Various Topics on Linux Security

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Fritz Whittington wrote:
[...] There are very good reasons why the 'root' user doesn't work for you.
Note that also for good reasons, the home directory for root isn't even
in /home! Now... Sounds like you need to do some further reading of
guides to realise _why_...


An easy (and sensible) fix is:

In /etc/postfix/aliases:

# Person who should get root's mail. This alias
# must exist.
# CHANGE THIS LINE to an account of a HUMAN
root: fritz

# Note to the user: You must create the alias above!
# The root alias *must* exist under postfix because
# postfix runs as a non-privileged user and cannot
# touch a spool file which is UID/GID root
# The mapping to the postfix user is to ensure that root's mail
# doesn't get lost on a system installed out of the box.


Then, once you've corrected the above, as root issue the commands:
newaliases
postfix reload


just as the helpful comments suggest!
#
# After any changes, use the 'newaliases' command to regenerate the .db
# index
# and then 'postfix reload' to pick up the changes
#


Another good command to use is:
postfix check

and then sort out any messages. If there is no output, then all is good
and well (:-))


Welcome to the many various ways for doing the same thing for good or
bad in Linux. Also note that Linux is _not_ the sloppy shoddy overhyped
and overmarketed ways of MS Windows.


Good luck,
Martin



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