From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 8 09:02:58 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32245106566C for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 09:02:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms4-1.1blu.de (ms4-1.1blu.de [89.202.0.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E28868FC1D for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 09:02:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [193.31.11.193] (helo=current.Sisis.de) by ms4-1.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.50) id 1NTAk9-00043v-3M; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:02:53 +0100 Received: from current.Sisis.de (current [127.0.0.1]) by current.Sisis.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0892uwC002048; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:02:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by current.Sisis.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o0892uba002047; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:02:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: current.Sisis.de: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:02:56 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz To: Glyn Millington Message-ID: <20100108090256.GA1998@current.Sisis.de> References: <20100107155451.GA26295@current.Sisis.de> <19270.54320.163083.261490@millingtons.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <19270.54320.163083.261490@millingtons.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT (i386) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Originating-IP: 193.31.11.193 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail && SMTP AUTH: question about /etc/mail/auth/client-info file X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:02:58 -0000 El día Friday, January 08, 2010 a las 06:44:00AM +0000, Glyn Millington escribió: > Matthias Apitz writes: > > Hello, > > > > Because I was forced by my ISP to do so, I have configured successfully > > as described in the FBSD docs the sendmail with SMTP AUTH; > > > > one question remains: the required file /etc/mail/auth/client-info has > > the line: > > > > AuthInfo:smtp.1blu.de "U:root" "I:YYYYYYYYYYYYY" "P:XXXXXXXXXXXXX" > > > > where the I: value is the userID given by the ISP and P: its password; > > what does the U: value is good for exactly? thanks in advance > > Hi Matthias, > > U = user > > for details see .... > > http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/auth.html Hello Glyn, I have read the above page during my configuration but it does not explain to me which user must be configured in U: value; Is it me? Or is it the userID the sendmail daemon is running as? It works with "U:root", but what does this mean exactly? Thx matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Vote NO to EU The Lisbon Treaty: http://www.no-means-no.eu