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Re: [webmin-l] Simple DNS and Sendmail questions
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From: Dov Z. <do...@za...> - 2006-09-01 04:56:29
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=D7=A6=D7=99=D7=98=D7=95=D7=98 Michael Ryerse: > I am installing virtualmin hoping it will help with creating > mailboxes. The problem I'm having now is starting the sendmail > service via Wemin, it says: > Failed to start service : sh: /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail: No such file > or directory > > Obviously I could create a new script but I would like to use the > method FC4 uses by default. I don't think it's set to use xinetd... > =20 Have you checked your system manually to see if the file is there?=20 /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail is the Federa default location and file name.=20 Can you start the service from a command line with "service sendmail=20 start"? If not, can you start it with /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail? > > > On 8/31/06, Dov Zamir <do...@za...> wrote: > =20 >> =D7=A6=D7=99=D7=98=D7=95=D7=98 Brian Case: >> =20 >>> On a Sendmail system, the situation below would be handled like this: >>> >>> bo...@do... would have a system username of bob and mail for >>> bo...@do... would be aliased to bob via the virtusertable >>> bo...@do... would have a system username of bob2 and mail for >>> bo...@do... would be aliased to bob2 via the virtusertable >>> >>> I have no experience with Qmail or Postfix but I know Sendmail does n= ot >>> provide POP3 or IMAP services... I use Dovecot for those services... >>> Since both Sendmail and Dovecot need to be able to authenticate users= , >>> having one username/password source (The user account) makes sense... >>> >>> Brian >>> >>> >>> =20 >> I also use Sendmail and Dovecot, however none of my mail users has a >> local account. I use a MySQL database to authenticate users, and to ho= ld >> all kinds of additional information, such as DSLAM number and port, >> contact phone number and etc. >> >> It is much easier to maintain a system with an external user database, >> be it LDAP, SQL or whatever, than to maintain users in system accounts. >> =20 >>> Michael Ryerse wrote: >>> >>> =20 >>>> Thanks. I think I checked /named/chroot/var/named, but I'll double = check. >>>> >>>> As for Sendmail requiring a user, I beleive that is entirely true, a= s >>>> I am sure there are thousands of sendmail servers out there that hos= t >>>> multiple domains and come across situations where they have a mailbo= x >>>> for bo...@do... <mailto:bo...@do...>, as well as a mailbox f= or >>>> bo...@do... <mailto:bo...@do...>, who are entirely different >>>> users, and since the users have no use on the system other than for >>>> mail, there is no need to create a system account, because this is a >>>> mail server. >>>> >>>> Regardless, I might find myself trying Qmail or Postfix simply becau= se >>>> the documentation for Sendmail seems to be scarce. It shouldn't tak= e >>>> this long to find simple steps to do something as simple as create a >>>> user's mailbox. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 8/31/06, *Brian Case* <we...@we... >>>> <mailto:we...@we...>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Michael Ryerse wrote: >>>> > Hi, I just got a VPS server with FC4 and webmin. I have been >>>> setting >>>> > up BIND and noticed that the three zones I created did not cau= se a >>>> > zone file to be written in /var/named. /etc/named.conf seems = to be >>>> > getting updated, but points to zone files that do not exist, a= nd I >>>> > think that this is causing name resolution to not work. Any >>>> suggestions? >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Also, with Sendmail, I was wondering if someone could point me >>>> to some >>>> > documentation on how to create mailboxes via webmin for sendma= il. I >>>> > do not want to use system users for mail, just want >>>> mailboxes. There >>>> > doesn't seem to be a straight-forward method to do this in web= min. >>>> Regarding the BIND question, look in /var/named/chroot/var/named= for >>>> your zone files... I think BIND is chrooted in Fedora by default= ... >>>> >>>> Regarding the Sendmail question, I don't think there is a way to >>>> have a >>>> mailbox without a user... An alias, sure, but not a mailbox... >>>> >>>> Brian Case <http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin= -list> >>>> >>>> >>>> =20 >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- >>> Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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Need to support web services, securi= ty? >> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job= easier >> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Gero= nimo >> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=3Dlnk&kid=3D120709&bid=3D263057&da= t=3D121642 >> - >> Forwarded by the Webmin mailing list at web...@li...= e.net >> To remove yourself from this list, go to >> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-list >> >> =20 > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= -- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, securit= y? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job = easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geron= imo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=3Dlnk&kid=3D120709&bid=3D263057&dat= =3D121642 > - > Forwarded by the Webmin mailing list at web...@li...= .net > To remove yourself from this list, go to > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webadmin-list > > > !DSPAM:500,44f7bada187027023418314! > =20 |
