From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 27 04:16:36 2011 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 F2F0F106564A for ; Fri, 27 May 2011 04:16:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbiquez@intranet.com.mx) Received: from intranet.com.mx (intranet.com.mx [200.33.246.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAB148FC17 for ; Fri, 27 May 2011 04:16:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from PC2.intranet.com.mx (189.241.20.244) by intranet.com.mx with ESMTP (EIMS X 3.3.9); Thu, 26 May 2011 23:17:48 -0500 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 23:16:23 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Jorge Biquez In-Reply-To: <4DDF2366.4010100@esiee.fr> References: <3389310281-258946398@intranet.com.mx> <4DDF2366.4010100@esiee.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <3389314668-258946399@intranet.com.mx> Subject: Re: Disable or limit email in root? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 04:16:37 -0000 Hello. I am trying to find if sendmail was the problem=20 or what... thing is not that root receive email=20 but that root was used to send email to a list of address... JB At 11:07 p.m. 26/05/2011, you wrote: >I don't remember for sendmail but if you >install postfix root cannot receive any >email > > >Le 27/05/2011 05:03, Jorge Biquez a =E9crit : >>Hello all. >> >>Is it possible that the root user can be limited to send email only for >>activities realetd to the server and only locally? >> >>or >> >>limit the amount of root user can send. >> >>I have a 7.3 small server working as secondary dns, 3 domains for http >>and email. very few traffic. Using sendmail, the default one. >> >>IN some way a spammer could tell root to send LOT emailes. >>I detect it , I guess when they started.I did not know how they did it, >>apparently with a program injection or similar strategy since it seems >>they do not enter the server, for what I have checked until now. >> >>Can be restricted the root user? ON the side of the OS or the sendmail. >> >>Suggestions on how to avoid this again. >> >>The password for root was VERY strong. I do not think they access it. I >>guess when I configured the email and server let something open so root >>was forced to do that. >> >>Thanks in advance >> >>Jorge BIquez >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to= "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"