On Wednesday 08 Oct 2003 5:03 am, stormjumper wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 18:00 > Subject: Re: [newbie] mcc - security: options dun stick > > > On Tuesday 07 Oct 2003 6:05 am, Stormjumper wrote: > > > referring to Derek's post on 27 Sep 2003, regarding exploits, i > > > attempted to follow advice on putting an email address and clicking > > > the check box for Security Alerts in Mandrake Control Center -> > > > Security -> Basic > > > > > > however, the check box option reverts to unchecked (unticked) and the > > > Security Administrator reverts to "default" the next time i enter the > > > MCC -> Security Panel. > > > > > > is there any reason for this, or any way to work around the > > > non-registering settings? > > > > > > or can i enter the values manually in a config file somewhere instead? > > > i looked inside /etc/security and /etc/security/msec, but couldn't > > > identify the corresponding config file. can someone direct me as to > > > what values to enter in which file? > > > > > > btw, i'm running 9.1. > > > > > > thanks > > > > I don't know why your settings are not sticking, but you can edit the > > /etc/security/msec/security.conf file directly > > insert the line MAIL_USER= > > > > Also to get mails about failed cron jobs edit /etc/crontab and insert > > MAILTO= > > > > Don't forget for the mails to be sent you need a mail server such as > > postfix > > > to be running. If you do not have a mail server then install ssmtp RPM > > and edit the mailhub parameter in /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf to send mails to > > your > > ISP > > thanks derek. > > i did as instructed, and inserted the MAIL_USER= line in > /etc/security/msec/security.conf. > > now if i return to mcc, it shows the correct email address, but the check > box for Security Alerts in Mandrake Control Center -> Security -> Basic is > still unchecked. > > i believe i need another parameter to activate that option. > > strangely, security.conf is a totally empty file before i editted it. > > alternatively, can someone (preferably running at standard security level) > attach a their security.conf file for reference? > > or direct me to a web resource that contains descriptions of wat parameters > do what in security.conf? i've checked 'man msec', which directed me to > /usr/share/doc/msec-???/security.txt, but that only provided a description > of what the various security levels meant. > > thanks.
Now I am getting confused too. My desktop computer has a mail address in security.conf , but I am not getting mails from it. Yet my server does *not* have a mail address defined in security.conf. Yet I *am* getting emails from msec !! Also in my server setting a mail address in mcc does not stick as you found. There is something I do not understand here, so I shall dig deeper. derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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