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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 2679

Today's Topics:

  Re: wireles /wpa_supplicant - where   [ Andrew Sackville-West  ]
  Re: Web cam Philips 0471:032d not se  [ Andrew Sackville-West  ]
  Re: Waiting for root file system...   [ Andrew Sackville-West  ]

Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:04:43 -0700
From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: wireles /wpa_supplicant - where to start? Message-ID: <20071025190443.GN1761@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;

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On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 04:41:35PM +0000, Tyler Smith wrote:
> Hi,

>=20

> I'm trying to set myself up on my University's wireless network. I can
> successfully connect to my home wireless using:

>=20

> iwconfig ath0 key 676bd87bc0dd5315f1cd8de794
> dhclient ath0

>=20

> and to unencrypted public access points using:

>=20

> ifconfig ath0 down
> iwconfig ath0 key off
> ifconfig ath0 up
> iwconfig ath0 ap any
> dhclient ath0

Do you need help?

I'm responding as I need to learn about this stuff and maybe can help, but I don't know much...=20

>=20

> However, my University uses WPA, TKIP, PEAP and EAP-MSCHAP v2. I was
> advised to try network manager, but I couldn't get either
> network-manager-gnome or kdenetwork-manager to work on my laptop
> running fluxbox. network-manager-gnome reported that network manager
> wasn't running even when it was, and kdenetwork-manager reported that
> it could not find any network devices.
>=20
> I couldn't figure this out, so I removed network manager et al and

I agree with this. network-manager, althought it does some good things, seems kind of cryptic and hides what's happening. IMO.=20

I've read over your output below and have some comments about what I'm reading, but as to whether its a hardware/driver issue, I can't say, so take this with appropriate salt...

> installed wpa_supplicant. I read the man page, and wrote the following
> wpa_supplicant.conf script:

>=20

> ctrl_interface=3D/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=3Dtyler

>=20

> network=3D{
>     ssid=3D"SMU_PUBLIC"
>     key_mgmt=3DWPA-EAP IEEE8021X NONE
>     pairwise=3DTKIP
>     eap=3DMSCHAPV2 PEAP
>     identity=3D"my-university-user-name"
>     password=3D"my-university-password"

> }

>=20
>=20

okay.

> root:tyler# wpa_supplicant -iath0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -d
> Initializing interface 'ath0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'def=
ault' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
> Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.con=
f'
> Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
> ctrl_interface=3D'/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
> ctrl_interface_group=3D'tyler' (DEPRECATED)

you could replace 'tyler' with 1000 which is what it does below and probably get rid of the (DEPRECATED) warning, but I assume that's no big deal. might be worth it to see what its been replaced with though.

> Line 11: removed CCMP from group cipher list since it was not allowed for=
pairwise cipher
> Priority group 0
> id=3D0 ssid=3D'SMU_PUBLIC'

Do you need more help?

great, ssid is set.

> Initializing interface (2) 'ath0'
> EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
> EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
> EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
> EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
> EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=3D0
> EAPOL: External notification - portValid=3D0
> Interface ath0 set UP - waiting a second for the driver to complete initi=
alization
> SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=3D20 WE(source)=3D13 enc_capa=3D0xf
> capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf
> WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=3D1, operstate=3D5

might be worthwhile to research what those two setting mean...

> Own MAC address: 00:16:cf:1d:c9:e4
> wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=3D0 key_idx=3D0 set_tx=3D0 seq_len=3D0 key_l=
en=3D0
> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=3D0 key_idx=3D1 set_tx=3D0 seq_len=3D0 key_l=
en=3D0
> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=3D0 key_idx=3D2 set_tx=3D0 seq_len=3D0 key_l=
en=3D0
> wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=3D0 key_idx=3D3 set_tx=3D0 seq_len=3D0 key_l=
en=3D0
> wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
> wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
> RSN: flushing PMKID list in the driver
> Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
> ctrl_interface_group=3D1000 (from group name 'tyler')

see what I mean about group?=20

> Added interface ath0
> Ignore event for foreign ifindex 6
> RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=3D0 ifi_flags=3D0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP])
> RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added
> RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=3D0 ifi_flags=3D0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP])
> RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added
> RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=3D0 ifi_flags=3D0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP])
> Wireless event: cmd=3D0x8b06 len=3D8
> RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=3D0 ifi_flags=3D0x11003 ([UP][LOWER_UP])
> RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'ath0' added
> State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
> Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
> Trying to get current scan results first without requesting a new scan to=
speed up initial association

okay. this is interesting. it seems like it first looking in some cached results somewhere instead of doing an actual scan.

> Received 760 bytes of scan results (3 BSSes)
> Scan results: 3
> Selecting BSS from priority group 0
> Try to find WPA-enabled AP

Can we help you?

you're trying to connect with WPA, so this makes sense.

> 0: 00:16:c7:dc:00:e1 ssid=3D'' wpa_ie_len=3D26 rsn_ie_len=3D0 caps=3D0x11
> skip - SSID mismatch
> 1: 00:16:c7:db:e8:e0 ssid=3D'' wpa_ie_len=3D0 rsn_ie_len=3D0 caps=3D0x1
> skip - no WPA/RSN IE
> 2: 00:16:c7:dc:00:a0 ssid=3D'' wpa_ie_len=3D0 rsn_ie_len=3D0 caps=3D0x1
> skip - no WPA/RSN IE

the three results returned from that cache are shown and the one with wpa (item 0) has no ssid specified, or its hidden or something. but its being discarded because it doesn't match. The other two are being skipped because they aren't wpa.

> Try to find non-WPA AP

now its trying to match any AP, wpa or not.

> 0: 00:16:c7:dc:00:e1 ssid=3D'' wpa_ie_len=3D26 rsn_ie_len=3D0 caps=3D0x11
> skip - SSID mismatch
> 1: 00:16:c7:db:e8:e0 ssid=3D'' wpa_ie_len=3D0 rsn_ie_len=3D0 caps=3D0x1
> skip - SSID mismatch
> 2: 00:16:c7:dc:00:a0 ssid=3D'' wpa_ie_len=3D0 rsn_ie_len=3D0 caps=3D0x1
> skip - SSID mismatch

again, ssid's don't match so its skipping them. But remember, these three access points come from some cache somewhere and *may* not match up to what is currently available.

> No suitable AP found.
> Setting scan request: 0 sec 0 usec
> Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
> Scan timeout - try to get results

Can't find what you're looking for?

so since those three didn't work, its trying an *actual* scan

> Received 1002 bytes of scan results (4 BSSes)
> Scan results: 4

found four items

> Selecting BSS from priority group 0
> Try to find WPA-enabled AP

>=20
> <SNIPPED OUTPUT>

and you've snipped these results. what happened? was it more of the ssid mis-match?=20

I think the problem is that you're dealing with a hidden ssid. If you're confident that the AP you want to connect to is one of the ones found, maybe change ssid to 'any' and see what happens.=20

hopefully my random thoughts are helpful

Don't know where to look next?

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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:07:18 -0700
From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 10:17:22AM -0600, debian-guy@agileitinc.com wrote:
> Thanks Keith! Unfortunately, this machine uses Lilo instead of Grub. Ca=
n=20
> something similar be done to enter 'single user mode' when booting using=
=20
> Lilo?

>

Confused? Frustrated?

I *think* you can just add kernel commands after specifying the image. So if the image you want to but is linked to vmlinuz then you could type

vmlinuz init=3D1

vmlinuz init=3D/bin/bash

=66rom the lilo prompt. That would get you into runlevel 1 or into just a bash shell respectively.

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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:11:36 -0700
From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: file system on / grew over night? Message-ID: <20071025191136.GP1761@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;

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On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 10:08:14AM -0400, Michael A. Miller wrote:
> I came in this morning to find that the / filesystem on a machine
> is at 100%. This is on a stable machine installed with one
> partition as per the installer suggestions. I've cleared off
> enough space to be able to get log in and find that the disk
> seems full:=20

>=20

> /dev/hda1              71G   65G  3.0G  96% /

>=20

> But when I du to find out what caused it, I can only find 47 GB
> in use. So it seems that something happened to create 18 GB that
> I cannot find. Does anyone have suggestions as to how to trouble
> shoot this?

follow Ralph's advice and reboot to a live-cd.=20

In cases of suddenly full drives, start looking in /var/log first for out of control logs or /var/cache fro some runaway thing.=20

Do you need help?

hth

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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:56:17 -0700 (PDT) From: "Steve Lamb" <grey@dmiyu.org>
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Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote:
> Begin: Mounting root file system... ...
> Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ...
> Done.
> Begin: Waiting for root file system... ...

Can we help you?

> And from there, I can only Control-Alt-Delete or do a cold reset.

> The machine is a Dell Optiplex GX280 P4-HT with 2GB RAM and a 80Gb IDE =
HD.

> Any ideas?

First off what VM are you using? The most common would be VMWare but that is not the only option. If we talk about solutions based on a bad presumption it would lead to frustration.

When I last messed with running Debian inside a VM as well as booting natively (back in, *cough*'01*cough*) I recall it taking some doing to get the mounts to line up inside the VM and outside the VM.

--=20
Steve Lamb

Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:14:57 -0700
From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Web cam Philips 0471:032d not seen Message-ID: <20071025191457.GQ1761@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;

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On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 02:33:48PM +0200, Thierry Chatelet wrote:
> Hi,
> I just got this webcam, according to gspca maintener' site=20
> (http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html), it should work 'out of the box',=
=20
> unfortunately, I cannot get mine to work.
> It is suppose to use module gspca.
> Here are the output of what I tried:
> lsusb:
> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0471:032d Philips
>=20
> When it the webcam is plugged in, it should load the module, but it doesn=
ot.=20
> So I did modprobe gspca, and here is the output of dmesg:

>=20

> Linux video capture interface: v2.00
> usbcore: registered new driver gspca
> /build/buildd/linux-modules-extra-2.6-2.6.18/debian/build/build_amd64_non=
e_amd64_gspca/gspca_core.c:=20
> gspca driver 2.6.18 registered

where did you get these drivers? if they are from debian stable, they're probably just not up-to-date enough. Either pull the source =66rom upstream or from lenny/sid and rebuild it.=20

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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:00:23 +0200
From: "Martin Marcher" <martin@marcher.name> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: wireles /wpa_supplicant - where to start?

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2007/10/25, Tyler Smith <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca>:
> Hi,

> I'm trying to set myself up on my University's wireless network. I can
> successfully connect to my home wireless using:

in /etc/network/interfaces my eth0 looks like this:

iface eth0 inet dhcp
wpa-driver wext
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

this make ifup and ifdown work "as expected" - bring up wpa_supplicant and then the interface.

hth
martin

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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:03:22 +0200 From: "Martin Marcher" <martin@marcher.name> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: wireles /wpa_supplicant - where to start? Message-ID: <5fa6c12e0710251203y2674279fweb200f729f8b554d@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Forgot :) to me the wpa config file looks ok. this is what I have there: # WPA-PSK/TKIP ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant network={ ssid="the_essid" #key_mgmt=WPA-PSK #proto=WPA #pairwise=TKIP #group=TKIP scan_ssid=1 psk="geheim" } --EOF please note that I have commented out most of the TKIP, AES stuff as wpa_supplicant usually is capable of finding it by itself, also in /usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant/examples there's a "catch-all" file IIRC that just tries everything (radius as well as non radius) 2007/10/25, Martin Marcher <martin@marcher.name>:
> 2007/10/25, Tyler Smith <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to set myself up on my University's wireless network. I can
> > successfully connect to my home wireless using:
>
> in /etc/network/interfaces my eth0 looks like this:
>
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> wpa-driver wext
> wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> this make ifup and ifdown work "as expected" - bring up wpa_supplicant
> and then the interface.
>
> hth
> martin
>
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Confused? Frustrated?

Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:19:42 -0700 From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Faster source of random numbers for blanking harddrives Message-ID: <20071025191942.GR1761@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/Isdj7O9hWi8F9Bn" Content-Disposition: inline --/Isdj7O9hWi8F9Bn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 09:27:50AM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 04:46:08PM +0800, Bob wrote:
> > Ron Johnson wrote:
> > >On 10/25/07 01:19, Bob wrote:
>=20
> > >>Is there a faster source or random or pseudo-random numbers because at
> > >>4MB/s it'll take a loooong time to blank a 60GB drive let alone a 500=
GB
> > >>job?
> > >>
>=20
> > >>What other options are there?
> > >> =20
> > >
> > >Why roll your own when there are *MANY* disk wipers out there.
> > >Everything from srm & sfill in the secure-delete package, to wipe,
> > >to dban.sourceforge.net.
> >=20
> > Thank you, reading up on them now. I was just wondering if there was=
=20
> > another standard device I could use on all systems.
> =20
>=20
> OpenSSL has rand
>=20
> If you have another source of data the size of your drive, run openssl
> enc on the raw partition. It all depends on the non-repeat-length you
> need.
you could do this. modprobe dm-crypt head -c 64 /dev/urandom |cryptsetup create tempcrypt /dev/to/be/wiped=20 dd bs=3D4096 if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/mapper/tempcrypt this would fill the disk with encryption which while not strictly random, does at least look like encrypted data. I'm not sure how secure this is, but it does run pretty fast. I get between 25 and 30 MB/s A --/Isdj7O9hWi8F9Bn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHIOxOaIeIEqwil4YRAubzAKDJVStPDGCWx9Ja1eYXyRivtxyePgCeKe+y 7AQHar6GFHHfQyu5+RO/exQ= =gC6f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/Isdj7O9hWi8F9Bn--

Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:27:29 +0200 From: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: aptitude upgrade through proxy Message-ID: <87d4v38066.fsf@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Javier Vasquez <jevv.cr@gmail.com> writes:
> When I configure apt.conf.d/proxy, then things work... I use apt-get
> and aptitude with sudo as a non root user. Might be the the
> environment variables are lost with sudo?
Exactly that. If you want to preserve them, you should add a line with Defaults !env_reset or modify existing lines. Note that this may be a security problem on multi-user systems where people are supposed to only have limited access to sudo, but on your home PC you probably don't care. Cheers, Sven

Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:34:15 -0700 From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Waiting for root file system... ... Message-ID: <20071025193415.GT1761@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fberPwKQctZF/fXp" Content-Disposition: inline --fberPwKQctZF/fXp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 04:17:33PM -0300, Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote:
> Hi
>=20
> I am trying to make a smooth transition fom windows to Debian in my work =
PC. :) >=20
> I needed to be sure that not having win on this machine wouldn't affect
> my work, since unfortunatelly we use many windows-based applications.
> For that, I thought of first installing a proof-of-concept Debian inside
> a VM. This way, I could go on installing Debian and all the tools I
> needed without having to break my workflow.
>=20
> Since I wanted to make the move from MS to freedom, before I started
> with the adventure, I freed space in my HD and told the VM to use my
> physical disk instead of creating a virtual one. At the moment, I have a
> fully working Debian Lenny that runs smoothly inside the VM.
>=20
> The current situation is as follows:
>=20
> When I boot the PC, I am presented with a GRUB menu with three options:
> Debian's stock kernel, the same kernel but single-user, and Windows.
> Currently, I am only able to boot Windows. After doing that, When I boot
> the VM, I get the same GRUB menu and can boot Debian without a problem.
the path to the root partition is different depending on whether you are in the VM or not. Probably its one of two things: 1. a driver issue. the drivers needed to boot in the VM don't work on the actual hardware but since the initrd was built inside the VM, the actual hardware drivers aren't present and it can't boot or 2. the devices are named differently depending on whether you're in the VM or the actual hardware resulting in the kernel looking in the wrong place to mount the root file system. >=20
> The problem is when I want to boot Debian directly on the PC and not
> inside the VM. The boot process starts normally, but then hangs. The
> last lines that appear in the boot are:
>=20
> Begin: Mounting root file system... ...
> Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ...
> Done.
> Begin: Waiting for root file system... ...
>=20
> And from there, I can only Control-Alt-Delete or do a cold reset.
actually, from there you can *wait* and it should drop you to a busybox shell. it takes a few minutes before it gives up. (this assumes busybox is built into your initrd. I think that's the default).=20 =66rom there you can poke around and see what there is too see. look at the contents of $ROOT (echo $ROOT) to see where it thinks root should be located. look in /dev and see what partitions are available and see if they match up. you *might* be able to just reset $ROOT to the right partition, exit, and carry on with the boot.=20 I suspect its the second of the two problems and you simply need to develop two boots stanzas for debian, one for the VM and one for the hardware. then you just choose the one you need.=20 A --fberPwKQctZF/fXp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHIO+3aIeIEqwil4YRAmWtAKC/QxdJp3g7JVv0I+t3/2WHDelIvACeJtXb V2yaquAPW9ieM6+kp+0Grhk= =WhTf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fberPwKQctZF/fXp--

Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:24:33 -0500 From: "Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@oplink.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Web cam Philips 0471:032d not seen Message-ID: <20071025192433.GC3954@oplink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline * Thierry Chatelet <tchatelet@free.fr> [071025 07:35]:
> Hi,
> I just got this webcam, according to gspca maintener' site
> (http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html), it should work 'out of the box',
> unfortunately, I cannot get mine to work.
> It is suppose to use module gspca.
> Here are the output of what I tried:
> lsusb:
> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0471:032d Philips
>
> When it the webcam is plugged in, it should load the module, but it doesnot.
> So I did modprobe gspca, and here is the output of dmesg:
>
> Linux video capture interface: v2.00
> usbcore: registered new driver gspca
> /build/buildd/linux-modules-extra-2.6-2.6.18/debian/build/build_amd64_none_amd64_gspca/gspca_core.c:
> gspca driver 2.6.18 registered
>
> Now, on the maintener site the product ID 032d indicate a Philips SPC210NC,
> and the sticker on mine indicate SPC215NC.
>
> What else can I try to have it recognize?
>
> Oh: I am running AMD64-Etch, and I tried the cam at a friend place running $W,
> it is working.
> Thanks
> Thierry
>
If you Google a bit, I think that you shall find that others have experienced difficulty with the gspca driver. If you are able to return the unit and purchase another, get a Philips SPC900NC/27. It has glass optics (not plastic), it has superior performance in situations with low-illumination, and I found that it works with Debian etch. About US$80. RLH

Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:43:06 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jeff Grossman" <jeff@stikman.com> To: "Debian Users" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: Sendmail Problem Message-ID: <1623.72.166.138.2.1193341386.squirrel@www.stikman.com> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> I just set up a Debian system using testing as the source. I moved fro=
m a
> Gentoo Linux system. I installed Sendmail. I am able to send and rece=
ive
> e-mail outside of this box with no problems. But, cron is not able to
> send any e-mails from within the box. Here is the error message:
>
> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> jeff
> (reason: 530 5.7.0 Authentication required)
> (expanded from: jeff)
>
> It wants to authenticate local mail to local users.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
I have done some digging around with my problem. Here is some more information. I have the two lines in my sendmail.mc files: DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Family=3Dinet, NAME=3DMTA-v4, Port=3Dsmtp')dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Family=3Dinet, NAME=3DMSP-v4, Port=3Dsubmission, M=3DEa')= dnl With those two lines I get the following error when using mailx: root@apple /etc/mail # mail -v jeff Subject: Test Message This is a test .Cc: jeff... Connecting to [127.0.0.1] port 587 via relay... 220 apple.stikman.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:35:54 -0700; (No UCE/UBE) logging access from: localhost(OK)-localhost [127.0.0.1] >>> EHLO apple.stikman.com 250-apple.stikman.com Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-PIPELINING 250-EXPN 250-VERB 250-8BITMIME 250-SIZE 250-DSN 250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN 250-STARTTLS 250-DELIVERBY 250 HELP >>> VERB 250 2.0.0 Verbose mode >>> STARTTLS 220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS >>> EHLO apple.stikman.com 250-apple.stikman.com Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-PIPELINING 250-EXPN 250-VERB 250-8BITMIME 250-SIZE 250-DSN 250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN 250-DELIVERBY 250 HELP >>> VERB 250 2.0.0 Verbose mode >>> MAIL From:<root@apple.stikman.com> SIZE=3D47 AUTH=3Droot@apple.stikma= n.com 530 5.7.0 Authentication required root... Using cached ESMTP connection to [127.0.0.1] via relay... >>> RSET 250 2.0.0 Reset state >>> MAIL From:<> SIZE=3D1071 530 5.7.0 Authentication required postmaster... Using cached ESMTP connection to [127.0.0.1] via relay... >>> RSET 250 2.0.0 Reset state >>> MAIL From:<> SIZE=3D2095 530 5.7.0 Authentication required MAILER-DAEMON... Saved message in /var/lib/sendmail/dead.letter Closing connection to [127.0.0.1] >>> QUIT 221 2.0.0 apple.stikman.com closing connection Can't send mail: sendmail process failed with error code 69 If I change the two lines in my sendmail.mc file to this: DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Family=3Dinet, NAME=3DMTA-v4, Port=3Dsmtp')dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Family=3Dinet, NAME=3DMSP-v4, Port=3Dsubmission')dnl Then the mail works as expected. I had the following line in my old sendmail.mc file when I was using Gentoo: DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=3D587, Name=3DMSA, M=3DEa') Because I want port 587 to require authentication and cron worked fine.=20 But, when I put the M=3DEa in the Debian version of Sendmail, I am not ab= le to send mail using cron. Is it possible to me to require authentication on the 587 port, but still allow local mail on the server to work? Sorry for the lengthy e-mail. But, thanks for any help that you guys can offer me. Jeff End of debian-user-digest Digest V2007 Issue #2679 ************************************************** Received on Thu Oct 25 16:11:15 2007

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