On Thursday 14 December 2006 02:08, James Long wrote: > > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:33:32 -0600 > > From: Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: how do I see security logs without turning on sendmail? > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Tuareg, > > > > clearly sendmail is running. That is indicated by "sendmail[41626]" in > > your /var/log/sendmail log. > > > > The question, of course, is how does it get started. > > This is quite the WAG here, but can sendmail be started on-demand > from inetd.conf? It may be a WAG, but it may explain all of what is going on. "mail" would attempt to create a connection to localhost, inetd would start sendmail to accept the connection, sendmail would route the message and then die.
Tuareg, check out /etc/inetd.conf for an entry containing the word "sendmail" And let us know what you find. lane _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
