Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 23:16:23 -0500 From: Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@intranet.com.mx> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disable or limit email in root? Message-ID: <3389314668-258946399@intranet.com.mx> In-Reply-To: <4DDF2366.4010100@esiee.fr> References: <3389310281-258946398@intranet.com.mx> <4DDF2366.4010100@esiee.fr>
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Hello. I am trying to find if sendmail was the problem=20 or what... thing is not that root receive email=20 but that root was used to send email to a list of address... JB At 11:07 p.m. 26/05/2011, you wrote: >I don't remember for sendmail but if you >install postfix root cannot receive any >email > > >Le 27/05/2011 05:03, Jorge Biquez a =E9crit : >>Hello all. >> >>Is it possible that the root user can be limited to send email only for >>activities realetd to the server and only locally? >> >>or >> >>limit the amount of root user can send. >> >>I have a 7.3 small server working as secondary dns, 3 domains for http >>and email. very few traffic. Using sendmail, the default one. >> >>IN some way a spammer could tell root to send LOT emailes. >>I detect it , I guess when they started.I did not know how they did it, >>apparently with a program injection or similar strategy since it seems >>they do not enter the server, for what I have checked until now. >> >>Can be restricted the root user? ON the side of the OS or the sendmail. >> >>Suggestions on how to avoid this again. >> >>The password for root was VERY strong. I do not think they access it. I >>guess when I configured the email and server let something open so root >>was forced to do that. >> >>Thanks in advance >> >>Jorge BIquez >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to= "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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