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I've disable my sendmail service via svcadm and also remark port 25 in /etc/services. However, i keep getting makeconnection: service "smtp" unknown in /var/adm/messages. What actually causes it? Pls kindly advice
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Is /etc/inet/services world readable ?
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Is /etc/inet/services world readable ?
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Yes, it is world readable.

-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 1048 Dec 7 15:33 /etc/inet/services
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What do you mean "remark port 25 in /etc/services" ? Comment it out ?
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What do you mean "remark port 25 in /etc/services" ? Comment it out ?

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Yes....i commented it out.
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That's the mistake. You need to revert that for the error message to disappear.
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That's the mistake. You need to revert that for the error message to disappear.
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Thanks for the advice. If that the case, do i need to block port 25 if smtp is not in use?
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