Additional Directories and Files Used for Mail Services
The following table shows the directories and files associated with mail services that have not previously been discussed.
Table 3 Additional Directories and Files Used for Mail Services
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/etc/default/sendmail
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File
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Lists the environment variables for the startup script for sendmail.
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/etc/shells
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File
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Lists the valid login shells.
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/etc/mail/cf/sh
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Directory
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Contains shell scripts that are used by the m4 build process and migration aids.
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/system/volatile/sendmail.pid
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File
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Lists the PID of the listening daemon.
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/usr/sbin/check-permissions
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File
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Checks the permissions of the :include: aliases, .forward files, and their parent directory path for correct permissions.
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File
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Verifies that sendmail is able to determine the fully qualified host name.
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File
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Queries and edits single records in database maps for sendmail.
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File
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Mail notification daemon.
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File
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Builds binary forms of keyed maps.
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Symbolic Link
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A symbolic link to /usr/lib/sendmail. Used to create the binary form of the alias database. Previously in /usr/bin.
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File
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Error message logger used by sendmail.
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File
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Perl script that starts the client-side remote mail queue.
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/var/mail/mailbox2
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File
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Mailboxes for delivered mail.
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Directory
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Storage for mail that is delivered by the client daemon.
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Directory
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Storage for mail that is delivered by the master daemon.
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