Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: eplunix!das@harvard.harvard.edu (David Steffens) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: What is sendmail.mx on SunOS4.0? Message-ID: <8811221839.AA00285@rice.edu> Date: 2 Dec 88 22:13:27 GMT Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas Lines: 26 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: Tue, 22 Nov 88 13:37:02 est X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 33, message 10 of 12 While disabling "debug" mode on sendmail, I noticed another program called /usr/lib/sendmail.mx which is also setuid root. Being the curious type, I ran strings and discovered that it, too, has what appears to be a "debug" mode. There seems to be no info on what this program is or does, although my search of the available sendmail documentation may not have been exhaustive. Therefore, I have sent a request to hotline@sun for answers to the following questions: 1) What is sendmail.mx? 2) Under what conditions is it executed? 3) Should "debug" be disabled on it as well? In the mean time, I have disabled "debug" mode on sendmail.mx using the same method as for sendmail (just to be safe) and I thought Sun-Spots readers might like to know... -- {harvard,mit-eddie,think}!eplunix!das David Allan Steffens 243 Charles St., Boston, MA 02114 Eaton-Peabody Laboratory (617) 573-3748 Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary [[ "sendmail.mx" is very likely a version of sendmail that understands and processes MX name resolver packets. I would venture to say that it is never run directly, but is there so that those who need it can replace the standard sendmail with it. --wnl ]]