telnet localhost 25 works, telnet servername 25 connection refused
swangdb
machine as root.
Basically, I can telnet to port 25 of localhost but not of the machine
name or the IP address.
# telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 <servername> ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.4/8.14.4; Thu, 22 Jul 2010
14:43:06 -0500 (CDT)
# telnet <servername> 25
Trying <ip address>...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
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/etc/hosts contains
127.0.0.1 localhost
<ip address> servername servername.duc.auburn.edu loghost mailhost
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/etc/hosts.allow contains:
sendmail: ALL
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# svcprop sendmail |grep local_only
config/local_only boolean false
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I tried "netservices open" and still had the same problem. Sendmail
and inetd are running.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
Robert Bonomi
swangdb <swa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Using Solaris 10 (x86) with Sendmail 8.14.4, I am logged into the
>machine as root.
>
>Basically, I can telnet to port 25 of localhost but not of the machine
>name or the IP address.
>
># telnet localhost 25
>Trying 127.0.0.1...
>Connected to localhost.
>Escape character is '^]'.
>220 <servername> ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.4/8.14.4; Thu, 22 Jul 2010
>14:43:06 -0500 (CDT)
>
># telnet <servername> 25
>Trying <ip address>...
>telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
>
The problem is obvious. sendmail is only listening on 127.0.0.1.
Check the DAEMON_OPTIONS in your .mc file
swangdb
> The problem is obvious. sendmail is only listening on 127.0.0.1.
>
> Check the DAEMON_OPTIONS in your .mc file
Thanks. I've listed the .mc file I've been using. I tried a
DAEMON_OPTIONS (seen below) but it didn't work so I have it commented
out.
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divert(0)dnl
VERSIONID(`$Id: generic-solaris.mc,v 8.13 2001/06/27 21:46:30 gshapiro
Exp $')
OSTYPE(solaris2)dnl
DOMAIN(auburn.edu)dnl
##DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=0.0.0.0, Name=MTA')dnl
MAILER(local)dnl
MAILER(smtp)dnl
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When I use this DAEMON_OPTIONS, rebuild/install sendmail.cf and
restart sendmail, ps shows the following, that it's still listening to
127.0.0.1. How can I fix this?
# ps | grep sendmail
root 7496 2029 0 07:13:19 pts/4 0:00 grep sendmail
root 7487 1 0 07:11:31 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -
bd -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=127.0.0.1 -q15m
root 7461 1 0 07:10:03 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -
bd -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=127.0.0.1 -q15m
smmsp 7491 1 0 07:11:31 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -
Ac -q15m
mikea
> On Jul 28, 4:36?pm, bon...@host122.r-bonomi.com (Robert Bonomi) wrote:
>
>> The problem is obvious. ?sendmail is only listening on 127.0.0.1.
>>
>> Check the DAEMON_OPTIONS in your .mc file
>
> Thanks. I've listed the .mc file I've been using. I tried a
> DAEMON_OPTIONS (seen below) but it didn't work so I have it commented
> out.
>
> -----
> divert(0)dnl
> VERSIONID(`$Id: generic-solaris.mc,v 8.13 2001/06/27 21:46:30 gshapiro
> Exp $')
> OSTYPE(solaris2)dnl
> DOMAIN(auburn.edu)dnl
> ##DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=0.0.0.0, Name=MTA')dnl
In a .mc file, a comment line begins with "dnl", not "##".
If you leave out the "Addr=a.b.c.d" pair and its comma, then (according
to the Bat book 3d Edition) the default address becomes INADDR_ANY,
which allows connections to any address on the local machine. That's in
section 24.9.24.1, if you care to look it up.
> MAILER(local)dnl
> MAILER(smtp)dnl
> -----
>
> When I use this DAEMON_OPTIONS, rebuild/install sendmail.cf and
> restart sendmail, ps shows the following, that it's still listening to
> 127.0.0.1. How can I fix this?
>
> # ps | grep sendmail
> root 7496 2029 0 07:13:19 pts/4 0:00 grep sendmail
> root 7487 1 0 07:11:31 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -
> bd -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=127.0.0.1 -q15m
> root 7461 1 0 07:10:03 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -
> bd -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=127.0.0.1 -q15m
> smmsp 7491 1 0 07:11:31 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -
> Ac -q15m
Are you _starting_ sendmail with "-ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=127.0.0.1"?
It sure looks like it, but your `ps` may do things differently from
mine.
--
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mi...@mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin
swangdb
> swangdb <swan...@gmail.com> wrote in <f16f4d30-87f3-4a37-a83b-6b99dacbe...@f33g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>:
> > Thanks. I've listed the .mc file I've been using. I tried a
> > DAEMON_OPTIONS (seen below) but it didn't work so I have it commented
> > out.
>
> > -----
> > divert(0)dnl
> > VERSIONID(`$Id: generic-solaris.mc,v 8.13 2001/06/27 21:46:30 gshapiro
> > Exp $')
> > OSTYPE(solaris2)dnl
> > DOMAIN(auburn.edu)dnl
> > ##DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=0.0.0.0, Name=MTA')dnl
> In a .mc file, a comment line begins with "dnl", not "##".
Thanks, I'm definitely a sendmail rookie. I saw the comments above
that began with "#" and I thought this would work within the statement
section. I used two "#" just so I'd remember it was my comment.
> If you leave out the "Addr=a.b.c.d" pair and its comma, then (according
> to the Bat book 3d Edition) the default address becomes INADDR_ANY,
> which allows connections to any address on the local machine. That's in
> section 24.9.24.1, if you care to look it up.
I do not have this book, thanks for the tip, I'll look for one.
> Are you _starting_ sendmail with "-ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=127.0.0.1"?
> It sure looks like it, but your `ps` may do things differently from
> mine.
The following line is in submit.cf:
O DaemonPortOptions=Name=NoMTA, Addr=127.0.0.1, M=E
The submit.mc file contains:
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divert(0)dnl
VERSIONID(`$Id: submit.mc,v 8.14 2006/04/05 05:54:41 ca Exp $')
define(`confCF_VERSION', `Submit')dnl
define(`__OSTYPE__',`')dnl dirty hack to keep proto.m4 from
complaining
define(`_USE_DECNET_SYNTAX_', `1')dnl support DECnet
define(`confTIME_ZONE', `USE_TZ')dnl
define(`confDONT_INIT_GROUPS', `True')dnl
dnl
dnl If you use IPv6 only, change [127.0.0.1] to [IPv6:::1]
FEATURE(`msp', `[127.0.0.1]')dnl
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Is this causing the problem? If so, how would I fix this?
Thanks!
swangdb
> On Jul 29, 9:07 am, mikea <mi...@mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
>
> > If you leave out the "Addr=a.b.c.d" pair and its comma, then (according
> > to the Bat book 3d Edition) the default address becomes INADDR_ANY,
> > which allows connections to any address on the local machine. That's in
> > section 24.9.24.1, if you care to look it up.
>
> I do not have this book, thanks for the tip, I'll look for one.
I found the 2nd edition of the bat book. Some stuff was missing. I
broke down and ordered a copy of the 4th edition (newest). Thanks
for the help!
swangdb
> Are you _starting_ sendmail with "-ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=127.0.0.1"?
> It sure looks like it, but your `ps` may do things differently from
> mine.
Yes, I was doing this.
/etc/default/sendmail contained the following line:
MODE="-bd -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=127.0.0.1"
I changed "127.0.0.1" to "0.0.0.0" and restarted sendmail. The
problem vanished!
Thanks for help.
I have the 4th edition of the Bat book now. It's overwhelming but I'm
digging through it.