mailscanner-mrtg valid mountpoints

[Kevin Miller]

Go to http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=234161 - all will be
revealed.

The short answer is you need to set those to the mountpoint for that
filesystem, not the directory.  For instance, mine are set to /var - that's
the filesystem which /var/spool lives under...

...Kevin
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Robinson [mailto:jim at LINUX-SP.COM]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 11:03 AM
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: mailscanner-mrtg valid mountpoints
>
>
>Hi Folks,
> 
>I can't find a list for mailscanner-mrtg so I though I would 
>post this question here? 
> 
>On RH9 and Fedora Core1 machines when I install 
>mailscanner-mrtg I get these errors from the cron job:
> 
>Unable to find a mountpoint for /var/spool.  Please set Spool 
>Directory in mailscanner-mrtg.conf to a valid mountpoint
>Unable to find a mountpoint for 
>/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming.  Please set MailScanner Work 
>Directory in mailscanner-mrtg.conf to a valid mountpoint
> 
>I have done the obvious and checked the cfg file and the 
>dirfectory settings are correct (they match the relevant 
>entries in MailScanner.conf) so why the complaint?
> 
>Any ideas anyone?
> 
>Lines from mailscanner-mrtg.conf:
>>>>
># The MailScanner work directory, often in tmpfs for those who 
>are worried
># about performance.  Usually /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming.
># If this is not set to a mount point the graph will be blank
>MailScanner Work Directory = /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming
>                                                               
>                                                            
># The spool directory
># If this is not set to a mount point the graph will be blank
>Spool Directory = /var/spool
><<<
> 
>Lines from MailScanner.cfg
>>>>
># Set where to unpack incoming messages before scanning them
># This can completely safely use tmpfs or a ramdisk, which will
># give you a significant performance improvement.
># NOTE: The path given here must not include any links at all,
># NOTE: but must be the absolute path to the directory.
>Incoming Work Dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming
><<<
>I assume the /var/spool is correct seeing as that's where it is :)
> 
>Jim
>