>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'.
>
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I would make a slightly different argument - that if you want to
receive mail for anything other than a local user or relay mail for
anything other than a local user, you have little choice but to enter
into the realm of configuring Sendmail regardless how RH sets up the
original install.
Moreover - all of the distributions are 'tightening' up their
install, offering default firewall setups and generally not starting
services that start up on first boot. It's the madcap internet
environment. After all, we are speaking about 'server' install choice
and this very much means you either know what you're doing or you are
on a path to learn what you are doing because very little is
installed in terms of configuration utilities anyway.
Craig
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