Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:36:34 -0600 From: Bob Giesen <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sendmail startup, oddness in /etc/rc Message-ID: <E16bruA-0007jF-00@falcon.prod.itd.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20020215225227.GA275@raggedclown.net> References: <20020215225227.GA275@raggedclown.net>
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On Friday 15 February 2002 04:52 pm, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > Hello, > While investigating how to delay the startup of my mail system > until later in the boot process I discovered something a bit odd. I > use postfix, and it is all setup as it is supposed to with the mail > wrapper etc. I thought I would check how it is started in /etc/rc. > > However "sendmail_enable" set to "YES" in /etc/rc.conf does not > work unless it finds /etc/mail/sendmail.cf ! This surely cannot be > correct except for users of (the real) sendmail. > > I suppose it is harmless, but if you use another MTA what do you > need sendmail.cf for ? JOOC, if you use another MTA, why would sendmail_enable be needed in rc.conf? Doesn't that line (when set to "YES") actually start the sendmail daemon? I may be wrong, but I think that, by virtue of having that line in rc.conf (or defaults/rc.conf), you unwittingly tried to make yourself a user of the real sendmail. If so, the missing config (.cf) file just prevented it from acutally happening. :-) -- "My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they met the boat." -- Will Rogers (1879-1935), who was part Cherokee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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