Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:38:14 -0500 From: Matt Singerman <matt.singerman@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re[2]: sendmail/postfix ports question Message-ID: <54682af50511210638r6c3e2419v9790bd68a3b9dc71@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051008144120.DEE8.GERARD@seibercom.net> References: <54682af50510060816p186b865awfeb711995bd7609@mail.gmail.com> <43468A5E.3070209@grokking.org> <20051008144120.DEE8.GERARD@seibercom.net>
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Sadly, I could not get this working no matter what. I opted to simply remov= e the PHP4 port completely, restore an old httpd.conf, and rebuild PHP using the source code. This worked. What was going on with the port is beyond my knowledge, but I unfortunately do not have the FreeBSD knowledge to work it out. Oh well! On 10/8/05, Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> wrote: > > On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:46:54 -0700, Greg Maruszeczka <greg@grokking.org> > Subject: Re: sendmail/postfix ports question > Wrote these words of wisdom: > > > Matt Singerman wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I have a server running FreeBSD 5.2.1 that provides (amongst other > > > things) MTA services to our office via sendmail. For a variety of a > > > reasons, I would like to move away from sendmail to postfix. However, > > > the postfix package cannot, as I am sure you know, simply install wit= h > > > sendmail on the system, since they install files to the same places. = I > > > am assuming that I have to delete the sendmail package off the system > > > before I can install postfix (someone please correct me if this > > > assumption is wrong). My question is, is there a way to safely and > > > accurately save my sendmail configuration in the event that postfix > > > simply does not work out? I would really prefer not to have to face a > > > situation where I am left high and dry with no MTA working :) > > > > > > > > > The ports version of postfix by default installs all its configuration > > files under /usr/local/ports/postfix so it leaves your /etc/mail alone > > (with the exception of mailer.conf) so your sendmail config should be > > safe -- though it never hurts to tar it up and cp someplace else just i= n > > case. You DO NOT need to remove sendmail from the system, though, if yo= u > > desire, you can exclude it from the `make world` process by adding > > "NO_SENDMAIL=3Dyes" to /etc/make.conf. > > > > A couple of things to watch for: > > > > 1. You will have another aliases file under the new postfix directory s= o > > you'll want to remember this if you use the aliases file much. You can > > just ignore the new one and continue to use the one in /etc/mail or you > > can do what I did and instruct postfix through its main.cfg to take the > > postfix-directory version as gospel since this seemed convenient for me > > to keep the bulk of my config stuff in the postfix directory. > > > > 2. Like David said in his reply to you, make sure you read the > > post-install messages once you build/install postfix so that you can > > modify your mailer.conf appropriately to use postfix instead of the cor= e > > sendmail. The /etc/mail/mailer.conf file is the key to the "seamless" > > transition here. Also, be careful with mergemaster when you do the next > > `make world` so that you don't inadvertently overwrite your > > postfix-modified one with the base sendmail one (done that myself once > > or twice :) ) > > > > > > Hope that helps, > > G > > > > ***** REPLY SEPARATOR ***** > On 10/8/2005 2:41:20 PM, Gerard Seibert Replied: > > I have always thought that it might be a nice option to have FreeBSD > only install the MTA that the user prefers, when the OS is first > installed. If a user wanted PostFix, or Qmail or whatever, that MTA > would be installed and initialized in a similar fashion to what is > currently done with SendMail. However, SendMail would not be installed, > unless it was the users preference. Further, buildworld would by default > update the users MTA of choice, and not default to SendMail. > > Of course, I want to win the lottery next week, but that is probably > not going to happen either. > > Just my 2=A2. > > -- > "There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything > or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking." > > Alfred Korzybski > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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