From owner-freebsd-security Sun Aug 29 7:52:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from sonet.crimea.ua (OTC-sl3-FLY.CRIS.NET [212.110.136.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 759E214C2F for ; Sun, 29 Aug 1999 07:52:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phantom@scorpion.crimea.ua) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sonet.crimea.ua (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id RAA16443; Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:51:45 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from phantom@scorpion.crimea.ua) Received: (from phantom@localhost) by scorpion.crimea.ua (8.8.8/8.8.5+ssl+keepalive) id RAA01312; Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:43:03 +0400 (MSD) Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:43:02 +0400 From: Alexey Zelkin To: Jacob Rhoden Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Daily security run - mail que content Message-ID: <19990829174302.A1202@scorpion.crimea.ua> References: <199908291358.XAA11762@cybernex.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.7i In-Reply-To: <199908291358.XAA11762@cybernex.net.au> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org hi, On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 12:02:32AM +1000, Jacob Rhoden wrote: > For some reason... I continually get the following message from the > crontab security email: > > Mail in local queue: > Mail Queue (1 request) > --Q-ID-- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- ------------Sender/Recipient---------- > -- > CAA94833* (no control file) > > I have tried a 'find' for a file with a similar name to that to no avail.. > How would i remove this message (its been there for a few weeks) This is temporary mail queue file created by statement in /etc/periodic/daily/450.status-security: sh /etc/security 2>&1 | sendmail root If you wanna avoid this message you'll change this statement to smth like sh /etc/security 2>&1 > secure_temp_file.$$ sendmail root < secure_temp_file.$$ rm -f secure_temp_file.$$ Anyway first statement is noisy but secure, second silent but very insecure. -- Sincerely Yours, | phantom@crimea.edu (primary) Alexey Zelkin | phantom@scorpion.crimea.ua (home) | ICQ: #6196584, FIDO: 2:460/12.26 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message