das@harvard.harvard.edu (David Steffens) (12/03/88)
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...
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{harvard,mit-eddie,think}!eplunix!das David Allan Steffens
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[[ "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 ]]