[rancid] Re: Weird email problem

Fri Jan 18 16:13:39 UTC 2008

You could also use sendmail masquerading to re-write the local server
domain with your domain and when your rancid server queries your
domain's MX record it would get sent to the proper mail server.
-Charles


On 1/18/08, Lai Chen Kang <laichenkang at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you all for the help. I finally got it sorted.
>
> Sotiris Tsimbonis wrote:
> > On 01/18/2008 09:35 AM, Lai Chen Kang wrote:
> >> I have removed the user, laichenkang (actually myself) from the rancid
> server. Hoping that it will be sent to the mail
> >> server but it didn't. Below is the maillog from the rancid server.
> >>
> >> Jan 18 15:31:16 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[16088]: m0I7VG8m016088:
> from=rancid, size=1363, class=-60, nrcpts=1,
> >> msgid=<200801180731.m0I7VG8m016088 at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg>,
> relay=rancid at localhost
> >> Jan 18 15:31:16 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[16090]: m0I7VGw0016090:
> from=<rancid at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg>,
> >> size=1705, class=-60, nrcpts=1,
> msgid=<200801180731.m0I7VG8m016088 at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg>,
> proto=ESMTP,
> >> daemon=MTA, relay=STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg [127.0.0.1]
> >> Jan 18 15:31:16 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[16088]: m0I7VG8m016088:
> to=rancid-switches, ctladdr=rancid (500/500),
> >> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=139363,
> relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
> >> (m0I7VGw0016090 Message accepted for delivery)
> >> Jan 18 15:31:16 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[16091]: m0I7VGw0016090:
> to=laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg,
> >> ctladdr=<rancid-switches at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg> (8/0),
> delay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=229705, dsn=5.1.1,
> >> stat=User unknown
> >> Jan 18 15:31:16 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[16091]: m0I7VGw0016090:
> m0I7VGw0016091: DSN: User unknown
> >> Jan 18 15:31:16 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[16091]: m0I7VGw0016091:
> to=<rancid at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg>,
> >> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=30000, dsn=2.0.0,
> stat=Sent
> >>
> >> It seems that the mailer being local is not sending it over the network.
> >>
> >
> > As David already pointed out, sendmail uses mailer=local to deliver this
> > mail. That's probably because STMGSINMANAGE2's sendmail has been
> > instructed to accept transmarket.com.sg mails, believes the domain is
> > local and knows all its users (that's why now that you removed the local
> > user you get User Unknown)..
> >
> > I would suggest either that you remove transmarket.com.sg from
> > sendmail's local domains in STMGSINMANAGE2, or that you set a SmartHost
> > in sendmail and have it deliver all email traffic to your other smtp
> > server..
> >
> > Sot.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> David Luyer wrote:
> >>> It says mailer=local on that line, and the other line was sending
> >>> to 127.0.0.1 - presumably the MSA to MTA handoff.
> >>>
> >>> Is this maillog from your mail server or your rancid server?
> >>> Or is rancid running on your mail server?
> >>>
> >>> It seems possible that you've configured your rancid server to
> >>> think it is a final mail server for your domain, so your email
> >>> is ending up in /var/spool/mail/$USER on the rancid server, when
> >>> it should be being sent off to a different server.
> >>>
> >>> David.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hi all
> >>>>
> >>>> I have intentionally made modification to one of my switches. I want
> >>>> rancid to generate a mail and sent it to me. Below is a snippet from
> >>>> /var/log/maillog
> >>>>
> >>>> Jan 17 12:00:21 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[8428]: m0H40LbF008428:
> >>>> from=rancid, size=5978, class=-60, nrcpts=1,
> >>>> msgid=<200801170400.m0H40LbF008428 at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg>,
> >>>> relay=rancid at localhost
> >>>>
> >>>> Jan 17 12:00:21 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[8430]: m0H40L55008430:
> >>>> from=<rancid at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg>, size=6286, class=-60,
> >>>> nrcpts=1,
> >>>> msgid=<200801170400.m0H40LbF008428 at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg>,
> >>>> proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg
> >>>> [127.0.0.1]
> >>>>
> >>>> Jan 17 12:00:21 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[8428]: m0H40LbF008428:
> >>>> to=rancid-switches at transmarket.com.sg, ctladdr=rancid (500/500),
> >>>> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=143978,
> >>>> relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (m0H40L55008430
> >>>> Message accepted for delivery)
> >>>>
> >>>> Jan 17 12:00:21 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[8431]: m0H40L55008430:
> >>>> to=laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg,
> >>>> ctladdr=<rancid at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg> (500/500),
> >>>> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=144550, dsn=2.0.0,
> >>>> stat=Sent
> >>>>
> >>>> /etc/aliases
> >>>>
> >>>> rancid-admin-routers:   laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg
> >>>> rancid-routers:         laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg
> >>>> rancid-admin-switches:  laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg
> >>>> rancid-switches:        laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg
> >>>> rancid-admin-firewalls: laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg
> >>>> rancid-firewalls:       laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg
> >>>>
> >>>> Problem is I never got the mail. Even when the last line is stat=Sent.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any ideas?
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