Create Required Accounts And Directories - Symantec BRIGHTMAIL - SYM ANTISPAM AND Installation Manual

In the
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sendmail
settings:
# sh Build -c
To verify external filter support, type the following:
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# /usr/lib/sendmail -bt -d0 < /dev/null
The system displays text similar to the following. Be sure to check the text for references
to .
MILTER
Version 8.12.11
Compiled with: DNSMAP LOG MAP_REGEX MATCHGECOS MILTER MIME7TO8 MIME8TO7

Create Required Accounts and Directories

Brightmail Scanner runs as user
Before you install Brightmail Scanner, create the
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the
bmi
tools to perform this task.
For Solaris users:
$ su
Password: your_root_password
# groupadd bmi
# useradd -c "dummy user for Brightmail" -d /opt/symantec/sbas/Scanner -m -g \
bmi mailwall
For Linux users:
$ su
Password: your_root_password
# groupadd -r bmi
# useradd -c "dummy user for Brightmail" -d /opt/symantec/sbas/Scanner -m -r \
-g bmi mailwall
The
NOTE:
into a specific range of account IDs used for system accounts.
Next, create a mail alias for the
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read by an administrator.
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Installing Brightmail Scanner for Sendmail Installing Brightmail Scanner for Sendmail
directory, type the following to build Sendmail 8.12 with the new
NAMED_BIND NDBM NETINET NETINET6 NETUNIX NIS NISPLUS
PIPELINING SCANF XDEBUG
mailwall
group. The following steps describe one way to do this. You can use different
flag (Red Hat Enterprise Linux only) places the specified user or group
-r
Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™
in the group. Do not change these settings.
bmi
group and the
bmi
account so that all mail sent to
mailwall
user in
mailwall
is
mailwall