[lug] postfix aliases, best practices?

bgiles at coyotesong.com bgiles at coyotesong.com
Wed Dec 27 17:26:53 MST 2006


Just to be clear, I'm referring to (internal only?) redirect to a common
account, not separate queues.  I don't think any processes actually send
mail to any account other than 'root', but it's cheap insurance.

> Otherwise it's usu. about redirecting mail to a central place rather
> than having everybody in /etc/passwd have a mail spool when they don't
> need one.
>
> Hugh
>
>
> bgiles at coyotesong.com wrote:
>> I think you need an entry for every account in /etc/passwd.  I don't
>> recall, off the top of my head, how to only define the accounts
>> internally.
>>
>>> I've seen every single one of the accounts from system
>>> services (such as those listed in /etc/aliases, but not just from
>>> there)
>>> being blindly tested for ssh cracking purposes
>>
>> /etc/ssh/sshd_config AllowUsers
>>
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