Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 15:11:09 +1000 From: "Andrew Specht" <andrew@iaccess.com.au> To: "Jim Mock" <jim@phrantic.phear.net>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: localtime and qpopper 2.52!!!! Message-ID: <005501bdd7c2$6dc387c0$e34a05cb@alpine.iaccess>
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Thanks.. this is part of my messages file, note the times. Sep 4 05:11:16 hermes popper[8142]: Stats: blah 0 0 0 0 Sep 4 05:11:17 hermes popper[8147]: Stats: fblah 0 0 0 0 Sep 4 05:11:19 hermes popper[8087]: Stats: 1 40708 0 0 Sep 4 05:11:20 hermes popper[8156]: Stats: 0 0 0 0 Sep 4 05:11:21 hermes popper[8157]: Stats: 0 0 0 0 Sep 4 15:11:21 hermes popper[8159]: (v2.52) Unable to get canonical name of client, err = 0 Sep 4 15:11:21 hermes popper[8159]: Stats: 0 0 0 0 Sep 4 15:11:21 hermes popper[8162]: (v2.52) Unable to get canonical name of client, err = 0 Sep 4 15:11:22 hermes popper[8162]: Stats: 0 0 0 0 Sep 4 05:11:22 hermes popper[8150]: Stats: 1 3378 0 0 Sep 4 05:11:23 hermes popper[8168]: Stats: 0 0 0 0 Sep 4 15:11:29 hermes popper[8174]: (v2.52) Unable to get canonical name of client, err = 0 Sep 4 15:11:29 hermes popper[8174]: Stats: 0 0 0 0 Andrew Specht System Administrator / Internet Access Australia andrew@iaccess.com.au http://www.iaccess.com.au -----Original Message----- From: Jim Mock <jim@phrantic.phear.net> To: Andrew Specht <andrew@iaccess.com.au> Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 2:45 PM Subject: Re: localtime and qpopper 2.52!!!! >At 02:09 PM 9/4/98 +1000, you wrote: >>Hi, >> >>I have localtime set to EST, due to the fact that i'm in Australia. I >>reboot the system after that and everything seems fine. The time and date >>are correct. However when i look at the qpopper messages in >>/var/log/messages, some of them show the wrong time. Some qpopper messages >>show the correct time and some take 10 hours of the correct time. I tried >>all sorts of things, but the only thing effected seems to be qpopper. >>Sendmail shows up with the correct time and so does everything else. >>Has anyone ever experienced the same or a similar problem? >> >>Thanks in advance :) >> >> >>Andrew Specht >>System Administrator / Internet Access Australia >>andrew@iaccess.com.au >>http://www.iaccess.com.au >> > >First upgrade to qpopper 2.53. The version you're running is exploitable >and the exploit spawns a root shell. I'm not sure if that'll fix the >problem or not, but it'll definetly patch a major security hole. I'm >running popper on a 2.2.5-RELEASE machine and all the timestamps seem ok. >Then again, I'm in Australia and the box is in the US at an isp I worked >for. I'll look into the problem and see if I can find out anything that'd >cause it and let you know if no one else answers the question. Definetly >update to the 2.53 version of popper though. It's in the ports >collection.. /usr/ports/mail/. > >Jim >+---------------------------------------+ >| Jim Mock | Phear.Net | KidzHaven | >| Web Site Design & Hosting Services | >| email - jim@phrantic.phear.net | >| Phear.Net - http://www.phear.net/ | >| KidzHaven - http://www.kidzhaven.com/ | >+---------------------------------------+ > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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