[BlueOnyx:05093] Re: Vacation Replies

[Abdul Rashid Abdullah]

Thanks Michael for the explanation.  I appreciate it.

Regards,

Rashid


On 7/22/10 6:44 PM, "Michael Stauber" <mstauber at blueonyx.it> wrote:

> Hi Abdul,
> 
>> I have been looking for an answer to this issue and found a suggestion to
>> the run the following command:
>> 
>>  strings /usr/sbin/smrsh | grep ^/
>> 
>>  When I did that I found /etc/smrsh.
> 
> Yes. Sendmail will only "pipe" mails to executeables if the executable in
> question has been authorized for usage. To do that, you simply place a
> symbolic link to the executeable in /etc/smrsh/
> 
>>  My shell interface shows the vacation.pl and the target in flashing red.
>>  There is no vacation.pl in that location
> 
> On a "stock" BlueOnyx you should have a symbolic link in /etc/smrsh that
> points to /usr/local/sbin/vacation.pl
> 
> Additionally you should have another symbolic link in there for Majordomo,
> that points to ../../usr/local/majordomo/wrapper
> 
> So it ought to look like this:
> 
> [root at cbq /]# ls -la /etc/smrsh/
> total 20
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Mar 31 06:49 .
> drwxr-xr-x 87 root root 12288 Jul 23 00:40 ..
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    27 May  3 01:56 vacation.pl ->
> /usr/local/sbin/vacation.pl
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    33 Mar  3 21:40 wrapper ->
> ../../usr/local/majordomo/wrapper
> 
>>  I am also noting that ../../usr/local/majordomo/wrapper is in red and when
>> I go to that directory, the wrapper file is in red.
> 
> That's fine. It is in red not because the link is broken, but because the
> target file is a SUID binary, which are shown in red by default.
> 
> If you still don't get vacation messages, then keep in mind that you only
> receive ONE vacation message per sender address per week. A small database
> will be kept in the users home directory that stores which email sender
> already received a vacation message and how long ago that was.
> 
> If in doubt, go to the home directory of that user and delete the *.db file
> that lies directly in the home directory itself. It'll be recreated from
> scratch next time around.