Gene Heskett wrote:
I've not setup mailman to do anything, didn't even know it
was
installed, (everything else apparently is using sendmail) but having
it suddenly decide to mail me my passwords would appear to be one
hell of a security breach.
David Hoffman has given you a very good answer. But I'd like to clarify
this:
mailman is not a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA). Mailman is mailing list
software: it's actually the mailing list software that runs this list.
It uses sendmail like everything else (unless you're one of those
weirdos who runs Postfix or Exim, of course [1]).
It has a separate administrator password to the system on which it runs.
And that's what it's e-mailing you: in just the same way as, by default,
you'll get a monthly reminder of your Fedora List membership details.
[2] I imagine that it's just been set to the same password as your root
password or personal password.
The Unix root password should not be stored anywhere in a form which can
be turned into plain-text [3].
James.
[1] See e-mail headers to work out what I run...
[2] In case umpteen hundred e-mails a month weren't enough to remind you
that you were on a mailing list.
[3] Unless you try every imaginable password until you find one that
fits...
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