[SOLVED] Sendmail Question

plisken · 01-04-2015, 02:42 PM

if I run the following command:

ps aux | grep sendmail

I get an output similar to the following:

Code:

root      1849  0.0  0.0  53172  1664 ?        Ss    2014   6:29 sendmail: accepting connections
smmsp     1852  0.0  0.0  36048  1072 ?        Ss    2014   0:03 sendmail: Queue runner@00:25:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
root     29056  0.0  0.1  56344  4224 ?        S    20:01   0:00 sendmail: server [178.212.155.5] cmd read
root     30391  0.0  0.0  55540  3080 ?        S    20:38   0:00 sendmail: t04Kc6iv030391 gprs-2-75-248-197.kcell.kz [2.75.248.197] (may be forged): MAIL FROM
root     30392  0.0  0.0  55248  1764 ?        S    20:38   0:00 sendmail: startup with customer-CLN-180-246.megared.net.mx
root     30394  0.0  0.0   7080   968 pts/0    S+   20:38   0:00 grep sendmail

I'm curioous as to what the following lines are or mean?

Code:

sendmail: server [178.212.155.5] cmd read
sendmail: startup with customer-LN-180-246.megared.net.mx

All help appreciated.

unSpawn · 01-04-2015, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plisken

ps aux | grep sendmail

See 'man pgrep' as in 'pgrep -lf sendmail'.

Quote:

Originally Posted by plisken

Code:

sendmail: server [178.212.155.5] cmd read

Remote IP not closing connection. Lower timeout values, see http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Timeout_command.html

Quote:

Originally Posted by plisken

Code:

sendmail: startup with customer-LN-180-246.megared.net.mx

Sendmail starting to receive message from remote IP.

If you are not required to run an exposed MTA for World then please don't and please at least look into ensuring it's not an open relay and securing it.