> However, something bad seems to have happened to the smail postinst
> script, resulting in the smail entry getting commented out in
> /etc/inetd.conf.
> Uncomment the smtp line and it will work again (maybe you
> need to give inetd a HUP signal before it notices the change, not sure.)
yep; t
Hallo Hamish Moffatt
>
> Actually the latest update to smail in hamm did this for me.
> It called (unconditionally) update-inetd to disable smtp in the postrm,
> but there was no call to enable it in the postinst!
> I filed a bug report. It is most annoying.
>
please check up the crontab entry fo
Hallo Hamish Moffatt
> On Tue, Dec 16, 1997 at 10:32:47AM +0100, Joost Kooij wrote:
> > Uncomment the smtp line and it will work again (maybe you
> > need to give inetd a HUP signal before it notices the change, not sure.)
>
> Actually the latest update to smail in hamm did this for me.
> It calle
On Tue, Dec 16, 1997 at 10:32:47AM +0100, Joost Kooij wrote:
> Uncomment the smtp line and it will work again (maybe you
> need to give inetd a HUP signal before it notices the change, not sure.)
Actually the latest update to smail in hamm did this for me.
It called (unconditionally) update-inetd
On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
> After a few attempts, smail finally runs, but fails to start on boot as it is
> supposedly configured to do.
>
> /etc/init.d/smail does exist. Is there something else I need to look at?
That you can't find /etc/init.d/smail is right, becaus
> On Mon, Dec 15, 1997
> > It responds, but I've manually started smail. The problem is that the
> > init.d file doesn't seem to be run automatically.
> But when it runs out of inetd, there is nothing for it to do on startup.
> There is nothing running all the time.
It's not that there's noti
On Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 03:44:17PM +0600, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
> > I believe that by default, smail is run out of inetd (/etc/inetd.conf).
> > Telnet to port 25 of your box and see if it responds.
>
> It responds, but I've manually started smail. The problem is that the init.d
> file d
> But when it runs out of inetd, there is nothing for it to do on startup.
> There is nothing running all the time.
OK, so what should I be doing so that smail automatically starts/starts
listeninging/whatever?
Currently, once i start it from init.d, it stays going until shutdown.
rick
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> I believe that by default, smail is run out of inetd (/etc/inetd.conf).
> Telnet to port 25 of your box and see if it responds.
It responds, but I've manually started smail. The problem is that the init.d
file doesn't seem to be run automatically.
rick
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Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
>
>
> After a few attempts, smail finally runs, but fails to start on boot as it is
> supposedly configured to do.
>
> /etc/init.d/smail does exist. Is there something else I need to look at?
I believe that by default, smail is run out of inetd (/etc/inetd.conf)
After a few attempts, smail finally runs, but fails to start on boot as it is
supposedly configured to do.
/etc/init.d/smail does exist. Is there something else I need to look at?
rick
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