[rancid] issues with email delivery
Hussein, Sazzad
ete.sabuj at gmail.com
Mon Jun 8 13:54:12 UTC 2015
Thanks Delmiro,
I will test it & let you know!
On 8 Jun 2015 15:15, "Delmiro Campelo" <delmiroc at gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe the issue that I was having with postfix was because i had
> configured relayhost= in main.cf.
>
> Here is the postfix config which is working with rancid fine right now.
> # cat /etc/postfix/main.cf | grep -v ^#
> queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
> command_directory = /usr/sbin
> daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
> data_directory = /var/lib/postfix
> mail_owner = postfix
> myhostname = vm-rancid.myrealdomain.net
> mydomain = myrealdomain.net
> myorigin = $myhostname
> inet_interfaces = localhost
> inet_protocols = all
> unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
> alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
> alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
> debug_peer_level = 2
> debugger_command =
> PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
> ddd $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5
> sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
> newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix
> mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix
> setgid_group = postdrop
> html_directory = no
> manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
> sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.10.1/samples
> readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.10.1/README_FILES
> smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic
>
>
> I also wanted to change the way the email addresses appeared when email
> was delivered from this box, I just this article and worked like a charm.
>
> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-postfix-masquerade-change-email-mail-address.html
>
> Thanks,
> Delmiro
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 2:54 AM, Hussein, Sazzad <ete.sabuj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> *Hi Demiro,*
>>
>> I was experiencing same problem as you were.
>> Could you please share the document which you are following for
>> integrating rancid?
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 7:51 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/06/2015 18:36, Delmiro Campelo wrote:
>>> > Hi Alan, and thank you for helping with this. I was able to get it
>>> > working again by uninstalling postfix and reinstalling it.
>>>
>>> Drastic method. You likely "fixed" the problem by causing newaliases to
>>> be run.
>>>
>>> > One more
>>> > question, how does rancid find mail server to send the email to ? is it
>>> > based on MX record for the email address specified in the aliases?
>>>
>>> That is not a rancid question. It is 100% an email question.
>>>
>>> Seeing as it's coming up often nowadays, I'll answer it.
>>>
>>> Rancid does not find any mail server at all. It composes the mail and
>>> hands it over to the local MTA (mail transfer agent) which in your case
>>> is Postfix. Rancid's job is to compose a mail, Postfix's job is to get
>>> that mail delivered.
>>>
>>> Postfix looks up the MX records of the *domain* in each mail address,
>>> and tries to deliver the mails to each server in that list in turn using
>>> SMTP. How it does this is fully described in many quality articles on
>>> the internet.
>>>
>>> http://www.postfix.org has excellent documentation on all aspects of
>>> SMTP
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Thanks again,
>>> > Delmiro
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 2:53 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon at gmail.com
>>> > <mailto:alan.mckinnon at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > On 07/06/2015 03:28, Delmiro Campelo wrote:
>>> > > Hello guys,
>>> > >
>>> > > I'm hoping that you can give me some ideas here. I'm in the
>>> process of
>>> > > installing rancid and I thought I had it working but for some
>>> > reason my
>>> > > emails are sent to the wrong email address,
>>> > > rancid-networking at realdomain.net
>>> > <mailto:rancid-networking at realdomain.net>
>>> > > <mailto:rancid-networking at realdomain.net
>>> > <mailto:rancid-networking at realdomain.net>> is not valid and not
>>> what I
>>> > > have specified in my aliases, I'm stuck on this :( how can I fix
>>> > it ? i
>>> > > need them to go to myemail at realdomain.net
>>> > <mailto:myemail at realdomain.net> <mailto:myemail at realdomain.net
>>> > <mailto:myemail at realdomain.net>>.
>>> > >
>>> > > I'm used this article as the guide to help me set it up
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch1_:_Network_Backups_With_Rancid#.VXNW70anFjY
>>> ,
>>> > > please see below, and thank you for any help you can provide.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> **************************************************************************
>>> > > rancid.conf file:
>>> > > #
>>> > > LIST_OF_GROUPS="networking"
>>> > >
>>> > > Aliases file:
>>> > > /etc/aliases
>>> > > # Rancid email addresses
>>> > > #
>>> > > rancid-networking: myemail at realdomain.net
>>> > <mailto:myemail at realdomain.net>
>>> > > <mailto:myemail at realdomain.net <mailto:myemail at realdomain.net>>
>>> > > rancid-admin-networking: myemail at realdomain.net
>>> > <mailto:myemail at realdomain.net>
>>> > > <mailto:myemail at realdomain.net <mailto:myemail at realdomain.net>>
>>> > >
>>> > > PostFix log below:
>>> > > Jun 6 20:00:17 vm-rancid postfix/qmgr[2246]: 400828034349:
>>> removed
>>> > > Jun 6 20:00:35 vm-rancid postfix/pickup[2245]: 0464D8034349:
>>> uid=1001
>>> > > from=<rancid>
>>> > > Jun 6 20:00:35 vm-rancid postfix/cleanup[2302]: 0464D8034349:
>>> > > message-id=<20150607010035.0464D8034349 at vm-rancid.realdomain.net
>>> > <mailto:20150607010035.0464D8034349 at vm-rancid.realdomain.net>
>>> > > <mailto:20150607010035.0464D8034349 at vm-rancid.realdomain.net
>>> > <mailto:20150607010035.0464D8034349 at vm-rancid.realdomain.net>>>
>>> > > Jun 6 20:00:35 vm-rancid postfix/qmgr[2246]: 0464D8034349:
>>> > > from=<rancid at realdomain.net <mailto:rancid at realdomain.net>
>>> > <mailto:rancid at realdomain.net <mailto:rancid at realdomain.net>>>,
>>> > size=2360,
>>> > > nrcpt=1 (queue active)
>>> > > Jun 6 20:00:35 vm-rancid postfix/smtp[2309]: 0464D8034349:
>>> > > to=<rancid-networking at realdomain.net
>>> > <mailto:rancid-networking at realdomain.net>
>>> > > <mailto:rancid-networking at realdomain.net
>>> > <mailto:rancid-networking at realdomain.net>>>,
>>> > orig_to=<rancid-networking>,
>>> > > relay=mail.realdomain.net <http://mail.realdomain.net>
>>> > <http://mail.realdomain.net>[10.2.11.22]:25,
>>> > > delay=0.32, delays=0.01/0/0.01/0.3, dsn=2.6.0, status=sent (250
>>> 2.6.0
>>> > > <20150607010035.0464D8034349 at vm-rancid.realdomain.net
>>> > <mailto:20150607010035.0464D8034349 at vm-rancid.realdomain.net>
>>> > > <mailto:20150607010035.0464D8034349 at vm-rancid.realdomain.net
>>> > <mailto:20150607010035.0464D8034349 at vm-rancid.realdomain.net>>>
>>> > > [InternalId=7366618] Queued mail for delivery)
>>> > > Jun 6 20:00:35 vm-rancid postfix/qmgr[2246]: 0464D8034349:
>>> removed
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > That howto looks like something from Joe Random Blogger. It's
>>> suspect.
>>> > It also references rancid 2.3.2, which is ancient.
>>> >
>>> > Current version is 3.2, and the first problem you are going to run
>>> into
>>> > is the change in format of router.db
>>> >
>>> > Don't use that howto.
>>> >
>>> > Install rancid using any normal method (rpm, yum, tarball - the
>>> method
>>> > does not matter) and then follow the text files supplied by rancid
>>> > itself.
>>> >
>>> > Have you run newaliases since editing /etc/aliases?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Alan McKinnon
>>> > alan.mckinnon at gmail.com <mailto:alan.mckinnon at gmail.com>
>>> >
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>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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