-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Miles Fidelman wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Miles Fidelman wrote: >> >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> I have two machines sitting in a data center. One of them, I've just >>> finished, very carefully, configuring for production use. >>> >>> The other machine I've used a bit as a sandbox for trying things before >>> doing them on the production machine - and at this point the sandbox is >>> pretty well messed up. >>> >>> I'd like to either >>> a. rebuild from scratch to Sarge >>> b. upgrade to a clean testing release. >>> either way, without a trip to the datacenter to rebuild from a CD. >>> >> >> How "messed up"? IOW, what if you just started paring away >> packages, aggressively making it as *minimal* as possible while >> still being able to run ssh. (From experience, I can tell you that >> that's pretty darned small.) >> >> Then, start adding back packages as you see fit. >> > Well... messed up as in the mail system is completely gronked. > > Tried removing and purging every vestige of exim, postfix, sendmail, > then reinstalled postfix. Can't get postfix to start. Tried purging > postfix and getting exim to run - no dice. I think, somewhere along the > way, I messed up a dependency.
What do /var/log/mail.err and /var/log/mail.log look like after the failed attempt? Actually, a horked MTA is what my first guess was when I read "messed up"... :) I'd install smail and slocate and *purge* any remaining exim & postfix packages. After rebuilding the locate DB, manually rm any remaining files. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE+5ErS9HxQb37XmcRAu1PAJ9QgIybgfR0Wy5mmK7qRtxW3IatNQCeJuK5 9LG2IH5SfIZKxMSmJOdEPVI= =y9ei -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
