From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 18 00:13:03 2009 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 2B1A8106566C for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:13:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f167.google.com (mail-fx0-f167.google.com [209.85.220.167]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1AFD8FC16 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:13:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so283749fxm.43 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:13:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=v1bqD1zYGCLet926MotITRk0CIT3QqBk4we7X3NVC88=; b=CDZTnRloZIcWe6XmzE1Ptc8J5DwiV1wR4eq41tg5JlMYbFb430ZXrB9o/2ma2r0kyL qSNAnZb8BQeJDnZfSFoTJLY9yHBtBbBi7rFYp5q9ZP9Aum0MmuIzFDjUBo3IwNXFo1rv HXPvHK7Bfz1pqzCmv4gt3lsgsg6mBOQc1VVf4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=p6/xG68JTvr0rcQHRO8kZN2bvQ10YIbI5iztuEo1yw+RJIvqbNi1+y+g2ASrrPCTDP IptAPHv65e1e6WRjrvJ01QgzBYHXnEgTd7r8R5VTZOGTb3pA5HqnMBd8q0GqUMNdiZOu jItBImWsGQb32iucJWCqtiShplko/tW3AZjZU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.113.200 with SMTP id b8mr523446faq.84.1237335181681; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:13:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49C03BB7.1040009@ibctech.ca> References: <49C03BB7.1040009@ibctech.ca> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:13:01 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310903171713v70032ccfxe0adcfc895459896@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Steve Bertrand Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stop all manner of periodic scripts from running 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: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:13:03 -0000 On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Taking the questions regarding my routing boxes one step further, I have > strict rules that allow only certain control and management protocols to > communicate on the network. > > Although SMTP is denied, I just realized that there are numerous > messages from periodic scripts that are queued up that can't be sent. > > Can someone advise how to find out each and every periodic script that > tries to send out email (given a standard install), and/or how to > disable this? > > Or, is there a way to completely cripple a FreeBSD machine, so the > system actually realizes that it can not send any email, and everything > it tries to send email will realize this? (preferably a more subtle > approach than simply rm'ing the sendmail binary :) > echo 'sendmail_enable="NONE"' >> /etc/rc.conf -- Glen Barber