01-09-2013
Sendmail delivers mail to local user if it exists instead of passing it to the smart relay
Environment: SCO Unix Openserver 6
Sendmail ver: 8.11.3
I just put this server online replacing it's old counterpart, same OS on new machine. There are many different servers on this domain, windowssrv.thisdomain.com, oldunix.thisdomain.com, and the new newunix.thisdomain.com just to name a few. The problem is when we generate emails bound for
fred@thisdomain.com, if fred is setup as a user on newunix.thisdomain.com, sendmail delivers the message to the his local mailbox in /var/spool/mail/fred. The old server didn't do this. I've compared the sendmail.cf files on oldunix and newunix and they are identical right down to the '"Smart" relay host' setting and except for the machine names. I've also looked at the /etc/resolv.conf files, which are also identical. How to I tell sendmail NOT to deliver to the local mailbox if it exists?
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NAME
nissetup, ypsetup - Sets up the Network Information Service (NIS) environment
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/nissetup
/usr/sbin/ypsetup
DESCRIPTION
The nissetup (formerly ypsetup) script configures and runs NIS on your system. You can use nissetup to initially set up your NIS configura-
tion, to change your current NIS configuration, or to remove your NIS configuration. NIS provides a distributed data lookup service for
sharing data among networked systems.
Before running nissetup, make sure that your system is connected to a local area network and that the network is configured and running.
You must know the name of your NIS domain and your system's role in the domain (master server, slave server, or client).
Security Note
You invoke nissetup from the SysMan Menu. See sysman(8) for more information.
When using the nissetup script to set up a NIS server that is running with enhanced security, you must answer yes to the question about
locking the domain name and authorized servers (the ypbind -S option). If you are setting up a master server, the server is bound to itself
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and any other slave servers.
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Note
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FILES
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SEE ALSO
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Files: svc.conf(4)
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