Re: [cobalt-users] trusted-users & local-host-names

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, kajan wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Any body know what is the purpose of trusted-users & local-host-names files
> in raq4 server.
> Can they be used to allow users in the server to send mails bypassing
> pop-before-smtp?

trusted-users are users allowed to forge their name when sending mail,
mailing lists need to do that, normal users don't , it only applies to
mail sent from inside the machine (eg 'local' users)


local-host-names is the list of domainnames that sendmail thinks belongs
to the machine it's running on, it COULD be used to bypass access
restrictions if you put other people's domain names in it, sendmail may
think it is supposed to handle mail for them. Relay capability as a
function of being included in local-host-names depends on some other
factors also...

sendmail.org has lots more info about this, it's really a generic sendmail
question...

gsh