Strange sender of mail

Strange sender of mail

Post by Niclas Mor » Wed, 14 Feb 1996 04:00:00



When I send a mail as a normally user, it looks like the mail have been
sent by root.

The line in the mail looks like this:


Anyone have any idea?

TIA

 - Niclas More

 
 
 

Strange sender of mail

Post by Michael McKnig » Wed, 14 Feb 1996 04:00:00


Is your user id number set to 0?  Use the following to
take a look:

        grep <username> /etc/passwd

and look in the third field for the number.  For example:

        username:x:userid:groupid:Real Name:home_dir:/default/shell
                   ^^^^^^
                     |
                     |

-Michael McKnight


 
 
 

1. /bin/mail chown on /var/mail/username owned by sender?

I have 1 user sending mail to another user
user webmstr sends mail to jhamil01
user jhamil01 read his mail and can't open file /var/mail/jhamil01
because it is owned by webmstr.  Is there a way to configure
mail so this doesn't happen and the /var/mail/jhamil01 is owned by
jhamil01, not webmstr?
--
John W. Hamill      `"""""""   PROFS: SMTP(JHAMIL01)    
Voice:(248)528-6139


:(248)528-6408

Troy, MI  48083-1189 R1100RS 94BMW  There is a $50.00 charge for any
junk sent
                 KZ440D2 LTD 81Kaw to me.       The above are my views
only!!

                  On 5/10/97 area code 810 will be changed to 248
                  On 9/13/97 area code 248 must be dialed

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