Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 05:50:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/31134: /etc/rc doesn't allow you to specify a different sendmail daemon Message-ID: <200110081250.f98Co2E87050@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/31134; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/31134: /etc/rc doesn't allow you to specify a different sendmail daemon Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 15:47:41 +0300 On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 05:30:02AM -0700, Sean Chittenden wrote: > The following reply was made to PR conf/31134; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> > To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: conf/31134: /etc/rc doesn't allow you to specify a different sendmail daemon > Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 05:29:36 -0700 > > > > >Description: > > > I use the postfix mailer instead of sendmail and would like to continue to > > > use sendmail -bd as the way of starting postfix. That said, /etc/rc and > > > /etc/defaults/rc.conf need to be updated to include a sendmail_program > > > variable. /etc/rc also relies on /etc/mail/sendmail.cf to be present for > > > sendmail to be enabled: this is not true for postfix and has been disabled. [snip] > > The sendmail.cf thing might be a real issue, but I've never seen any harm > > in just leaving it there, and I've never actually removed it :) > > I'm confused as to why it'd be an issue to remove the sendmail.cf, but > I'll have to take your word on it: sendmail hasn't been in my repretoir > for quite some time. <:~) Thanks. -sc I meant that it could be an issue that /etc/rc relies on sendmail.cf; I did not mean that the system would fall over if sendmail.cf was not present. All I meant was that, yes, /etc/rc still wants sendmail.cf to be there, even if you don't use it, but there's no harm in just leaving it there so /etc/rc is happy. G'luck, Peter -- Hey, out there - is it *you* reading me, or is it someone else? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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