Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:33:14 +0100 From: Hans Nieser <h.nieser@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to redirect mail sent to root to external mailbox? Message-ID: <4378AE3A.2040805@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <4378A704.1010600@scls.lib.wi.us> References: <200511141440.jAEEeq6C064503@argotsoft.com> <4378A704.1010600@scls.lib.wi.us>
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Greg Barniskis wrote:
> Mark J. Sommer wrote:
>
>>
>> This is really a sendmail question I believe. Your problem is probably
>> because root doesn't get masqueraded. In your sendmail.cf, is there
>> a line
>> like the following:
>>
>> CEroot
>>
>> or
>>
>> C{E}root
>>
>> If so, comment it out and restart sendmail.
>
>
> That will work but the config will get overwritten on upgrades. It is
> best to override the defaults via the mc config generator, so that "CE
> root" doesn't appear in the first place.
Thanks to both of you! This appears to be causing my problems. (I
haven't been able to actually test it yet because when I "su -l" to root
and try to use "mail" to send e-mail it seems to use the user I
initially logged in with anyway.)
For the sake of completeness, I found the solution to removing root as
an exposed user at http://www.grok.org.uk/docs/smroot.html . (It does
require a bit more editing and adjusting of configuration files then I
would like, but it's well-explained and does kinda make sense.)
My apologies for sending this to the wrong list
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