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Index of Subjects On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Gerard MacNeil wrote: > There were five problems in all: > > 1. compile failed for /var/csuite/src/etc/zmailer/smtpserver/relaytest.c > Bug: "union _ndbm" not defined > Result: complile/build failed > Fix: force #undef HAVE_NDBM_H in relaytest.c - still failed > (it may not have been necessary) > surround calls to 'rel->ndbm' with > #ifdef HAVE_NDBM_H > ... > #endif > > Note: ndbm vs gdbm appears to be the cause of lqtext problems as well > > 2. make fails when you re-run 'make install-csuite' from ..../zmailer > Bug: ln: /var/csuite/etc/mail/router.cf: File exists > Result: make aborts > Fix: remove /var/csuite/etc/mail/router.cf before re-running make I fixed this in the distribution. > > 3. CSuite Distribution Bug: > compliled files in ..../zmailer installed even though the make did > not complete. You actually get 'make' reporting an error and > 'make-cgi' providing you a link to continue > > 4. mailq was not defined as a service in /etc/services > Result: made the scheduler go nuts > Fix: added line to /etc/services > 'mailq 174/tcp ' I've documented this and provided a link to edit /etc/services in the build procedure. > > 5. permissions on /var/spool/mail were wrong > Result: zmailer could not get a lock > Fix: chmod 3775 /var/spool/mail > > > Observation: > It appears that mail is running as 'root', rather than 'daemon', 'mail' or > 'zmailer'. > > Question 1: > Is this right? I'm not positive, but that is how it's being run on Chebucto. Zmailer is installed using its standard 'make install' so the permissions should all be correct. > > Question 2: > If not, which files should have the ownership and permissions reset, and > who and what are they? > > Gerard MacNeil, P. Eng. > > > ================================================================== Landon Boyd landon@chebucto.ns.ca Distribution Support Technician, http://chebucto.ns.ca/~landon Chebucto Community Net 902-455-4099hm 902-494-2449wk ==================================================================
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