Thanks for the advice Chip. I tried your suggestion but could not get it to
work after putting a couple of hours into it. No matter what I did, I get
unknown user... I tried use_ct_file and also tried
define('confTRUSTED_USERS', `majordom'). Here is my MC file (without the
changes)... Could the other features be interfering? This were already set
up by Apple for Mac OS X server...
VERSIONID(`$Id: generic-darwin.mc,v 1.3 2002/04/12 18:41:47 bbraun Exp $')
OSTYPE(darwin)dnl
DOMAIN(`generic')dnl
define(`ALIAS_FILE',`/private/etc/majordomo.aliases')
define(`PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH',`/usr/bin/procmail')
FEATURE(`smrsh',`/usr/libexec/smrsh')
FEATURE(local_procmail)
FEATURE(`genericstable', `hash -o /private/etc/mail/genericstable')dnl
FEATURE(`mailertable',`hash -o /private/etc/mail/mailertable')dnl
FEATURE(`access_db')dnl
MAILER(smtp)
MAILER(procmail)
-- John Heffernan
-- Educational Technology Consultant
-- Hampshire Educational Collaborative
-- 97 Hawley Street
-- Northampton, MA 01060-2327
-- 413.586.4900 x144 (tel)
-- 413.586-0180 (fax)
-- http://learn.collaborative.org/
> From: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 12:17:44 -0400 (EDT)
> To: Majordomo-Users <majordomo-users@greatcircle.com>
> Subject: Re: Trouble with Hiding Majordomo Aliases in Sendmail
>
> On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 11:24 -0400, John Heffernan wrote to Majordomo-Users:
>
>> I have been beefing up my security in Majordomo 1.94.5. I am using
>> sendmail 8.12.9. The technique of using sendmail virtusertable is
>> working well - too well. All messages are being blocked due to unknown
>> user. Here is the virtusertable, aliases, bounce email, and Sendmail log
>> entries. When I go back to no virtusertable, all is well except I can
>> post to the outgoing list directly (I do have restrict post set to the
>> list file itself so only list members can post.)
>> [snip]
>
> I ran into the same problem when I upgraded sendmail to 8.12.x. That was
> a long time ago, but if I remember correctly the problem turned out to be
> lack of recognition of majordom as a trusted user in sendmail's
> out-of-the-box submit.cf. Add "FEATURE(`use_ct_file')dnl" to your
> submit.mc, rebuild submit.cf, and see what happens. If instead of listing
> your trusted users in a sendmail.ct file you specify them in your
> sendmail.mc, then do the same thing in submit.mc.
>
> --
> Chip Old (Francis E. Old) E-Mail: fold@bcpl.net
> Manager, BCPL Network Services Phone: 410-887-6180
> Manager, BCPL.NET Internet Services FAX: 410-887-2091
> 320 York Road
> Towson, MD 21204 USA
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