Sorry, I agree with Doc here: I think the stock RH installation is
broken because it fails to install a working `sendmail' (I think a
working `sendmail' is one that can send *and* receive email.)
Why can't `anaconda' have a screen devoted to making the right choices
for a working `sendmail'? Any security warnings could be taken care
here.
BTW, does anyone know what OpenBSD does? NetBSD? FreeBSD? Other Linux
distros? Solaris? HP-UX? Other Unices?
--- Vladimir
Vladimir G. Ivanovic http://www.leonora.org/~vladimir
2770 Cowper St. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2447 +1 650 678 8014
"VH" == Vik Heyndrickx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> And my first point remains unanswered. What's the point of even
>> installing sendmail if you break it on purpose? This is
>> email! That sort
>> of demands extra-local functionality. The ability to retrieve email
>> across a network is considered to be a basic service of a
>> networked OS.
>> I'd like to see a readily available networked mode.
VH> Your request is close to: "why don't those RH guys ship it preconfigured
VH> as a open mail relay".
Are you implying that there is no way to configure `sendmail' so that
there isn't an open mail relay? Or are you suggesting that the RH folks
don't know enough about `sendmail' to configure it properly? If you
answered "no" to both questions, I don't understand where the problem is
since, by your own admission, `sendmail' can be configured not to be an
open mail relay, and RH knows how to do it.
VH> No believe me, the way it is shipped currently is good. For an
VH> experienced admin. it is very easy to make it listen to addresses
VH> different from the loopback address.
Your argument is merely that it's easy to change; you've presented no
evidence that it's "good".
VH> And you need to configure it anyway to make it work, not?
No. Just comment out the DAEMON_OPTIONS line in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc
and follow the directions for recompiling /etc/sendmail.cf, both of
which could be done by `anaconda'.
_______________________________________________
Seawolf-list mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
