Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:23:45 -0400 From: =?us-ascii?Q?=22Pal=E1n_Gana=22?= <Palan.Gana@verizon.net> To: john@kozubik.com, tdv94ped@cs.umu.se Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Syslog and sendmail Message-ID: <200206240823450857.03A79036@smtp.verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0206240202180.24005-100000@www> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0206240202180.24005-100000@www>
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Should be: sendmail_enable=3D"NONE" With "NO" some sendmail daemons will still start. See /etc/defaults/rc.conf. Regards. Pal=E1n *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/24/2002 at 2:06 AM John Kozubik wrote: >Hello, > >Yes, if you want sendmail turned off, you need only add one entry to >/etc/rc.conf, and that is: > >sendmail_enable=3D"NO" > >Once you have placed that entry into /etc/rc.conf, run the command `ps >auxw | grep sendmail` and if it is running, look at the PID and then run >`kill -9 (sendmail PID)` > >Now you know that sendmail is not running, because `ps auxw | grep >sendmail` will not show any sendmail processes running. By killing the >running sendmail (if there is indeed one running) you remove the need to >reboot to have that new value in /etc/rc.conf apply. > >On future reboots, sendmail will not start. However, you should continue >to get your `periodic` emails. > >----- >John Kozubik - john@kozubik - http://www.kozubik.com > > > > >On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Paul Everlund wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> In 4.6 quite much, when it comes to sendmail, has changed. Did >> read the handbook, but I unfortunately did not find what I was >> looking. (Probably looking in the wrong place.) >> >> As I do not use any mail from my FreeBSD computer, I did put >> sendmail_enable=3D"NONE". But it seems that did prevent me from >> getting mail from periodic. In 4.5 I had sendmail_enable=3D"NO" >> and it did work. >> >> Should I change it to sendmail_enable=3D"NO" in 4.6 to recieve >> these mails? Without changing anything else, can I be sure >> no one can use my server as a relay or sending me mail from >> the outside? >> >> Am a bit confused so I hope someone can help me out! >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Best regards, >> Paul >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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