access database

[warrenliang]

Morning,

I have question about sendmail configuration and how it determines which /etc/mail/access.* database to use.

File sendmail.mc:
divert(-1)
#
divert(0)dnl
VERSIONID(`$Id: generic-solaris.mc,v 8.13 2001/06/27 21:46:30 gshapiro Exp $')
OSTYPE(solaris2)dnl
DOMAIN(mydomain)dnl
define('confHOST_STATUS_DIRECTORY', '/etc/mail/statistics')dnl
define(`DATABASE_MAP_TYPE', `dbm')dnl
define(`confTO_HELO', `5m')dnl
define(`confTO_IDENT', `0s')dnl
define(`confDONT_BLAME_SENDMAIL')dnl
define(`QUEUE_DIR', `/var/spool/mqueue')dnl
QUEUE_GROUP(`regular', `')dnl
QUEUE_GROUP(`slowq', `P=/var/spool/mqueue/slowq', I=30m)dnl
FEATURE(`nouucp', `reject')
FEATURE(`redirect')
FEATURE(`mailertable')
FEATURE(`access_db', `dbm -T<TMPF> /etc/mail/access')
FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')
FEATURE(`queuegroup')dnl
MAILER(local)dnl
MAILER(smtp)dnl
INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`mimedefang', `S=unix:/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.sock, T=S:5m;R:5m;E:5m')

In /etc/mail/access file, I enter an entry to disable a recipiant:
…
To:Jsmith@mydomain.com REJECT
…
Then issue command $makemap hash /etc/mail/access < /etc/mail/access
#

Send an email from Internet to Jsmith@mydomain.com, the recipient still accepts email…

On the /etc/mail directory, there are several access.* files:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 4007 Jun 14 08:43 access
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 40960 Jun 14 08:44 access.db
-rw-r----- 1 root other 4096 Apr 5 12:59 access.dir
-rw-r----- 1 root other 5120 Apr 5 12:59 access.pag

It looks like sendmail does not pick up access.db, and uses access.pag instead. Is it possible?

Thanks in advance,

Sendmail: V8.12.10
O/S: Solaris 8
Patch level: 117000-03

Warren L.

 

[Rhinokiller]

You don't need the "To:" drop that and you'll be OK.

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[Rhinokiller]

Also your syntax to hash the access file should look like this
makemap hash /etc/mail/access.db < /etc/mail/access



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[warrenliang]

This way sendmail is configured, it is looking for /etc/mail/access.dir and acces.pag files instead. I do not know why. By reviewing at sendmail.mc entry:
…
FEATURE(`access_db’, `dbm –T<TMPF> /etc/mail/access’)
…
and the way how access database is built:
# makemap dbm /etc/mail/access < /etc/mail/access

Also, in the /etc/mail/access file, regardless the leading “To:”, the restriction works.

Another finding: it seems like my sendmail is compiled without hash enabled. I got error message back during ./Build sendmail when using FEATURE(`access_db’, `hash –T<TMPF> /etc/meil/access’).

Any good documentation available for sendmail+access database? Thanks in advance,
Warren L.

 

[Rhinokiller]

You don't define the access file in the sendmail.mc you define the access database. Sendmail doesn't care about the flat file, it only queries the access.db .... querying a db is much more efficient and faster than querying a text/flat file. Check your mc and replace /etc/mail/access with /etc/mail/access.db ...... see below.
FEATURE(`access_db',`hash -T<TMPF> -o /etc/mail/access.db')dnl


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[warrenliang]

The way email reads /etc/mail/access.dir and access.dig is because we have such entry "define('DATABASE_MAP_TYPE', `dbm')" defined. sendmail uses UNIX type databse.

Waren L.