On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:38:32 +0100, Thomas Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ilja Booij wrote: > > > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:16:05 +0100, Thomas Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > dbmail-lmtpd tries to execute /bin/bash ?? Why? > > > > I'm guessing this is used for opening a pipe to sendmail for forwarding. > > A pipe for lmtp, why? lmtpd should simply open a TCP port localhost:24 and > that's it, no necessity to start processes. > RSBAC denied execution of /bin/bash nevertheless everything works fine > so it's not necessary to execute /bin/bash. >
If a message is to be forwarded to an external address, dbmail-lmtpd will open a pipe to /usr/bin/sendmail (or whatever path is supplied in dbmail.conf). On local delivery, no pipe is opened. Ilja
