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security_user

This option is used to set the email address where msec (Mandrake Security) will send security notifications when it (msec) detects a potential problem.

'security_user' => 'david@eastcott.net',

Descriptions:

'security_user'

email address where security notifications are to be sent. If you do not want email notification or you do not have a mail server available, then set it to ''.

If you forget, you can always add the email address later to /etc/security/msec/security.conf at the option MAIL_USER=.

Examples:

I live in an area where I have continuous access to my ISP's mail server so I install a simple Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) called ssmtp and have the security notifications emailed to me. The following is an abstract of my settings:

'security' => 2,

'security_user' => 'david@eastcott.net',

'default_packages' => [

...,

ssmtp,

...,

],

'postInstall' => '

# adjust /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf for my world

perl -pi -e "s/^root=root/root=david@eastcott.net/" /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

perl -pi -e "s/^mailhub=mail/mailhub=mymail.mycable.net/" /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

perl -pi -e "s/^hostname=_HOSTNAME_/hostname=dave1.eastcott.net/" /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

'

Related Option Entries:

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