wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht) (02/25/91)
version: sendmail-5.65-ida-1.4.2 on a sun sparc SLC, SunOS 4.1, Sun cc -O I am having problems with using $s in ruleset S0. It is failing only *only* if sendmail is run from a frozen config file. It appears that the $s macro is still frozen when S0 is run. If I freeze in a value with 'sendmail -bz -oMsFuNkYsTuFf' then I will still see that frozen value at S0 time. Is this a problem with a known solution? -wolfgang -- Wolfgang Rupprecht wolfgang@wsrcc.com (or) uunet!wsrcc!wolfgang Snail Mail Address: Box 6524, Alexandria, VA 22306-0524
calhoun@usaos.uucp (Warren D. Calhoun) (02/25/91)
In <1991Feb25.090701.25065@wsrcc.com> wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht) writes: >version: sendmail-5.65-ida-1.4.2 on a > sun sparc SLC, SunOS 4.1, Sun cc -O >I am having problems with using $s in ruleset S0. It is failing only >*only* if sendmail is run from a frozen config file. It appears that >the $s macro is still frozen when S0 is run. If I freeze in a value >with 'sendmail -bz -oMsFuNkYsTuFf' then I will still see that frozen >value at S0 time. Is this a problem with a known solution? Yes... Use smail 3.1.18... ;-) -- | SSG W.D. Calhoun | UUCP: ...!uunet!usaos!calhoun | | Gas Turbine Engine (52F) Branch | INTERNET: calhoun%usaos@uunet.uu.net | | The U.S. Army Ordnance School | CompUServe: 76336.2212@compuserve.com | | Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 | Voice: (703) 664-3396/3595 |
rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) (02/25/91)
In article <1991Feb25.090701.25065@wsrcc.com> wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht) writes: > >I am having problems with using $s in ruleset S0. It is failing only >*only* if sendmail is run from a frozen config file. It appears that >the $s macro is still frozen when S0 is run. If I freeze in a value >with 'sendmail -bz -oMsFuNkYsTuFf' then I will still see that frozen >value at S0 time. Is this a problem with a known solution? "That's not a bug, that's a feature." It is part of the definition of freezing a configuration that all macro values are frozen. Why on earth would you be putting '-oMsFuNkYsTuFf' on the command line for freezing? It is supposed to be that $s is defined dynamically as the invoking host name. If you receive mail from an SMTP client you should find that $s is redefined. If you have an 'rmail' which includes the '-oMshost' flag this will also happen to mail received via UUCP. Mail from any other source is unlikely to redefine $s, so the value that you defined stays. This treatment - freezing macro values - is no different for $s than for any other macro. If it didn't work that way your configuration file would not be able to define $j which is used in the SMTP protocol to identify the host name. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science <rickert@cs.niu.edu> Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115 +1-815-753-6940
wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht) (02/26/91)
>In article <1991Feb25.090701.25065@wsrcc.com> wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht) writes: >>I am having problems with using $s in ruleset S0. It is failing only >>*only* if sendmail is run from a frozen config file. It appears that >>the $s macro is still frozen when S0 is run. If I freeze in a value >>with 'sendmail -bz -oMsFuNkYsTuFf' then I will still see that frozen >>value at S0 time. Is this a problem with a known solution? rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: > "That's not a bug, that's a feature." > It is part of the definition of freezing a configuration that all macro >values are frozen. *sigh* I guess my posting wasn't clear enough. The frozen value of $s is not being "thawed'. The value of the command line argument -oMsXXXXXX is not making it into sendmail's runtime $s variable. For example the following invocation would return "FuNkYsTuFf" instead of the correct string 'uucphost' for $s during rule #0. This is most certainly NOT a useful feature! /usr/lib/sendmail -ee -i -oMrUUCP -oMsuucphost -fFromhost!fromuser 'touser@tohost.com' > Why on earth would you be putting '-oMsFuNkYsTuFf' on the command line >for freezing? To illustrate the problem. -wolfgang -- Wolfgang Rupprecht wolfgang@wsrcc.com (or) uunet!wsrcc!wolfgang Snail Mail Address: Box 6524, Alexandria, VA 22306-0524
rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) (02/27/91)
In article <1991Feb26.153340.2167@wsrcc.com> wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht) writes: >>>I am having problems with using $s in ruleset S0. It is failing only >>>*only* if sendmail is run from a frozen config file. It appears that >rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: >> "That's not a bug, that's a feature." > >*sigh* I guess my posting wasn't clear enough. The frozen value of $s The problem appears to be a confusion about the '$x' macros in sendmail.cf. The macros that appear in the rulesets are always expanded when the rulesets are initially read from 'sendmail.cf'. They should be treated more as preprocessor constants than as variables. The macros in header and mailer definitions, however, are expanded when as needed, so the values there can change. In spite of the suggestion in the subject line, this SHOULD NOT cause problems with the distributed IDA-1.4.x rulesets, for they make use of the IDA extension $&x (for example $&s is used in ruleset 8) which is evaluated at runtime. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science <rickert@cs.niu.edu> Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115 +1-815-753-6940