Date: 20 Feb 2001 01:08:38 -0000 From: peter@dataloss.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: misc/25218: mailwrapper invokes sendmail when resources are tight Message-ID: <20010220010838.1196.qmail@massive.dataloss.net>
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>Number: 25218 >Category: misc >Synopsis: mailwrapper invokes sendmail when resources are tight >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 19 17:20:02 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Peter van Dijk >Release: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386 >Organization: Vuurwerk Internet >Environment: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE. This code hasn't changed for a while, I think :) >Description: If mailwrapper can't open /etc/mail/mailer.conf (which may happen when resources are tight) it defaults to starting sendmail instead of aborting. This is a terrible bug. Mail administrators everywhere have chosen an MTA *other* than sendmail. The sendmail configuration on a box might not be setup correctly. These admins expect mailwrapper to start their MTA :) >How-To-Repeat: I have not reproduced the situation. It should be obvious from the code. >Fix: Make mailwrapper abort if it can't read /etc/mail/mailer.conf, like it does when it can't find a mapping. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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