Re: Strange Qmail problem...

2000-07-18 Thread John Gonzalez/netMDC admin
Did you use maildirmake on the maildir? Aside from that, a quick post to the qmail list is probably a better idea then here. On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, parlin imanuel wrote: | dear all, | i've just installed qmail and set it to use maildir. | but mail for alias cannot be delivered. | maillog tells s

Strange Qmail problem...

2000-07-18 Thread parlin imanuel
dear all, i've just installed qmail and set it to use maildir. but mail for alias cannot be delivered. maillog tells something like this: "deferral: Temporary_error_on_maildir_delivery" i've tried to change ~alias/.qmail with both "/var/qmail/alias/Maildir/" and "./Maildir/" but nothing ha

Fwd: transfer control

2000-07-18 Thread R. W. Rodolico
Look for a program named iptraf. It allows you to break down everything in real time. Rod Is there a way to control, how is amount of bits a computer in your net is transmiting (Tx and Rx)? Router / \ /

transfer control

2000-07-18 Thread Helber
Is there a way to control, how is amount of bits a computer in your net is transmiting (Tx and Rx)? Router / \ /\ computer1 computer2 How do I know how much of ban widht compu

Fwd: transfer control

2000-07-18 Thread R. W. Rodolico
Look for a program named iptraf. It allows you to break down everything in real time. Rod >Is there a way to control, how is amount of bits a computer in your net is >transmiting (Tx and Rx)? > > > Router > / \ >

transfer control

2000-07-18 Thread Helber
Is there a way to control, how is amount of bits a computer in your net is transmiting (Tx and Rx)? Router / \ /\ computer1 computer2 How do I know how much of ban widht comp

Fwd: Re: PROFTPD root login

2000-07-18 Thread R. W. Rodolico
Just agreeing that this is a big Romper Room No No. It is as bad as allowing telnet access by root. As an aside, CuteFTP is one of the programs I read about that sends tracking information back to its advertisers telling them where you went and what you did. Unless they have changed that, be aw

Fwd: only POP3

2000-07-18 Thread R. W. Rodolico
I give individual accounts e-mail only access by giving them a standard e-mail account but setting their home directory and their login shell to /dev/null or /dev/false. So, an entry in the passwd file looks like this: user1:x:101:103::/dev/null:/dev/null Which gives them and e-mail account, but

how to limit area's users can traverse

2000-07-18 Thread John F. Davis
hello How do you limit the area which a user can go with ftp? i.e, when user ftp's to my server, how do I keep him in his portion of the filesystem only. Way back when, I saw a setup on a redhat system which had a non standard "cd" binary which was put in each user's path. This "cd" could not be

Re: PROFTPD root login

2000-07-18 Thread The Flying Hamster
On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 09:33:31PM +0200, ?ts Attila wrote: > I've installed PROFTPD with factory settings. > Connecting with CuteFTP I cannot logon as root. > What is the reason and the solution? Reason, it's insanely insecure. Solution, read the FAQ on http://www.proftpd.net/docs/ and particual

Fwd: Re: PROFTPD root login

2000-07-18 Thread R. W. Rodolico
Just agreeing that this is a big Romper Room No No. It is as bad as allowing telnet access by root. As an aside, CuteFTP is one of the programs I read about that sends tracking information back to its advertisers telling them where you went and what you did. Unless they have changed that, be a

Fwd: only POP3

2000-07-18 Thread R. W. Rodolico
I give individual accounts e-mail only access by giving them a standard e-mail account but setting their home directory and their login shell to /dev/null or /dev/false. So, an entry in the passwd file looks like this: user1:x:101:103::/dev/null:/dev/null Which gives them and e-mail account, b

how to limit area's users can traverse

2000-07-18 Thread John F. Davis
hello How do you limit the area which a user can go with ftp? i.e, when user ftp's to my server, how do I keep him in his portion of the filesystem only. Way back when, I saw a setup on a redhat system which had a non standard "cd" binary which was put in each user's path. This "cd" could not b

Re: PROFTPD root login

2000-07-18 Thread The Flying Hamster
On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 09:33:31PM +0200, ?ts Attila wrote: > I've installed PROFTPD with factory settings. > Connecting with CuteFTP I cannot logon as root. > What is the reason and the solution? Reason, it's insanely insecure. Solution, read the FAQ on http://www.proftpd.net/docs/ and particua

Re: only POP3

2000-07-18 Thread Dariush Pietrzak
> What's the way, if I would like to provide only e-mail service to the > It works with giving a fake shell in the passwd file, but how would you do > it? Should I create definitely a shell account? There was a short discussion here about virtual services ... you can keep your pop3 password in any

Re: only POP3

2000-07-18 Thread Art Sackett
On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 12:52:01PM +0200, Aubert Gabor wrote: > Hi there! > > I have a short question: > What's the way, if I would like to provide only e-mail service to the > users? No telnet, ftp account, only POP3. You might look into qmail, and on the site at: http://www.tibus.net/pgregg/pr

only POP3

2000-07-18 Thread Aubert Gabor
Hi there! I have a short question: What's the way, if I would like to provide only e-mail service to the users? No telnet, ftp account, only POP3. It works with giving a fake shell in the passwd file, but how would you do it? Should I create definitely a shell account? thanx: aboy

Re: only POP3

2000-07-18 Thread Dariush Pietrzak
> What's the way, if I would like to provide only e-mail service to the > It works with giving a fake shell in the passwd file, but how would you do > it? Should I create definitely a shell account? There was a short discussion here about virtual services ... you can keep your pop3 password in an

Re: only POP3

2000-07-18 Thread Art Sackett
On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 12:52:01PM +0200, Aubert Gabor wrote: > Hi there! > > I have a short question: > What's the way, if I would like to provide only e-mail service to the > users? No telnet, ftp account, only POP3. You might look into qmail, and on the site at: http://www.tibus.net/pgregg/p

only POP3

2000-07-18 Thread Aubert Gabor
Hi there! I have a short question: What's the way, if I would like to provide only e-mail service to the users? No telnet, ftp account, only POP3. It works with giving a fake shell in the passwd file, but how would you do it? Should I create definitely a shell account? thanx: aboy -- To UNSU