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Re: qmail rpm problems, comments
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wierdl Mate)
Wed Oct 30 12:58:28 1996
To: David Summers <david@summersoft.fay.ar.us>, redhat-list@redhat.com
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 30 Oct 1996 08:06:40 CST."
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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 12:45:30 -0600
From: Wierdl Mate <matyi@wierdlmpc.msci.memphis.edu>
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> On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Wierdl Mate wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 14:54:16 -0500
> > From: Wierdl Mate <matyi@moni.msci.memphis.edu>
> > To: redhat-list@redhat.com, david@summersoft.fay.ar.us
> > Subject: qmail rpm problems, comments
> >
> > Some observations on the qmail.rpm.
> >
> > 1) In the FAQ (qmail) it is explained that one needs the link
> > /usr/lib/sendmail -> /var/qmail/bin/sendmail
> > to be able to use pine. This link is not made by the rpm.
> >
> > 2) It follows from 1) that the entry
> > sendmail-path=/usr/lib/sendmail -t
> > should be added to /usr/lib/pine.conf, so should
> > inbox-path=$MAIL
>
> The reason is that the QMAIL RPM I made holds to the FSSTND where
> sendmail is in the /usr/sbin/sendmail location and not the
> /usr/lib/sendmail location. As far as I know, all programs compiled for
> (RedHat) Linux use the correct /usr/sbin location.
I see, so I should have put
sendmail-path=/usr/sbin/sendmail -t
into /usr/lib/pine.conf. Then we definitely have to be warned about
this after installation, because even the FAQ will not explain how to
make pine work (and pine does not work after installing qmail.rpm
unless I set `sendmail-path')
>
> >
> > 3) Somehow warn us, installers, that we should reset MAIL, and, more
> > importantly, the permissions on the home directories should be changed
> > (to not group writable). Of course, this latter sounds crazy to me, so
> > probably qmail should be patched to accomodate user-groups.
>
> Good idea.
I got this response from the qmail mailinglist
> -- using template mhl.format --
> Date: 25 Oct 1996 14:11:56 -0000
> To: Wierdl Mate <matyi@moni.msci.memphis.edu>
>
> From: nelson@crynwr.com
> Subject: qmail in user private group system
>
> Replied: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 11:13:41 -0500
> Replied: "nelson@crynwr.com "
> Return-Path: nelson@crynwr.com
> Return-Path: <nelson@crynwr.com>
> Delivered-To: matyi@wierdlmpc.msci.memphis.edu
> In-Reply-To: <61595646@toto.iv>
>
> Wierdl Mate writes:
> > Is it safe to compile qmail for a system using user private groups
> > (RedHat Linux) by setting ALIAS_PATERNALISM in conf-unusual.h to 002
> > (as it was suggested by somebody on this list).
>
> Should work.
>
> -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson
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Best,
Mate
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