The master process spawns all of the Cyrus-related services. inetd doesn't have to know about them. chirs charter wrote: > > 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/ -- 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
