Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:29:24 +1100 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: Ryan Breding <rbreding@drizzle.theriver.nu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UDP Connections to port 512 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011281012560.17219-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20001127183713.B5103@buffy.local>
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On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 10:44:59PM -0600, Ryan Breding wrote:
> > I keep getting these messages in the /var/log/message output:
> >
> > Nov 25 15:12:30 drizzle /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:512
> > from 127.0.0.1:2844
> > Nov 25 15:13:54 drizzle /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:512
> > from 127.0.0.1:2851
> >
> > I have checked on the UDP connections to port 512 and it seems that it is
> > "biff". Is there a setting to turn biff off or am I on the wrong trail
> > ? I dont see biff running in the process list.
A quick search of the mail archives (something you should do before
posting to -questions) reveals that this question is asked many times.
sendmail(8) is trying to notify users about a mail delivery. There are a
couple of ways to turn this feature off:
- put FEATURE(`no_default_msa') in your sendmail.cf file and regenerate.
- add -B to the LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS in sendmail.cf, regenerate.
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Andy Farkas
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Speednet Communications
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