send mail out connection refused as normal user

[Ratzie]

I have a RedHat ES 3.0 server that I set up. I copied over the /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and shadow passwd from a previous RedHat 7.3 server that I built. I did find that I was missing the user...
smmsp:x:51:51::/var/spool/mqueue:/sbin/nologin
so I added that to the /etc/passwd file.

Here is what I want to do...
I only have this server sending out bound mail on our network. So I do not need sendmail running, I shut down that service.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop





I have been able to get the outgoing mail to work ALL UNDER ROOT!
This is what I added to submit.cf
# "Smart" relay host (may be null)
DSsmtp_server.mts.mb.ca

And the mail goes thru correctly...
Mar 25 10:55:02 myserver sendmail[997]: i2PGt2ti000997: from=root, size=43, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200403251655.i2PGt2ti000997@myserver.mts.mb.ca>, relay=root@localhost
Mar 25 10:55:02 myserver sendmail[997]: i2PGt2ti000997: to=lhradowy@mts.ca, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30043, relay=smtp_server.mts.mb.ca. [192.168.2.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Message accepted for delivery)


BUT IF I LOG IN AS A REGULAR USER... I get a connection refused


Mar 25 10:55:44 myserver sendmail[1031]: i2PGtifY001031: from=lhradowy, size=26, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200403251655.i2PGtifY001031@myserver.mts.mb.ca>, relay=lhradowy@localhost
Mar 25 10:55:44 opsftp sendmail[1031]: i2PGtifY001031: to=lhradowy@mts.ca, ctladdr=lhradowy (520/50), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30026, relay=smtp_server.mts.mb.ca. [192.168.2.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by smtp_server.mts.mb.ca.

I also get an error if I run mailq as a regular user...
lhradowy@myserver ~$ mailq
can not chdir(/var/spool/mqueue/): Permission denied
Program mode requires special privileges, e.g., root or TrustedUser.

Mar 25 10:46:58 myserver sendmail[937]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(lhradowy): can not chdir(/var/spool/mqueue/): Permission denied

Anyone can help?

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

mailq is a root program.

Users normally should not be able to use it.

Problem:
stat=Deferred: Connection refused by smtp_server.mts.mb.ca

You have a DS directive in sendmail.cf

The server smtp_server.mts.mb.ca is refusing to relay mail.

If its one of your servers, check the file /etc/mail/access

Make sure the server you are sending the mail from is listed as a valid relay server:

yourserver RELAY

rebuild your hast databases(see attachment for a model)

service sendmail restart

If someone else is responsible for that smtp relay server have them make sure it allows mail relay from your server.

SEP

[Ratzie]

GOT IT WORKING...

needed to add my relay server to the sendmail.cf file as well!

I still do not have sendmail running, nor do I want to.