 
bounced to the local user. Here is the (disguised) log entry that seems 
relevant:

Jun 20 10:31:30 myserver sendmail[10126]: AUTH=server, 
relay=myrelayserver.dom [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] (may be forged), 
authid=user1, mech=PLAIN, bits=0
Jun 20 10:31:40 myserver sendmail[10126]: h5KEVQi4010126: 
from=<user1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, size=365, class=0, nrcpts=1, 
msgid=<5585F8CE-A32B-11D7-845D-0003930123B2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 
proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay= myrelayserver.dom [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] 
(may be forged)
Jun 20 10:31:40 myserver sendmail[10128]: h5KEVQi4010126: 
to=user1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ctladdr=<user1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (500/100), 
delay=00:00:07, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=30620, dsn=2.0.0, 
stat=Sent

As I read this, the first two entries are for Sendmail receiving my 
test message from my mail client. The last one seems to be sendmail 
sending the forwarded message back to user1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, but note 
the entries "ctladdr=" and "mailer=local". What could be causing this?

Tomas

On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 10:05  AM, Steven W. Orr wrote:

> On Friday, Jun 20th 2003 at 09:34 -0400, quoth Tom Rymes:
>
> =>Hi folks, new to the list, so let me know if I should post to a
> =>different forum....
> =>
> =>I have a RedHat 8.0 server running Sendmail. I am trying to forward
> =>mail addressed to local users and am having no luck.
> =>
> =>If I create a .forward file in the users' home directories, nothing
> =>happens, all mail is still delivered locally. If I create an alias in
> =>/etc/aliases, I have a different problem. Basically, I put a line in
> =>/etc/aliases as follows:
> =>
> =>localuser: 	user1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> =>
> =>The problem is that if I send mail to localuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx it 
> is
> =>forwarded to the local user user1, not to user1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> =>
> =>Any ideas?
> =>
> =>Tom
> Make sure the permission of the .forward file is user only. It's a
> security violation to have people access a .forward file. The clues are
> in your maillog file.
>
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