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root email address on OpenBSD 4.1

root email address on OpenBSD 4.1. I have install a new box with Openbsd 4.1 the problem is the default root email address is machinename.domain.com for example but now the email address for root is just domain.com without machine name before, so how I can change this settings?

Thanks a lot,
S

Ibrahim Bazarwala

In the sendmail.mc file change
LOCAL_DOMAIN(`localhost.localdomain')dnl
to
LOCAL_DOMAIN(`machinename.localhost.localdomain')dnl

Than
#cd /etc/mail
#make
Restart the mail service.....

Blaz

The email account root@machinename.domain.com exists! it is the root users mailbox - login as root and check mail - all the mail sent to root@machinename.domain.com should be there.

You should probably forward this address to some other address (like root@domain.com).

Add the following line to /etc/aliases file:
root: root@domain.com

And run newaliases script.

seruas

ASKER

I don't have sendmail.mc and I'm using postfix.
I tried alias as well but doesn't work either.
I have .forward (with my email on root directory) but the system sent the message for root@domain.com instead of root@machine.domain.com this is strange!!!
any ideais?

Thanks,
seruas

gheist

Please examine /var/log/maillog and post respective entries - sendmail might still be running along with postfix.

seruas

ASKER

Here we are:

Aug 22 01:30:19 mail postfix/pickup[812]: EBA84169FBC: uid=0 from=<root>
Aug 22 01:30:20 mail postfix/cleanup[31265]: EBA84169FBC: message-id=<20070822003019.EBA84169FBC@mail.mydomain.com>
Aug 22 01:30:20 mail postfix/qmgr[15552]: EBA84169FBC: from=<root@mydomain.com>, size=892, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 22 01:30:20 mail postfix/pickup[812]: 11D4C169FBB: uid=0 from=<root>
Aug 22 01:30:20 mail postfix/cleanup[31265]: 11D4C169FBB: message-id=<20070822003020.11D4C169FBB@mail.mydomain.com>
Aug 22 01:30:20 mail postfix/qmgr[15552]: 11D4C169FBB: from=<root@mydomain.com>, size=1936, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 22 01:30:20 mail postfix/smtp[32530]: EBA84169FBC: to=<root@mydomain.com>, orig_to=<root>, relay=172.16.160.12[172.16.160.12]:25, delay=0.41, delay
s=0.17/0.03/0/0.22, dsn=2.6.0, status=sent (250 2.6.0 <20070822003019.EBA84169FBC@mail.mydomain.com> Queued mail for delivery)
Aug 22 01:30:20 mail postfix/qmgr[15552]: EBA84169FBC: removed

gheist

postfix runs alone, that's great.

Do you get full domain name in mail text?

seruas

ASKER

Nope.

gheist

Then it works fine?

seruas

ASKER

no it doesn't because when system send me an email it must root@machinename.domain.com and whats happen is the system send root@domain.com which is wrong.
I think this is an issue with OPenBSD 4.1 because I've install the same system on OpenBSD 3.8 and 3.9 and it works fine.

Thanks,
Sergio

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seruas

ASKER

I have installed Openbsd 3.9 and works fine the email on this version.
Thank you guys for your help.

S