On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Sam Babak wrote: > I was given a job to administer sendmail v8.7 on Debian/Linux and I am > new to Linux.
wow , great! In everybody's opinion , if you're new to linux , stick to redhat for awhile...and then try debian ... but looks like you're like me ;-) > location. When I telnet to the Linux machine in order to add email > accounts, I get connected and it tells me that I have new mail and it > disconnect. No Idea why that is happening...someone else might help you out. > I know that first I have to login as a user and then use su to change >to the root. Apparently you have root access ... so tell you what... do not use telnet , but use a 'secure shell distribution' - search for sshd on http://www.freshmeat.net/ and download and install the latest tarball(s). You should be running the sshd on the remote box - which you can do via your telnet connection and then install ssh on your box too ... and run the client and hit $ ssh host instead of $ ssh host . login as normal user and su to root... The advantage is that sshd uses encryption as against telnet , so even if someone was listening , it would be tougher for them to get passwords etc. I know that I really haven't addressed your queries about how to fix sendmail on debian etc.. well I'm sorry 'bout that... but You did learn about ssh now ;) Cheers. - Ravi.
