Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 02:06:03 -0700 (PDT) From: John Kozubik <john@kozubik.com> To: Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Syslog and sendmail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0206240202180.24005-100000@www> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0206240939450.933-100000@gren.cs.umu.se>
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Hello, Yes, if you want sendmail turned off, you need only add one entry to /etc/rc.conf, and that is: sendmail_enable="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="NONE". But it seems that did prevent me from > getting mail from periodic. In 4.5 I had sendmail_enable="NO" > and it did work. > > Should I change it to sendmail_enable="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
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