[Devil-linux-develop] Re: Some DL errors I've found & Tanks!

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Kari,

thanks for the bug report.
It would be great if you could use the mailinglist in the future.

cu
Heiko

Kari Mattsson wrote:

>
> Hello!
>
> We are (starting) to use DL for several different purposes due to its 
> "Ultra Rapid Deployment" nature combined with up-to-dateness, 
> excellent documentation, and over-all robustness.  Thnaks for the work 
> so far!
>
> As we are humans, there are some errors.  Here are the ones I've found 
> in all versions 1.2.1 - 1.2.3, and propably also 1.2.4 (I'm 
> downloading it now):
>
>
> Named/bind:
>
> -  file /etc/rndc.key is missing. It will cause an error to be 
> displayed in the log when it is started. I fixed this with just 'touch 
> /etc/rndc.key', as I'm not really using the rndc feature.
>
> -  The /etc/sysconfig/jail/ISC_BIND file is missing a corresponding line
> COPY /etc/rndc.key to copy that empty file to the jailroot.
>
>
> Sagator:
>
> The otherwise good example file (taken directly form Sagator's home) 
> /etc/sagator.conf has a non-working LOGFILE setting.  There is no 
> /var/log/sagator directory for the sagator.log file.  I fixed this by 
> just removing 'sagator/' from the LOGFILE setting line.
>
>
> Sagator-Postfix integration:
>
> You might want to add the following lines to the two main Postfix 
> configuration files either commented, or non-commented to make the 
> life easier for Sagator users:
>
>
> # /etc/postfix/main.cf - Sagator requirement below:
> #content_filter = smtp:localhost:27
>
> # /etc/postfix/master.cf
> # Sagator required addition below:
> # Local smtpd without scanning
> #localhost:26    inet n - n - 30 smtpd
> #  -o content_filter=
> #  -o myhostname=sagator.mydomain.sk
> #  -o local_recipient_maps=  -o relay_recipient_maps=
> #  -o mynetworks=127.0.0.0/8  -o mynetworks_style=host
> #  -o smtpd_restriction_classes=  -o smtpd_client_restrictions=
> #  -o smtpd_helo_restrictions=  -o smtpd_sender_restrictions=
> #  -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_mynetworks,reject
> #  -o 
> receive_override_options=no_unknown_recipient_checks,no_header_body_checks 
>
>
>
> The last line above is a bit long...  The above lines are from Sagator 
> readme documentation.
>
>
> NTP
>
> You might want to add two to four times the line
>
> server pool.ntp.org
>
> to the file /etc/ntp.conf to have good global defaults for NTP servers.
> I recently noticed Debian and Gentoo both default to that same address.
> Adding the line more than once allows ntpd to use the best ntp server, 
> not just one.
>
>
> SpamAssassin - SPAMD
>
> You also might want to enable Razor2 in SpamAssassin, as you have it 
> on DL.  Just the line
>
> use_razor2 1
>
> to the file /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf will do it.
>
>
> Software RAID documentation
>
> I followed the documentation on v1.2, chapter 6 to create software 
> RAID-1.  It worked okay, but after a reboot did not find the /dev/md0 
> anymore.
>
> I found out the instructions are a bit mixed.  You either have to use 
> the short (legacy) device names, or long (recommended) device names. 
> You cannot mix those.
>
> So, the /etc/mdadm.conf must be (for IDE-only system) either like
>
> DEVICE /dev/ide/host?/bus?/target?/lun0/part*
> ARRAY /dev/md/0 level=raid1 num-devices=2
>    UUID=d876333b:694e852b:e9a6f40f:0beb90f9
> devices=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1 
>
>
>
> ....or like:
>
>
> DEVICE /dev/hd*
> ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2
>    UUID=d876333b:694e852b:e9a6f40f:0beb90f9
>    devices=/dev/hda1,/dev/hdb1
> ´
>
> ....and then software RAID will work ok.
>
>
>
> And a request in the end:
>
> Have you considered adding 'mailgraph' 
> <http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~dws/software/mailgraph/> to DL?  If not, 
> could you?  I know it is easy to add my own, but still..
>
>
>
> I hope these issues are not too trivial, or something for you 
> correct/change.  I also hope it is okay for me to email you some other 
> findings in the future, shall I find those.
>
>
>
> Terveisin/With kind regards/Med hälsningar/Lugupidamisega,
>
> Kari Mattsson
> Trivore Corp. (Finland)
>


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  Heiko Zuerker
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