In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 09/11/2002 at 06:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>A client of ours has a HP Netserver E50 running RH 6.1. There server is >an open relay. I have looked on the web, and I have noticed that the >best way to fix the problem is to upgrade the O/S to a new version, >however is there anything one can do to stop the server from being an >open relay without a major upgrade of the O/S. >The have sendmail-8.9.3-15 installed. It is probably possible to configure 8.9.3 to eliminate open relaying. When I had to do it, however, I found it was a LOT easier to upgrade sendmail. The relay blocking portions of sendmail were a big part of the change to 8.10. The current version is 8.12.x. There's no reason to upgrade the OS, or even take down the machine. Just rebuild sendmail with a current version and be sure you set the cf file up to block relaying. >I'm alarmed that their /etc/access file is like the following ># Check the /usr/doc/sendmail-8.9.3/README.cf file for a description # of >the format of this file. (search for access_db in that file) # The >/usr/doc/sendmail-8.9.3/README.cf is part of the sendmail-doc # package. ># ># by default we allow relaying from localhost... >localhost.localdomain RELAY >localhost RELAY >127.0.0.1 RELAY >Is the above the problem? - How can I fix it? You want relaying from localhost. That means that mail originating on the local machine will go out. -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Steve Garcia using MR/2 ICE #10133 with Warp 4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For PGP key, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject "PGP key" ----------------------------------------------------------- The Operating System/2 Version is 4.50 Revision 14.062 There are 41 Processes with 148 Threads. GHARLANE: uptime is 5 days, 00:40 hours and 00 seconds * They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
