[rancid] issues with email delivery

Hussein, Sazzad ete.sabuj at gmail.com
Tue Jun 9 07:12:59 UTC 2015 

*Hello Delmiro,*

Would you like to share the thred you used to install Rancid?
Because i had installed 2.x.x version & i would rather try to install 3.x.x
version to test for the last time.

Looking forward for your response!
Thanks in advance!

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Hussein, Sazzad <ete.sabuj at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>>> alan.mckinnon at gmail.com
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
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>>> Mobile number: 4915214010461
>>>
>>>
>>


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