On Sat, 16 Oct 2004, Oliver Fuchs wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004, Sebastian Wild wrote: > > > Set up a sarge box for a customer. Installed sendmail onto it. .. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00: .. > > dsn=5.1.2, stat=User unknown .. > > from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=57, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto= ... machine name .. same issues as before > > (if u do host on it it will give u the ip). ... > > Also the hostname povoden.cronon.org is resolvable forwards and reverse. assuming that host cronon.org and host w.x.y.z is working for all permutations of names and for ip# and also with nslookup - these ip# and hostanames should NOT be in /etc/hosts and if you do it that way, you have to copy that host files to all machines or simply setup dns w/ reverse lookups - for sending/receiving email, you should NOT use cname, and use only "A" records and more likely ... what is the contents of /etc/mail/sendmail.cw ( aka local-host-names ) and the rest of the files ( access, relay-domains, generics, virtusertable ... ) for examples of what it should be: Linux-Sec.net/Mail/etc.mail Linux-Sec.net/Mail/Sendmail-Install-HOWTO/ c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]