Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:20:05 +1100 From: Jerahmy Pocott <quakenet1@optusnet.com.au> To: "Philip M. Gollucci" <philip@ridecharge.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sendmail: "exposed" root, why? Message-ID: <2AB7562D-D4DC-43A7-A9EF-2A71046826AD@optusnet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4783C048.9080403@ridecharge.com> References: <8EE4A2AA-E15D-4C07-AFBC-061A4595DA82@optusnet.com.au> <4783C048.9080403@ridecharge.com>
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On 09/01/2008, at 5:26 AM, Philip M. Gollucci wrote:
> There is no directive, but you can edit the resultant .cf file
> and remove the line
> C{E}root
> or root from that line if more than one user.
> Be warned, you _will_ break /etc/crontab and periodic scripts mail
> delivery.
>
> The reason it needs to be exposed is probably these scripts because
> other wise the from address for daily security scripts will be
> root@<masquerade> rather than root@machine.domain. Now, it so
> happens that most of these e-mails have the machine name in the
> subject or what not.
I guess I will just try not exposing root and see what happens..
I don't really see why the crontab and periodic mail would
get broken though? Other than it having the wrong host in
the From: field, the subject line would still say the correct
host..
Or will it break it in some other way?
Cheers,
J.
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