Solaris 10 interview questions may 10, 20 by lingeswaran r 8 comments here is the basic solaris interview questions which are commonly asked in solaris l1 or l2 level 1 or l2 interviews. Therefore, which file it gets written to depends on how syslog was configured. This service to smtp servers and clients provides private, authenticated communications over the internet, as well as protection from eavesdroppers and attackers. But i want to send a mail using cli prompt, can someone tell me which client can help me to achieve this and the way to configure that. Nagios provides complete monitoring of desktop and server operating systems including system metrics, service states, process states, performance counters, event logs, applications iis, exchange, apache, mysql, etc, and services active directory, dhcp, sendmail, etc. Ken murchison gave us a patch to support cyrussasl v2 inofficially available since 8. People who favor sendmail seem to like gratuitous complexity. Also make sure that your main mail server accepts mail from your vm. Solaris opensolaris this forum is for the discussion of solaris, opensolaris, openindiana, and illumos. Apply patches at least download and install suns recommended patch cluster also check patch report file for additional security patches patches must be maintained on an ongoing basis.
You will need to add dns record, domain name in sendmail configuration. During the process we build postfix from scratch from source code. A similar page describes the compilation, installation and configuration of fetchmail to collect incoming mail from an isps pop3 server. March 14, 2010 unix clear, mail queue, mailq, mqueue, sendmail disbale, sendmail stop, solaris 10 jamal ahmed. When i send a mail to my external address the mail is queued, i can see it in mailq, but it never gets sent.
Even if you have not previously build any software yourself it should not scare you. No boot environments are configured on this system error. The versions of ssh and sendmail that ship with s olaris 10 will automatically use tcp wrappers to filter access if a hosts. Jul 28, 2016 hi i need to send mail from command prompt in solaris to public domain, i have my email account in some popular service provider like aol, gmail, yahoo, hotmail. Login to solaris 10 physical machine and halt if you have any local zones on it. Libraries dependencies 0 the following tables display the sub list of packages, from the reverse dependencies, that depends on the libs provided by sendmail. This page covers the configuration of sendmail on solaris 7 and solaris 8 to send outgoing mail to an isp using smtp. This article focuses on the third format with the full desktop environment, although most of the concepts discussed in this.
The default installation of sendmail on solaris 10 11 has not been built with support for sasl which is required for smtp authentication. May 10, 20 solaris 10 interview questions may 10, 20 by lingeswaran r 8 comments here is the basic solaris interview questions which are commonly asked in solaris l1 or l2 level 1 or l2 interviews. At the lowest level, only unusual occurrences are logged. Most likely the only thing you need will be editing the nf and setting the dsip for the relay host. Sending emails from bash script in solaris vm unix.
Solaris 11 global zone must have minimum 7gb of free space for solaris 10 zone installation. Although im not an expert, ill point you to some information that may be helpful. If you system uses syslogng instead of the more traditional syslog, then youll have to look up your syslogng. Now you have to configure for sending email out of your domain. A security vulnerability in sendmail1m versions prior to 8. The localonly mode means that only mail from the local host is accepted. The result of the instruction can be checked by the showlogs power. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address. In the solaris 10 release, the sendmail service was changed so that it would run in local only mode by default. Hello everybody, i am using sendmail on solaris 10 at x86 machine and facing two problems. I have made one script to analyze the things and then send the mail to related persons but i am not able to send mails. Heres a recipe for how to install postfix on solaris 11. The default location depends on your linuxunix system, but the most common places are.
If your isp delivers incoming mail by means of smtp, please also read configuring sendmail to accept incoming email. How to migrate solaris 10 global zone into solaris 11. General sun, sunos and sparc related questions also go here. Sendmail experts tend to call themselves wizardsas if complex, buggy, mysterious, hardtouse software is acceptable. The versions of ssh and sendmail that ship with solaris 10 will automatically use tcp wrappers to filter access if a hosts. Email addresses to contact are do not send questions about sendmail to these addresses, see above instead. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris.
As indicated in the comments, you should configure sendmail. Investigating sendmail errors from syslog by ramdev published june 4, 2011 updated august 6, 2016 other learning articles that you may like to read. In the solaris 10 release, the sendmail service was changed so that it would run in localonly mode by default. May 18, 2011 in solaris 9 and above, sendmail uses a 2 queue paradigm structure varspoolmqueue and varspoolclientmqueue. This file, is used to run sendmail in mailsubmission program mode instead of daemon mode. Functions that distinguish from functional changes from version 8. Sendmail sentrion open source open source email server. Mar 14, 2010 3 thoughts on solaris 10 sendmail stopstart steve says. There is a script that comes bundled with sendmail to verify the permissions of the sendmail related files in etcmail directory. The sendmail logs just shows the addressees, and a timestamp of when it was sent.
You will find an smtpsendmail shell script that is used to startup sendmail afaik. These instructions are written with solaris 9 and previous in mind. This usually results in having to manually restore the, and possibly the sendmail binary to avoid mail failures. Now its time to create the live upgrade environment for the upgrade from solaris 10 u9 to solaris 10 u10 bash3. To configure a solaris servers smart relay host, most people will simply edit the ds entry in etcmail and leave it at that. Hi i need to send mail from command prompt in solaris to public domain, i have my email account in some popular service provider like aol, gmail, yahoo, hotmail. How to configure sendmails smart relay host solaris. Aws systems manager adds support for patching debian and oracle linux instances. Make the permissions on usrlocallibmajordomolog 0664, owned by.
Your mail service logs most error messages by using the syslogd program. The solaris 9 and 10 patches which address this issue will update sendmail directly. At the highest level, even the most mundane and uninteresting events are recorded. Logging error messages managing sendmail services in oracle. You will find an smtp sendmail shell script that is used to startup sendmail afaik. Log levels that are higher than 10 are usually used for debugging. In upcoming days,definitely you need to migrate the solaris 10 physical servers as a local zone in solaris 11 global zone if you want to continue to use solaris 10 operating system.
Smtp messages i know have been sent do not show up there at all. How to send mail using command prompt in solaris 10. Reverse dependencies are solaris packages that depends on sendmail. Sendmail has poor addon integration with useful filters such as spamassassin, procmail, ssl certificates, and various blackhole lists. If any of the sendmail configuration file has a wrong permission, the sendmail daemon would not work properly. Enabling access to remote clients on an unmodified system, access to sendmail by remote clients is enabled and disabled through the service management facility smf. I think the solaris 10 user manual has more information on the new way services are loaded up in solaris 10. Any changes to the configuration files, requires the refresh the sendmail service. Solaris systems use the var directory to store logs and other local files so that the operating system can support other directories being mounted as read only, sometimes from file servers elsewhere on the network. If you dont have a solaris setup to work,just install solaris as guest operating system on vmware workstations and get a hands on experience. As a convention, log levels under 10 are considered useful.
If you check logs, you may see following messages that means, starter. These kind of situation rasie due to application incompatibility with high version of operating systems. Sendmail mta for linux unix authsmtp alternate port. Fujitsu m10sparc m10 systems system operation and administration guide. He and larry greenfield also provided valuable feedback during further development and integrated our patches or implemented features we requested. Most likely the only thing you need will be editing the sendmail. Sendmail is left running is queue mode will deliver but not accept remote emails, which is fine. The ultimate solaris sendmail troubleshooting guide. Solaris 10 sparc security technical implementation guide. So you may need to stick with older version of operating system in a order to support the legacy applications. Earlier solaris releases were configured to accept incoming mail from all remote systems, which is known as the. Lets assume that smtp is the name of the smart relay host. This usually results in having to manually restore the sendmail. Aws datasync demo easily transfer data to and from aws up to 10x faster.
However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. Once youve decided exactly which pieces of the operating system you wish to. The var directory is thus often on a partition that is local to the system. Mar 03, 2014 1 ask you mail server administrator to allow mail relay for solaris server. In midmarch, 2003 after sendmail had two rootcompromise security flaws revealed in as many weeks, i decided that i would switch to postfix for my home mail system. In solaris 9 and above, there are 2 sendmail daemons for the 2 queues.
The sendmail or bat book, the bible for sendmail users, is 8 pages long sendmail has poor addon integration with useful filters such as spamassassin, procmail, ssl certificates, and various blackhole lists people who favor sendmail seem to like gratuitous complexity. Oracle solaris 11 is distributed in several formats. Mar 31, 2014 solaris 10 physical server must be running with solaris 10 10 11 update. Sendmail is one of the oldest and mostly widely used mtas in the world. Starting in the solaris 10 106 release, smtp can use transport layer security tls in version 8.
All or local so i added this line and every thing is ok now. I did try and added the entry in etcnf varadmmaillog but still no logging information about. To use sendmail on solaris with our service you will need to compile sendmail from sources and configure support for sasl as part of the build. Sendmail experts tend to call themselves wizardsas if complex, buggy, mysterious, hardtouse software is. Click to share on twitter opens in new window click to share on facebook opens in new window click to share on tumblr opens in new window. Solaris svcs command shows wrong status stack overflow. Upgrading sendmail to postfix on solaris oracle solaris blog. I did try and added the entry in etcnf varadmmaillog but still no logging information about relay mails is being recorded. Sep 19, 2012 heres a recipe for how to install postfix on solaris 11. I am using it to determine if the system sent something. When i send a mail to my external address the mail is queued, i. Oracle solaris command reference for linux users fujitsu. But you should check for yourself on your own system.
How to configure sendmails smart relay host solaris commands. Mailsubmission program mode, unlike daemon mode, does not require root privilege, so this new paradigm provides better security. Save a log of what patches are installed already and unzip patches. It is a matter of following the instructions and it shouldnt take more than 20 minutes all together. Logging in troubleshooting system administration issues in oracle solaris 11. The solaris 10 sparc security technical implementation guide stig is published as a tool to improve the security of department of defense dod information systems. The ultimate solaris sendmail troubleshooting guide the. Logging error messages managing sendmail services in. We have had the problem of patches replacing modifications thru many revisions of sunos. Reverse dependencies 0 reverse dependencies are solaris packages that depends on sendmail. It is the default mta for most unix distributions, including hps hpux, ibms aix, and sun microsystems solaris os.
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