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тАО02-12-2001 08:54 AM
тАО02-12-2001 08:54 AM
sendmail User unkown message...Written to dead.letter and still works
bcoolor4:dtremote...User unknown
The message is still sent to the correct user identified in the /etc/mail/aliases table. The aliases.db has been removed and rebuilt. sendmail has been restarted.
When running sendmail -v dba everthing appears to work okay.
What can I now check to stop the this. The dead.letter file keeps growing...
I do have a UNIX login name bbcolor in the /etc/passwd file. This user is not assigned to any aliases.
Any ideas...
jack...
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тАО02-12-2001 09:00 AM
тАО02-12-2001 09:00 AM
Re: sendmail User unkown message...Written to dead.letter and still works
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тАО02-12-2001 09:01 AM
тАО02-12-2001 09:01 AM
Re: sendmail User unkown message...Written to dead.letter and still works
1. PHNE_17135 if you are running HP-UX 10.20.
--OR--
2. PHNE_17190 if you are running HP-UX 11.00.
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тАО02-12-2001 09:07 AM
тАО02-12-2001 09:07 AM
Re: sendmail User unkown message...Written to dead.letter and still works
Verify that the permissions on /usr/sbin/sendmail are set to:
-r-sr-sr-t.
Note: If /usr/sbin/sendmail is not set to -r-sr-sr-t, then execute the following command:
chmod 7555 /usr/sbin/sendmail
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тАО02-12-2001 09:10 AM
тАО02-12-2001 09:10 AM
Re: sendmail User unkown message...Written to dead.letter and still works
In addition to Douglas' post:
Latest superseeding patches are:
ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/hp-ux_patches/s700_800/10.X/PHNE_22672
for 10.20 or
ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/hp-ux_patches/s700_800/11.X/PHNE_18546
for 11.0
Dan
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тАО02-13-2001 10:22 AM
тАО02-13-2001 10:22 AM
Re: sendmail User unkown message...Written to dead.letter and still works
220 chlprod.mead.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3 (PHNE_18546)/8.7.1; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:29:56 -0500 (EST)
So the patch is installed.
Check of permissions on sendmail shows
-r-sr-srt for root:mail login.
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тАО02-14-2001 03:25 AM
тАО02-14-2001 03:25 AM
Re: sendmail User unkown message...Written to dead.letter and still works
Aliases have been seen to be a problem, where the aliases were pointing to a non-existant user.
Permissions of /var/user/username can also be a problem. Mine are set to -rw-rw----.
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тАО02-19-2001 02:08 PM
тАО02-19-2001 02:08 PM
Re: sendmail User unkown message...Written to dead.letter and still works
Sendmail is returning a user unknown for valid users, both remote and local. In my case these errors are being generated from automated mail sent from a generic script that our DBAs use.
Interestingly enough, the errors only come from machines with the PHNE_18546 sendmail patch installed. The ones without it have never been a problem.
I wish I could offer more advice, but I'm in the same boat as you are. Who knows though.. sometimes those little clues reveal a whole lot.