Sorry if this question sounds a bit sophmoric but how does inetd know which daemon to fire up if there is no entry in inetd.conf. If I do this I get "connection refused" which is what I would expect. Again sorry but if you could school me on this that would be great. --- Ken Murchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > avl wrote: > > > > Hello all > > > > I just installed Cyrus IMAPD , but it can't start > from the inetd. > > When I try to run it manually , I get : > > Aug 14 13:39:39 cow imapd: could not > getenv(CYRUS_SERVICE); exiting > > And the same with pop3d. > > What can be wrong with it ? > > From the installation instructions: > > 12.Remove "/etc/[x]inetd.conf" entries. Any imap, > imaps, pop3, pop3s, > kpop, lmtp and sieve lines need to be removed from > /etc/[x]inetd.conf and [x]inetd needs to be > restarted. > > Configuring the Master Process > > 1.Choose a configuration from the master/conf > directory: > small.conf > bare-bones server supporting IMAP and > POP > normal.conf > server supporting IMAP, POP, the SSL > wrapped versions, and > the Sieve script management protocol > prefork.conf > The same configuration as above, but > with some preforked > processes for faster processing. > cmu.conf > Our configuration > > To use normal.conf, do: > > cp master/conf/normal.conf /etc/cyrus.conf > > Optionally, you can edit /etc/cyrus.conf to > disable or enabling > certain services, or to tune the number of preforked > copies. Be sure > not to remove the entries that are labeled > required. > > 2.Arrange to start "/usr/cyrus/bin/master" as > root when the system > starts. It will bind some ports and then give up > it's root privileges. > Until your system reboots, you can start the > master process by > hand: > > /usr/cyrus/bin/master & > > 3.Monitor the progress of the master process by > examining the > imapd.log file. It should never exit by itself, but > you can shut down > the > mail system by sending it a signal with kill. > > -- > Kenneth Murchison Oceana Matrix Ltd. > Software Engineer 21 Princeton Place > 716-662-8973 x26 Orchard Park, NY 14127 > --PGP Public Key-- http://www.oceana.com/~ken/ksm.pgp __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
