sendmail.cf rewrite errors
Michael Kandall
kandall at sgitokyo.nsg.sgi.com
Thu Dec 27 17:10:27 AEST 1990
I am working as a consultant to SGI, and I also am having problems
with the sendmail.cf file.
I modified the D F and N macros as mentioned in the comments of the
distributed sendmail.cf. Not using any special rules, pathaliases,
alternate naming, etc. YP is off. Changes are as follows:
# Full local domain name
DDnsg.sgi.com
# Forwarding host, another_machine is connect by UUCP, so
# non-fully qualified name is used. (Should not affect
# incoming mail.
DFanother_machine
CFanother_machine
# default network name
ONnsg.sgi.com
Out-going mail seems to work fine. In-coming domain-addressed
mail generates the following errors to SYSLOG:
Dec 27 02:24:12 sgitokyo sendmail[19465]: AA19465:
SYSERR: rewrite: expansion too long
Dec 27 02:24:12 sgitokyo sendmail[19465]: Unparseable user
nuucp wants to be a.b.c.d!senders_name
Mail is sent to the postmaster (me) with the following header errors
enclosed.
----- Transcript of session follows -----
554 rewrite: expansion too long
setgroups: No permission match
----- Unsent message follows -----
I believe the permissions problem is just a consequence of the
rewrite rules mis-parsing of the input header. If I fix the problem
which is breaking the rule set, permissions problem should go away.
If anyone could donate their modified copy of a distributed
sendmail.cf (just as a sanity check for me), or can recommend an
approach for tracking down where in the system the error lies,
I would appreciate it.
Thank you,
Mike
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Michael Kandall (kandall at sgitokyo.nsg.sgi.com)
Independent Consultant to Nihon Silicon Graphics
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