On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Dave Stoddard <lamp...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you are getting that message with getaddrinfo, it is likely you do not > have an /etc/services file on your system, or smtp is not defined in the > /etc/services file. Alternatively, it could be referring to localhost - in > that case, make sure you have an entry in the /etc/hosts file for localhost. >
Remember that maild is probably chrooted, so change the directory appropriately. > On Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 4:35:44 AM UTC-5, Whit Blauvelt wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> There have been multiple past discussions of email problems. Yet none seem >> to cover this exactly. Here's what's logging, repeatedly: >> >> 2016/11/04 18:33:53 getaddrinfo: Name or service not known >> 2016/11/04 18:33:53 ossec-maild(1223): ERROR: Error Sending email to >> localhost (smtp server) >> >> It would be helpful to have better error messaging. What "name or service" >> does it wish to know? What specifically was the "error sending email"? >> >> This system is: >> >> ossec-hids-2.9rc3 (via install.sh) >> Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS >> Postfix 3.1.0-3 (from Ubuntu apt) >> - which works fine when test email composed in mutt and sent >> - nothing in mail.log at time of ossec's "error sending email" events >> >> ossec.conf's only modification was to put in localhost rather than our MX, >> as we don't want this dependent on an external mail system that way: >> >> <global> >> <email_notification>yes</email_notification> >> <email_to>blah...@obfuscated.com</email_to> >> <smtp_server>localhost</smtp_server> >> <email_from>oss...@ossec.obfuscated.com</email_from> >> </global> >> >> Postfix is there listening: >> >> root@rpc-ossec:/var/ossec/etc# telnet localhost 25 >> Trying 127.0.0.1... >> Connected to localhost. >> Escape character is '^]'. >> 220 ossec.obfuscated.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu) >> >> What's the secret sauce to get ossec-maild to be happy with Postfix? >> >> Thanks, >> Whit > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ossec-list" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ossec-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ossec-list" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ossec-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
