mailscanner-mrtg valid mountpoints

[Jim Robinson]

Thanks to everyone who answered (so quickly) - indeed the answer was to set
these options to the mount point which in my case(s) was /var

Thanks everyone!

Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Miller" <Kevin_Miller at CI.JUNEAU.AK.US>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: mailscanner-mrtg valid mountpoints


> 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
> >