Re: How To Change Email Addr?
At 12:52 PM 10/18/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chmod 644 /etc/mail/aliases as root: touch /etc/mail/aliases.db chmod 644 /etc/mail/aliases.db -Derek I tried that and checked the permissions on /etc/mail/aliases.db but nothing works :( Any other ideas? -Original Message- From: Derek Ragona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:00 am Subject: Re: How To Change Email Addr? At 09:53 AM 10/18/2007, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >newaliases is complaining permission denied, but it's owned by root and >I'm in as root. What do? > >TIA, chmod 644 /etc/mail/aliases -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. ___ <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free <http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=AOLAOF0002000970>AOL Mail! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by <http://www.mailscanner.info/>MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks <http://www.transtec.co.uk/>transtec Computers for their support. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How To Change Email Addr?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > chmod 644 /etc/mail/aliases > I tried that and checked the permissions on > /etc/mail/aliases.db > but nothing works :( Any other ideas? Try this: # cd /etc/mail # makemap hash aliases < aliases Then post to this list output from: # ls -la | grep aliases If the timestamp of aliases.db had not been updated, post output to the list from: # whoami # ls -la /etc/mail Regards, Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: How To Change Email Addr?
Hello: > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: How To Change Email Addr? > > > > chmod 644 /etc/mail/aliases > I tried that and checked the permissions on > /etc/mail/aliases.db > but nothing works :( Any other ideas? > Are you using any security features for sendmail such as smrsh? If so, you may want to confirm that /usr/sbin/mailwrapper (which *should* be what the newaliases virtually links to) is in /usr/libexec/sm.bin. Regards, Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How To Change Email Addr?
chmod 644 /etc/mail/aliases I tried that and checked the permissions on /etc/mail/aliases.db but nothing works :( Any other ideas? -Original Message- From: Derek Ragona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:00 am Subject: Re: How To Change Email Addr? At 09:53 AM 10/18/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:? ? >newaliases is complaining permission denied, but it's owned by root and >I'm >in as root. What do?? >? >TIA,? ? chmod 644 /etc/mail/aliases? ? ? -Derek? ? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and? dangerous content by MailScanner, and is? believed to be clean.? MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.? ? ___? freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list? http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions? To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"? Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How To Change Email Addr?
In response to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Will rebooting the server update newaliases? newaliases is a command you run to update the alias database. Rebooting will not automatically run newaliases, unless someone has written a custom startup script for you server. I would consider running newaliases at every startup A Bad Idea(tm). -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How To Change Email Addr?
Will rebooting the server update newaliases? TIA, Tony Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How To Change Email Addr?
At 09:53 AM 10/18/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: newaliases is complaining permission denied, but it's owned by root and I'm in as root. What do? TIA, chmod 644 /etc/mail/aliases -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: How To Change Email Addr?
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > newaliases is complaining permission denied, but it's owned > by root and I'm in as root. What do? Tony: Check the permissions on /etc/mail/aliases.db newaliases writes to this file based on /etc/mail/aliases. - barry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How To Change Email Addr?
newaliases is complaining permission denied, but it's owned by root and I'm in as root. What do? TIA, Tony -Original Message- From: Steve Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 9:59 am Subject: Re: How To Change Email Addr? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi; > I need to update the email address to which emails from the server are sent ([EMAIL PROTECTED], cron stuff, etc.). I created a file: > /root/.foreward > and added the new address, but that didn't do it? How? If you are running sendmail, check for the root: line in: # /etc/mail/aliases Change the second parameter to what email address you want root's mail to go to, and then run: # newaliases Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: How To Change Email Addr?
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Steve Bertrand > Sent: 18 October 2007 15:00 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: How To Change Email Addr? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi; > > I need to update the email address to which emails from the > server are sent ([EMAIL PROTECTED], cron stuff, etc.). I > created a file: > > /root/.foreward > > and added the new address, but that didn't do it? How? > > If you are running sendmail, check for the root: line in: > > # /etc/mail/aliases > > Change the second parameter to what email address you want root's mail > to go to, and then run: > > # newaliases > > Steve The .forward file should also work - but check your spelling - it's not .foreward - barry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How To Change Email Addr?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi; > I need to update the email address to which emails from the server are sent > ([EMAIL PROTECTED], cron stuff, etc.). I created a file: > /root/.foreward > and added the new address, but that didn't do it? How? If you are running sendmail, check for the root: line in: # /etc/mail/aliases Change the second parameter to what email address you want root's mail to go to, and then run: # newaliases Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How To Change Email Addr?
On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 09:38 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi; > I need to update the email address to which emails from the server are sent > ([EMAIL PROTECTED], cron stuff, etc.). I created a file: > /root/.foreward > and added the new address, but that d Is it /etc/mail/aliases you mean...? -- /Peo signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: How To Change Email Addr?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi; > I need to update the email address to which emails from the server are sent > ([EMAIL PROTECTED], cron stuff, etc.). I created a file: > /root/.foreward > and added the new address, but that didn't do it? How? > Does the .forward work for non-batch mail? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
How To Change Email Addr?
Hi; I need to update the email address to which emails from the server are sent ([EMAIL PROTECTED], cron stuff, etc.). I created a file: /root/.foreward and added the new address, but that didn't do it? How? TIA, Tony Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
