Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 21:12:38 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Didier Wiroth <didier.wiroth@mcesr.etat.lu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/62230: log-in-vain issues it's msg every time 'mail'command is used. Message-ID: <20040202211238.GD67671@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <12206fc53.fc5312206@etat.lu> References: <12206fc53.fc5312206@etat.lu>
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On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:32:30PM +0100, Didier Wiroth wrote:
> Hi,
> I thought I would share my experience, with log_in_vain. :-))
>=20
> When setting:
> sendmail_flags=3D"NO"
>=20
> Sendmail only listens to 127.0.0.1
>=20
> I only need sendmail to send daily/weekly/monthly reports. Every time the=
security report is sent, I have these entries too:
> > Connection attempt to TCP 127.0.0.1:113 from 127.0.0.1:49161 flags:0x02
> > Connection attempt to TCP 127.0.0.1:113 from 127.0.0.1:49163 flags:0x02
>=20
> There are not hundreds of entries of course only 6 or something depending=
of the quantity of sent mails
If you add:
define(`confTO_IDENT', `0')dnl
to your /etc/mail/`hostname`.mc and rebuild and reinstall you sendmail
config in the usual way, it will stop sendmail(8) trying to use the
ident service at all.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
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