From john at jjdev.com  Mon Feb  4 08:58:46 2002
From: john at jjdev.com (johnd)
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:58:46 -0800
Subject: [buug] coprocessor card on sparc under linux
Message-ID: <20020204165846.GA2688@vette.jjdev.com>

I've come across a SPARC box...It has a PC co-processor card that lets you
have a x86 platform...


I've given up on Solaris...and am running Splack (a SPARC slack clone)


Has anybody ever gotten one of these things to work in Linux?





From jammer at weak.org  Mon Feb  4 10:12:18 2002
From: jammer at weak.org (Jon McClintock)
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 10:12:18 -0800
Subject: [buug] coprocessor card on sparc under linux
In-Reply-To: <20020204165846.GA2688@vette.jjdev.com>; from john@jjdev.com on Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 08:58:46AM -0800
References: <20020204165846.GA2688@vette.jjdev.com>
Message-ID: <20020204101218.A23704@weak.org>

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 08:58:46AM -0800, johnd wrote:
> I've come across a SPARC box...It has a PC co-processor card that lets you
> have a x86 platform...
> 
> I've given up on Solaris...and am running Splack (a SPARC slack clone)
> 
> Has anybody ever gotten one of these things to work in Linux?

It's probably a SunPC card, which has gone through many revisions. AFAIK, no
one's gone through the trouble to get one working. I've got one too, and got
no response from Sun when I asked about interface specifications.

If anyone wants mine, I'll bring it to the next meeting, in trade for a 
beverage of my choice.

-Jon



From Marc at sozavac.net  Mon Feb  4 21:35:23 2002
From: Marc at sozavac.net (Marc at sozavac.net)
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:35:23 -0500
Subject: [buug] newbie attack
Message-ID: <200202050534.AIF14883@vmms1.verisignmail.com>

I recently loaded one of my pc's with freebsd. When logged on 
as root, I seem to have no root powers??? Another odd bit, 
when I log in as root my # prompt has the group name placed 
before it that I created at install (sozavac). ie.  sozavac#
If I stay logged in long enough an error pops up:
CRON[412]: _secure_path: /root/.login_conf is not owned by 
root
This error will repeat periodically.
I tried chown root /path/to/file and root.wheel with no luck.
I don't want to reload the os, besides I would much rather 
learn to troubleshoot the problem. 
I would appreciate any feedback on this simple-to-you, but 
really CRAZY-to-me newbie prob. 
Thnx...
Marcos G. Cavazos
H:(949)240-3178
W:(760)725-7840
C:(949)283-3274



From itz at speakeasy.org  Mon Feb  4 19:27:45 2002
From: itz at speakeasy.org (Ian Zimmerman)
Date: 04 Feb 2002 19:27:45 -0800
Subject: [buug] cdrom - invalid device
Message-ID: <86sn8gsj4e.fsf@speakeasy.org>

Jerry> I just recently swapped an old-cdrom for a slightly faster one
Jerry> on my RedHat 7.1 box.  It's an Atapti 32X/AKU.  However, now
Jerry> when I try to mount a cd, it calls it an invalid device.  I
Jerry> didn't modify fstab, or anything else.  What's the problem?  Is
Jerry> there a way to rescan the device?

Was your older drive also an IDE/ATAPI?  That message seems to
indicate you don't have the required driver linked into the kernel,
and you haven't configured the module system to load it on demand.

Also, as always, an exact transcript of what you did would be helpful
:-) 

-- 
Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A.
GPG: 433BA087  9C0F 194F 203A 63F7 B1B8  6E5A 8CA3 27DB 433B A087
The world has taken on a thickness of vulgarity that raises
a spiritual man's contempt to the violence of a passion.  Baudelaire




From sobolak at myrealbox.com  Mon Feb  4 22:44:08 2002
From: sobolak at myrealbox.com (Brian Sobolak)
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 22:44:08 -0800
Subject: [buug] newbie attack
In-Reply-To: <200202050534.AIF14883@vmms1.verisignmail.com>
Message-ID: <B884BF38.ABF%sobolak@myrealbox.com>

On 2/4/02 9:35 PM, "Marc at sozavac.net" <Marc at sozavac.net> wrote:

> I recently loaded one of my pc's with freebsd.

Which version?  Put uname -a in your email; it helps know what you're
running.

> When logged on 
> as root, I seem to have no root powers???

Such as??  What can't you do?

> Another odd bit, 
> when I log in as root my # prompt has the group name placed
> before it that I created at install (sozavac). ie.  sozavac#
> If I stay logged in long enough an error pops up:
> CRON[412]: _secure_path: /root/.login_conf is not owned by
> root
> This error will repeat periodically.
> I tried chown root /path/to/file and root.wheel with no luck.
> I don't want to reload the os, besides I would much rather
> learn to troubleshoot the problem.
> I would appreciate any feedback on this simple-to-you, but
> really CRAZY-to-me newbie prob.

It sounds like your /etc/groups file is messed up, or the default
permissions on your files don't match .  Why don't you display the output of
'ls -al /root' and include your /etc/groups file?

While BUUG is a great resource, you'll probably get a better response (or at
least faster) response from the BSD mailing lists.  Check out
<http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources.html>.
I'd bet if you ask your question on newbies at freebsd.org or
questions at freebsd.org (but don't cross-post!) you'll get an answer; I always
have.

Brian

-- 
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From vmilanov at hotmail.com  Fri Feb  8 07:40:01 2002
From: vmilanov at hotmail.com (Valentin Milanov)
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 17:40:01 +0200
Subject: [buug] (no subject)
Message-ID: <F168yeKzGZuNY1SWoBD000212c5@hotmail.com>

Hi everyone!
I am Free BSD user and I would like to know if somebody can suggest me a 
tool for tracking the Internet trafic on LAN.
I want to be able to see how mauch trafic is redirected to certain machines.
Thanx for the cooperation!
Regards,
Valentin


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Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com




From sobolak at myrealbox.com  Fri Feb  8 08:14:23 2002
From: sobolak at myrealbox.com (Brian Sobolak)
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 08:14:23 -0800
Subject: FreeBSD LAN sniffing tool (was [buug] (no subject))
Message-ID: <1013184863.5814fff8sobolak@myrealbox.com>

(sorry for top-posting - crappy webmail mailer)

Did you look in the ports at /usr/ports/net?  There are sure to be a lot of tools that you can find.

You should also try the mailing list archives, since this question comes up frequently on freebsd-questions.  Try http://www.google.com/bsd to get BSD specific site search.

brian

ps You really (really really!) need to put a subject on your mails.  On most lists if you don't have a subject line you'll be ignored.

--
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brian sobolak             sobolak at myrealbox.com

-----Original Message-----
From: "Valentin Milanov" <vmilanov at hotmail.com>
To: buug at weak.org
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 17:40:01 +0200
Subject: [buug] (no subject)


Hi everyone!
I am Free BSD user and I would like to know if somebody can suggest me a 
tool for tracking the Internet trafic on LAN.
I want to be able to see how mauch trafic is redirected to certain machines.
Thanx for the cooperation!
Regards,
Valentin


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From cmsclaud at arches.uga.edu  Fri Feb  8 10:31:17 2002
From: cmsclaud at arches.uga.edu (Claude Rubinson)
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 13:31:17 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [buug] Webmail App?
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.10.10202081313240.153068-100000@archa15.cc.uga.edu>

Can anyone recommend a decent webmail app?  Needs to support POP3. I've
found some very basic ones, but I'm looking for something with a few more
features.  At a minimum, it needs an addressbook; folders would be nice
too.  Language is unimportant; server supports Perl, Python, PHP4, etc.  
Server has MySQL access.

Sites being hosted through a webhosting company, so I don't have root
access to the server.

Only other restriction is that the app must be free/open source software.

Thanks,

Claude






From sobolak at myrealbox.com  Fri Feb  8 10:51:53 2002
From: sobolak at myrealbox.com (Brian Sobolak)
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 10:51:53 -0800
Subject: [buug] Webmail App?
Message-ID: <1013194313.5266dff8sobolak@myrealbox.com>

(sorry for top-posting)

The most well-known is Horde (e.g. webmail.lmi.net).  Did you check freshmeat.net?  I remember seeing something simple in Perl there.

One cheap solution I used for a client recently that wanted webmail access when his ISP didn't provide it was to use Yahoo.  Yahoo allows POP3 connectivity, so you can pull your mail into a Yahoo mailbox through a web interface.  You can also configure the Reply-To: header, so responses sent from the Yahoo address go back to the original POP email box.  Is completely free (as in beer) and requires little time to setup.

brian


-----Original Message-----
From: Claude Rubinson <cmsclaud at arches.uga.edu>
To: buug at weak.org
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 13:31:17 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [buug] Webmail App?

Can anyone recommend a decent webmail app?  Needs to support POP3. I've
found some very basic ones, but I'm looking for something with a few more
features.  At a minimum, it needs an addressbook; folders would be nice
too.  Language is unimportant; server supports Perl, Python, PHP4, etc.  
Server has MySQL access.

Sites being hosted through a webhosting company, so I don't have root
access to the server.

Only other restriction is that the app must be free/open source software.

Thanks,

Claude




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From jdicioccio at epylon.com  Mon Feb 11 10:57:05 2002
From: jdicioccio at epylon.com (Jason DiCioccio)
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 10:57:05 -0800
Subject: FreeBSD LAN sniffing tool (was [buug] (no subject))
Message-ID: <657B20E93E93D4118F9700D0B73CE3EA02FFF407@goofy.epylon.lan>

 
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

look at trafshow (in ports collection) .. sniffit (ports collection), dsniff
(ports collection), ntop (ports collection), etc; )

Cheers,
- -JD-

- -----Original Message-----
From: Brian Sobolak [mailto:sobolak at myrealbox.com]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:14 AM
To: vmilanov at hotmail.com
Cc: buug at weak.org
Subject: FreeBSD LAN sniffing tool (was [buug] (no subject))


(sorry for top-posting - crappy webmail mailer)

Did you look in the ports at /usr/ports/net?  There are sure to be a lot of
tools that you can find.

You should also try the mailing list archives, since this question comes up
frequently on freebsd-questions.  Try http://www.google.com/bsd to get BSD
specific site search.

brian

ps You really (really really!) need to put a subject on your mails.  On most
lists if you don't have a subject line you'll be ignored.

- --
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brian sobolak             sobolak at myrealbox.com

- -----Original Message-----
From: "Valentin Milanov" <vmilanov at hotmail.com>
To: buug at weak.org
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 17:40:01 +0200
Subject: [buug] (no subject)


Hi everyone!
I am Free BSD user and I would like to know if somebody can suggest me a 
tool for tracking the Internet trafic on LAN.
I want to be able to see how mauch trafic is redirected to certain machines.
Thanx for the cooperation!
Regards,
Valentin


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From acakline at yahoo.com  Wed Feb 13 10:30:06 2002
From: acakline at yahoo.com (Anna Kline)
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 10:30:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [buug] new linux user question
Message-ID: <20020213183006.36521.qmail@web21306.mail.yahoo.com>

What is the command to unlock applications designated
for individual users.

IE: I'm the only user on my Linux system, but I set up
accounts for Annak, cbell and tina. I cannot access my
applications (Starpoint and Moneydance) on annak which
is my su account.

Somehow in my haste, I deleted the account cbell and
tina form log in. I can now log in only as annak ...
yet when I look in the root directory I physically see
cbell and tina . They have locks on them that prohibit
me from using them.

Please help me.

Anna Kline

__________________________________________________
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From rick at linuxmafia.com  Wed Feb 13 11:41:24 2002
From: rick at linuxmafia.com (Rick Moen)
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 11:41:24 -0800
Subject: [buug] new linux user question
In-Reply-To: <20020213183006.36521.qmail@web21306.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20020213183006.36521.qmail@web21306.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20020213194124.GD21633@linuxmafia.com>

Anna --

You'll find that one of the drawbacks of dealing with Unix users 
and the technical community is that we tend to be literal-minded,
and work best with specific information.  If you overanalyse your 
problem before presenting it to the likes of us, you risk the
chance of us addressing the wrong problem.

For example, you framed your situation as "What is the command to 
unlock applications designed for individual users."  But I'm 
quite sure that's not the problem you're trying to solve.

Dollars to donuts, what you meant to say was "I need help starting
up Moneydance and Starpoint.  I attempted to do so by doing [foo],
and [bar] happened, instead."

It may be that some history of what you've done on the system 
recently is relevant to your problem (whatever that problem is).
If so, please describe what you did specifically, step by step,
in chronological order.

I'm posting this on the suspicion that your appeal for help would 
otherwise go unaddressed, because nobody can figure out exactly what
the difficulty is, or what's going on, from your account.  I may be
mistaken -- and intend no offence, in any event.




From cmsclaud at arches.uga.edu  Wed Feb 13 11:40:20 2002
From: cmsclaud at arches.uga.edu (Claude Rubinson)
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 14:40:20 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [buug] new linux user question
In-Reply-To: <20020213183006.36521.qmail@web21306.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.10.10202131433280.191916-100000@archa15.cc.uga.edu>

Not to be rude, but it sounds like you really need to spend some time
learning the basic ins-and-outs of Unix.  I'd recommend that you spend
some time reading through the HOWTOs on the Linux Documentation Project
(http://www.linuxdoc.org).  They have some nice intros, including one for
Windows users migrating to Linux.

I'd also recommend picking up a copy of "Running Linux" and/or "Learning
the Unix Operating System," both from O'Reilly.

Claude


On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Anna Kline wrote:

> What is the command to unlock applications designated
> for individual users.
> 
> IE: I'm the only user on my Linux system, but I set up
> accounts for Annak, cbell and tina. I cannot access my
> applications (Starpoint and Moneydance) on annak which
> is my su account.
> 
> Somehow in my haste, I deleted the account cbell and
> tina form log in. I can now log in only as annak ...
> yet when I look in the root directory I physically see
> cbell and tina . They have locks on them that prohibit
> me from using them.
> 
> Please help me.
> 
> Anna Kline
> 
> __________________________________________________
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> Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings!
> http://greetings.yahoo.com
> 
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From sobolak at myrealbox.com  Wed Feb 13 12:04:12 2002
From: sobolak at myrealbox.com (Brian Sobolak)
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 12:04:12 -0800
Subject: [buug] new linux user question
Message-ID: <1013630652.61ac7ff8sobolak@myrealbox.com>

Hmmm...  I guess I'll take the plunge...

<anna stuff>
IE: I'm the only user on my Linux system, but I set up
accounts for Annak, cbell and tina. I cannot access my
applications (Starpoint and Moneydance) on annak which
is my su account.
</anna stuff>

What actions are you taking? (ie command you type into the machine, or menus you use through GNOME or KDE to activate the program)

What's the error message that tells you it failed?

<anna stuff type="more">
Somehow in my haste, I deleted the account cbell and
tina form log in. I can now log in only as annak ...
yet when I look in the root directory I physically see
cbell and tina . They have locks on them that prohibit
me from using them.
</anna stuff>

They have locks on them?  If you are su, then you should be able to access their accounts if you need to.  What tells you that they are locked?

By the way, you'll probably want to provide more technical detail about what you're running, ie KDE on Mandrake 8, Red Hat 7, etc.

Also, as has previously been suggested, you probably want to take a look around the web to see if this hasn't been solved before.  Did you try searching for your problem on http://www.google.com/linux before you posted here?

brian





From azara.khan at patni.com  Sat Feb 16 03:36:40 2002
From: azara.khan at patni.com (Azara Khan)
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 17:06:40 +0530
Subject: [buug] C shell equivalent of trap - how do I handle specific signals with onintr
Message-ID: <000101c1b6de$344e34a0$5060d103@patni.com>

Hello;
onintr is equivalent for trap in csh. How  do I  trap for specific signals
like SIGXFSZ, SIGINT, SIGALRM etc. with onintr? Appreciate any help here.

Thanks in advance,
Azara





From stevej at pobox.com  Fri Feb 22 13:29:57 2002
From: stevej at pobox.com (steve jenson)
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:29:57 -0800
Subject: [buug] /etc/hosts under OS X
Message-ID: <B89BF855.1D9D%stevej@pobox.com>

To the gentleman at last night's BUUG group looking for an answer to make
/etc/hosts work under OS X. I found this article:

http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/Technical/Lookupd.html

(there's `man lookupd` as well)

Also there's an application called the Moose's Assistant, which you can find
on the Apple site, that can change the lookup order for you.


HTH,
steve

-- 
steve jenson <stevej at pobox.com> [http://pobox.com/~stevej/]
"We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at
 them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me." -jack handy








From jammer at weak.org  Fri Feb 22 13:45:30 2002
From: jammer at weak.org (Jon McClintock)
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:45:30 -0800
Subject: [buug] Spam poetry
Message-ID: <20020222134530.A1987@weak.org>

I mentioned last night at the BUUG meeting that there was a contest to create
poetry out of spam. Run by the folks at SatireWire, the winning entries are
quite amusing:

  http://www.satirewire.com/features/poetry_spam/poetryintro.shtml

-Jon



From phatal at strife.org  Fri Feb 22 14:03:23 2002
From: phatal at strife.org (phatal)
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 14:03:23 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [buug] /etc/hosts under OS X
In-Reply-To: <B89BF855.1D9D%stevej@pobox.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0202221400110.20618-100000@strife.org>

I came into work this morning and my browser was, coincedentally at the
following page: http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/cs_msg/5407

The followup answer to which is here:
http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/cs_msg/5452

I happened to be looking for bsd-related dns/lookup issues and that popped
up last friday.

-nchriss

On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, steve jenson wrote:

> To the gentleman at last night's BUUG group looking for an answer to make
> /etc/hosts work under OS X. I found this article:
> 
> http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/Technical/Lookupd.html
> 
> (there's `man lookupd` as well)
> 
> Also there's an application called the Moose's Assistant, which you can find
> on the Apple site, that can change the lookup order for you.
> 
> 
> HTH,
> steve
> 
> -- 
> steve jenson <stevej at pobox.com> [http://pobox.com/~stevej/]
> "We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at
>  them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me." -jack handy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Buug mailing list
> Buug at weak.org
> http://www.weak.org/mailman/listinfo/buug
> 





From jammer at weak.org  Mon Feb 25 11:46:44 2002
From: jammer at weak.org (Jon McClintock)
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:46:44 -0800
Subject: [buug] /etc/hosts under OS X
In-Reply-To: <B89BF855.1D9D%stevej@pobox.com>; from stevej@pobox.com on Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 01:29:57PM -0800
References: <B89BF855.1D9D%stevej@pobox.com>
Message-ID: <20020225114644.B6850@weak.org>

And on a lighter note...

http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/viewft.cfm?uc_fn=1&uc_full_date=20020225&uc_daction=X&uc_comic=ft

-Jon

On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 01:29:57PM -0800, steve jenson wrote:
> To the gentleman at last night's BUUG group looking for an answer to make
> /etc/hosts work under OS X. I found this article:
> 
> http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/Technical/Lookupd.html
> 
> (there's `man lookupd` as well)
> 
> Also there's an application called the Moose's Assistant, which you can find
> on the Apple site, that can change the lookup order for you.



From miduckhunter at beer.com  Wed Feb 27 10:52:51 2002
From: miduckhunter at beer.com (D. L)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 13:52:51 -0500
Subject: [buug] Sendmail/SMTP problem on FreeBSD
Message-ID: <717D8A6FB4DF0B54AB6664D6BC68FBE4@miduckhunter.beer.com>

I am someone you will be able to help me.  I really do not know where 
else to go for guidance on an Issue that I am seeing with SMTP and/or 
POP3 on my box that is running Apache 1.3 on Free BSD.  In addition I 
am not that proficient in the Linux/Unix Environement.
 
 I have a SMTP and POP3 server running Apache 1.3 on FreeBSD.  I have 
been getting a complaint from an end user that his e-mail is not 
functioning properly.
 
 This end user can send mail out.  He is not receiving any messages 
 from the daemon indicating that it did not send successfully.  At 
this point he is assuming that the mail has been sent.  The problem 
is that the recipient never did get the message or when they do 
receive it they are unable to reply to it.
 
 For some reason they are prompted with an error indicating that the 
host (my mail server) cannot be found.  I find this funny because I 
have 50 other e-mail boxes/accounts on this server and no one else 
has mentioned any problems.
 
 I contacted my ISP and had them verify my MX records and DNS for my 
mail server and domain.  Everything appears to be correct.  With this 
in mind I tried sending and receiving e-mails from this account.  The 
same results occured.  I deleted and recreated the account in 
question and still the same result.
 
 Finally I created a test account using his first inital and the 
first 8 letters of his name.  This account functions properly.  I 
believe that his account is bad.  Aside from deleting it and 
recreating it on the server is there anything else I can do to fix 
this issue?  Your help is appreciated.
 
Thanks,
Don
miduckhunter at beer.com


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From jammer at weak.org  Wed Feb 27 11:08:09 2002
From: jammer at weak.org (Jon McClintock)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:08:09 -0800
Subject: [buug] Sendmail/SMTP problem on FreeBSD
In-Reply-To: <717D8A6FB4DF0B54AB6664D6BC68FBE4@miduckhunter.beer.com>; from miduckhunter@beer.com on Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 01:52:51PM -0500
References: <717D8A6FB4DF0B54AB6664D6BC68FBE4@miduckhunter.beer.com>
Message-ID: <20020227110809.C30126@weak.org>

Don,

It would be helpful if you provided some more information about your setup:

- Which MTA are you running? Sendmail? Exim? Postfix? Qmail (shudder)?
- Have you checked your logs for any informative error messages?
- Is it a specific email address your user is having troubles sending mail
  to?
- Does the reverse DNS lookup for your severs IP address match what the 
  mail server says it is called?

It could be that the host they are trying to send mail to is doing a reverse
lookup, finding something different, and rejecting it.

-Jon

On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 01:52:51PM -0500, D. L wrote:
> I am someone you will be able to help me.  I really do not know where 
> else to go for guidance on an Issue that I am seeing with SMTP and/or 
> POP3 on my box that is running Apache 1.3 on Free BSD.  In addition I 
> am not that proficient in the Linux/Unix Environement.
>  
>  I have a SMTP and POP3 server running Apache 1.3 on FreeBSD.  I have 
> been getting a complaint from an end user that his e-mail is not 
> functioning properly.
>  
>  This end user can send mail out.  He is not receiving any messages 
>  from the daemon indicating that it did not send successfully.  At 
> this point he is assuming that the mail has been sent.  The problem 
> is that the recipient never did get the message or when they do 
> receive it they are unable to reply to it.
>  
>  For some reason they are prompted with an error indicating that the 
> host (my mail server) cannot be found.  I find this funny because I 
> have 50 other e-mail boxes/accounts on this server and no one else 
> has mentioned any problems.
>  
>  I contacted my ISP and had them verify my MX records and DNS for my 
> mail server and domain.  Everything appears to be correct.  With this 
> in mind I tried sending and receiving e-mails from this account.  The 
> same results occured.  I deleted and recreated the account in 
> question and still the same result.
>  
>  Finally I created a test account using his first inital and the 
> first 8 letters of his name.  This account functions properly.  I 
> believe that his account is bad.  Aside from deleting it and 
> recreating it on the server is there anything else I can do to fix 
> this issue?  Your help is appreciated.
>  
> Thanks,
> Don
> miduckhunter at beer.com
> 
> 
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From miduckhunter at beer.com  Wed Feb 27 11:31:41 2002
From: miduckhunter at beer.com (D. L)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:31:41 -0500
Subject: [buug] Sendmail/SMTP problem on FreeBSD
Message-ID: <6AA0153E9EB47E54E9EC61D3F076C0ED@miduckhunter.beer.com>

Here are the answers to your questions:

1.  Sendmail
2.  I have not checked the logs yet.  (You will have to understand, I 
am very new to both FreeBSD and Sendmail.)
3.  The problem is with any e-mail address.
4.  I ran a Reverse DNS lookup and the IP address matches the name 
for the mail server.

Thanks,
-Don
miduckhunter at beer.com


> - Which MTA are you running? Sendmail? Exim? Postfix? Qmail
(shudder)?
> - Have you checked your logs for any informative error messages?
> - Is it a specific email address your user is having troubles 
sending mail
 ?to?
> - Does the reverse DNS lookup for your severs IP address match what 
the 
 ?mail server says it is called?
> 
> It could be that the host they are trying to send mail to is doing 
a reverse
lookup, finding something different, and rejecting it.

-Jon

On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 01:52:51PM -0500, D. L wrote:
> I am someone you will be able to help me. ?I really do not know 
where 
> else to go for guidance on an Issue that I am seeing with SMTP 
and/or 
> POP3 on my box that is running Apache 1.3 on Free BSD. ?In addition 
I 
> am not that proficient in the Linux/Unix Environement.
> ?
> ?I have a SMTP and POP3 server running Apache 1.3 on FreeBSD. ?I 
have 
> been getting a complaint from an end user that his e-mail is not 
> functioning properly.
> ?
> ?This end user can send mail out. ?He is not receiving any messages 
> ?from the daemon indicating that it did not send successfully. ?At 
> this point he is assuming that the mail has been sent. ?The problem 
> is that the recipient never did get the message or when they do 
> receive it they are unable to reply to it.
> ?
> ?For some reason they are prompted with an error indicating that 
the 
> host (my mail server) cannot be found. ?I find this funny because I 
> have 50 other e-mail boxes/accounts on this server and no one else 
> has mentioned any problems.
> ?
> ?I contacted my ISP and had them verify my MX records and DNS for 
my 
> mail server and domain. ?Everything appears to be correct. ?With 
this 
> in mind I tried sending and receiving e-mails from this 
account. ?The 
> same results occured. ?I deleted and recreated the account in 
> question and still the same result.
> ?
> ?Finally I created a test account using his first inital and the 
> first 8 letters of his name. ?This account functions properly. ?I 
> believe that his account is bad. ?Aside from deleting it and 
> recreating it on the server is there anything else I can do to fix 
> this issue? ?Your help is appreciated.
> ?
> Thanks,
> Don
> miduckhunter at beer.com
> 
> 
> Beer Mail, brought to you by your friends at beer.com.
> 
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From sobolak at myrealbox.com  Wed Feb 27 13:18:06 2002
From: sobolak at myrealbox.com (Brian Sobolak)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 13:18:06 -0800
Subject: [buug] Sendmail/SMTP problem on FreeBSD
Message-ID: <1014844686.7cb62ff8sobolak@myrealbox.com>

Don - 

You'll probably want to give questions at freebsd.org.  That's the support mailing list for FreeBSD and there are lots of helpful people that that might be able to offer some suggestions.  (Not that BUUG isn't helpful, it's just that the people on questions are FreeBSD specialists.)  You'll get a faster response there than you will here.

Check out this link, which will help you get a better response:

How to use freebsd question
http://www.lemis.com/questions.html

HTH,

brian

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-----Original Message-----
From: "D. L" <miduckhunter at beer.com>
To: buug at weak.org
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:31:41 -0500
Subject: Re: Re: [buug] Sendmail/SMTP problem on FreeBSD

Here are the answers to your questions:

1.  Sendmail
2.  I have not checked the logs yet.  (You will have to understand, I 
am very new to both FreeBSD and Sendmail.)
3.  The problem is with any e-mail address.
4.  I ran a Reverse DNS lookup and the IP address matches the name 
for the mail server.

Thanks,
-Don
miduckhunter at beer.com


> - Which MTA are you running? Sendmail? Exim? Postfix? Qmail
(shudder)?
> - Have you checked your logs for any informative error messages?
> - Is it a specific email address your user is having troubles 
sending mail
 ?to?
> - Does the reverse DNS lookup for your severs IP address match what 
the 
 ?mail server says it is called?
> 
> It could be that the host they are trying to send mail to is doing 
a reverse
lookup, finding something different, and rejecting it.

-Jon

On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 01:52:51PM -0500, D. L wrote:
> I am someone you will be able to help me. ?I really do not know 
where 
> else to go for guidance on an Issue that I am seeing with SMTP 
and/or 
> POP3 on my box that is running Apache 1.3 on Free BSD. ?In addition 
I 
> am not that proficient in the Linux/Unix Environement.
> ?
> ?I have a SMTP and POP3 server running Apache 1.3 on FreeBSD. ?I 
have 
> been getting a complaint from an end user that his e-mail is not 
> functioning properly.
> ?
> ?This end user can send mail out. ?He is not receiving any messages 
> ?from the daemon indicating that it did not send successfully. ?At 
> this point he is assuming that the mail has been sent. ?The problem 
> is that the recipient never did get the message or when they do 
> receive it they are unable to reply to it.
> ?
> ?For some reason they are prompted with an error indicating that 
the 
> host (my mail server) cannot be found. ?I find this funny because I 
> have 50 other e-mail boxes/accounts on this server and no one else 
> has mentioned any problems.
> ?
> ?I contacted my ISP and had them verify my MX records and DNS for 
my 
> mail server and domain. ?Everything appears to be correct. ?With 
this 
> in mind I tried sending and receiving e-mails from this 
account. ?The 
> same results occured. ?I deleted and recreated the account in 
> question and still the same result.
> ?
> ?Finally I created a test account using his first inital and the 
> first 8 letters of his name. ?This account functions properly. ?I 
> believe that his account is bad. ?Aside from deleting it and 
> recreating it on the server is there anything else I can do to fix 
> this issue? ?Your help is appreciated.
> ?
> Thanks,
> Don
> miduckhunter at beer.com
> 
> 
> Beer Mail, brought to you by your friends at beer.com.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Buug mailing list
> Buug at weak.org
> http://www.weak.org/mailman/listinfo/buug


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From jbisted at mycomputerdoctor.net  Wed Feb 27 17:26:16 2002
From: jbisted at mycomputerdoctor.net (Justin M Bisted)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:26:16 -0600
Subject: [buug] i have a Free BSD server
Message-ID: <D19C979BE5B5D411B96600C0F01BBD980122DB@exchange.mycomputerdoctor.net>

I Have a free bsd server and I have popper and send mail installed I can
mail to it and I can send to it how do I make a address forward from it 
Like:
Justin at freebsd.mycomputerdoctor.net
<mailto:Justin at freebsd.mycomputerdoctor.net>  (on the Freebsd server)
Is forwared to 
Justin at mycomputerdoctor.net <mailto:Justin at mycomputerdoctor.net>  (on
another server)
 
Justin M Bisted
 
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From rick at linuxmafia.com  Wed Feb 27 17:52:56 2002
From: rick at linuxmafia.com (Rick Moen)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 17:52:56 -0800
Subject: [buug] i have a Free BSD server
In-Reply-To: <D19C979BE5B5D411B96600C0F01BBD980122DB@exchange.mycomputerdoctor.net>
References: <D19C979BE5B5D411B96600C0F01BBD980122DB@exchange.mycomputerdoctor.net>
Message-ID: <20020228015256.GK10153@linuxmafia.com>

Quoting Justin M Bisted (jbisted at mycomputerdoctor.net):

> I Have a free bsd server and I have popper and send mail installed I can
> mail to it and I can send to it how do I make a address forward from it 
> Like:
> Justin at freebsd.mycomputerdoctor.net
> <mailto:Justin at freebsd.mycomputerdoctor.net>  (on the Freebsd server)
> Is forwared to 
> Justin at mycomputerdoctor.net <mailto:Justin at mycomputerdoctor.net>  (on
> another server)

The root user can set up redirects from accounts that exist on the 
local box as well as those that don't, to one or more redirect
mailboxes, in /etc/aliases .  E.g., my /etc/aliases file includes these
lines:

postmaster: root
root: rick

There is no "postmaster" login account on the machine, but any mail
arriving for postmaster gets redirected to root, which in turn gets
redirected to rick.

Individual users can redirect their own incoming mail to elsewhere via
one or more lines in a ~/.forward file.

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