Sendmail is running
| sendmail-running (2938) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Is there a Sendmail daemon running?
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS
- Compaq, Tru64
- Data General, DG/UX
- FreeBSD, FreeBSD
- HP, HP-UX
- IBM, AIX
- Linux, Kernel
- RedHat, Linux 6.0
- SCO, SCO Unix
- SGI, IRIX
- Sun, Solaris 2.5.1
- Sun, Solaris 7.0
- Sun, Solaris
- Sun, SunOS
- WindRiver, BSDOS
Remedy:
If this system is not used as a mail server, kill the current sendmail daemon, and remove any references to it in system startup scripts.
Consequences:
Informational
References:
Reported:
Not available
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