starting errors on suse with latest Version

[Stephen Swaney]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Marcel Blenkers
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 7:54 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: starting errors on suse with latest Version
>
> Hi,
>
> > At 12:13 02/08/2004, you wrote:
> > >I downloaded the Version for SuSE and installed it with install.sh
> > >
> > >Then i edited the new MailScanner.conf which had the Lock Type again
> > >uncommented, so i said it would be flock.
> > >
> > >Then i tried to restart the System..and it did not work properly.
> > >
> > >rcpMailScanner stop deleted the pid-file under /var/run.
> > >
> > >rcpMailScanner start did not create a new one, so my logfile only
> > >contained errors, which said, that this pid-file cannot be found.
> >
> > What MTA are you running?
> > What are your "Run As User" and "Run As Group" set to?
> >
>
>
> MTA is sendmail
> Run As User and Run As Group are empty, as stated in the Config-File.
>
> # User to run as (not normally used for sendmail)
> etc.
>

I am working on two SuSE installs on SuSE 8.1 (sendmail) and 9+ (Postfix)and
there were four problems that I remember encountering with the MailScanner
init script.

1. The script was installed in /etc/init.d/init.d/MailScanner. I had to move
it to /etc/init.d and remove the then empty directory /etc/init.d/init.d/

2. There were permission problems with the sendmail.pid files. I think
simply removing the existing pid files solved the problem.

3. SuSU uses different function names for the Red Hat "success" function. In
SuSE it's "log_success_msg".

4. The ". /etc/sysconfig/network/" call doesn't work. On SuSE this is a
directory.

I was waiting until Julian returned from his jaunt until I reported there
problems. Guess now is the time.

Attached are the very quick hacks I made to the MailScanner init script just
to get it running. When I have some time I'll try to make it a bit more
universal and elegant. If anyone has already made these corrections, please
let us know.

Thanks,

Steve
Stephen Swaney
President
Fortress Systems Ltd.
Steve.Swaney at FSL.com



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