 | | | /etc/aliases forwarding to wrong user | /etc/aliases forwarding to wrong user 2003-06-20 - By Steven W. Orr
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On Friday, Jun 20th 2003 at 09:34 -0400, quoth Tom Rymes:
=>Hi folks, new to the list, so let me know if I should post to a
=>different forum....
=>
=>I have a RedHat 8.0 server running Sendmail. I am trying to forward
=>mail addressed to local users and am having no luck.
=>
=>If I create a .forward file in the users' home directories, nothing
=>happens, all mail is still delivered locally. If I create an alias in
=>/etc/aliases, I have a different problem. Basically, I put a line in
=>/etc/aliases as follows:
=>
=>localuser: user1@(protected)
=>
=>The problem is that if I send mail to localuser@(protected) it is
=>forwarded to the local user user1, not to user1@(protected)
=>
=>Any ideas?
=>
=>Tom
Make sure the permission of the .forward file is user only. It's a
security violation to have people access a .forward file. The clues are
in your maillog file.
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