Ok, if I change root to marvin for exemple (marvin is also ID 0) marvin is receiving
mail ...
Thanks a lot for your help.
Have a nice day
--
cedric
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Derek Balling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, April 16, 1998 4:52 PM
>To: Cedric MARSOT
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: /etc/aliasese
>
>
>OK, two things:
>
>When the mail originates, it will originate from root, so when it goes to
>expand the alias, it won't include "root" in security's alias. It just
>goes "oh, I don't need to worry about him".
>
>Try sending the mail from a different address, just for haha's and find
>out if it works. If it STILL doesn't, then drop the space between the ","
>and "root" and see if it works then. I don't know if that space is valid
>or not.
>
>Derek
>
>On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Cedric MARSOT wrote:
>
>> Ah .... yes I am mailling from root ... but in fact this alias
>(security) is used for /etc/hosts.deny:
>>
>> ALL: ALL: twist = /usr/bin/finger -l | /usr/bin/Mail -s
>[`/bin/hostname`]-%d-%h security
>>
>> and so no mails are sent to root ...
>>
>> do you have any idea for make this working ?
>> this is my /etc/aliases
>> # Basic system aliases -- these MUST be present.
>> MAILER-DAEMON: postmaster
>> postmaster: root
>>
>> # General redirections for pseudo accounts.
>> bin: root
>> daemon: root
>> games: root
>> ingres: root
>> nobody: root
>> system: root
>> toor: root
>> uucp: root
>>
>> # Well-known aliases.
>> manager: root
>> dumper: root
>> operator: root
>>
>> # trap decode to catch security attacks
>> decode: root
>> security: [EMAIL PROTECTED], root
>>
>> Thanks
>> --
>> cedric
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Christopher Fisk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> >Sent: Thursday, April 16, 1998 3:47 PM
>> >To: Cedric MARSOT
>> >Cc: RedHat List
>> >Subject: Re: /etc/aliasese
>> >
>> >
>> >>i have RedHat 5.0
>> >>I have ob with /etc/aliases
>> >>
>> >>i put something like this:
>> >>security: root, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >>
>> >>I have done a newaliases
>> >>
>> >>and when I mail to security, only [EMAIL PROTECTED] receive
>> >the message ... not root ...
>> >
>> >Just curious but are you mailing FROM root? Aliases will not send the
>> >message back to the person who sent it even if they are on the recieve
>> >list for that alias.
>> >
>> >Hope that helps
>> >
>> >Chris Fisk
>> >
>> >
>> >
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