[cobalt-users] Re: Re: Re: Re: [RaQ2] SMTP server failure after RaQ2-All-Security Release update

[Mike Scioli <mscioli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 17 May 2002 01:02 am, Gerald Waugh wrote:

>SSH into the server and issue
>(you did install SSH didn't you?)


Yes, Gerald.  I mentioned earlier in this thread, in response to your
suggestion / query, that I would install openSSH.  I did.  It could not
have been easier.

Afterwards, I disabled [unchecked via the GUI] Telnet Server at the Server
Management - Control Panel.  I made certain that I had enabled Telnet/Shell
Access in the Site Management - User Management as necessary.  Then I
confirmed that access via Telnet was refused and that access via SSH was
still functioning.


>find /home -name FormMail
>find /home -name formmail
>
>If you find them, check to seee if they are of the latest version,
>You need to talk to the owner, tell him you are removing them for now.
>Then do a chmod -x on them (temporary measure)


Nothing turned up in response to those commands.  I have manually located
one form among the sites and will disable that for now.  Doesn't the
formmail script require a functioning SMTP service?



>SSH is an easy install, get teh pkg from http://pkgmaster.com
>If you are a windows guy, get PUTTY (serch google) 
>It's an executable, no install 
>If you are a Linux guy your system probably already has SSH on it.


PuTTY is even better than when I used it with TeraTerm Pro a few years
back.  There is no need for TeraTerm Pro any longer.


Next up, is to install POP-before-SMTP which was a total disaster a couple
of years ago.


Thanks to Gerald Waugh and Dan Kriwitsky for their time and contributions
of helpful suggestions.  The major question remaining is still, what do I
need to do to get the SMTP service restored?



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