Re: [webmin-l] Simple DNS and Sendmail questions

[Dov Z. <do...@za...>]

=D7=A6=D7=99=D7=98=D7=95=D7=98 Michael Ryerse:
> No, the file is not there.  Yes, I've when I run service sendmail
> start it says the service is unknown.  Sendmail appears to be
> installed though.  Webmin sees it there and lets me configure it.
> It's not like other servers where I click on the server at webmin says
> that it can't find the package at all.  It's just when I try to start
> sendmail via webmin, inid.d, or service sendmail start.
Try running "yum install sendmail". What happens?

>
> On 8/31/06, Dov Zamir <do...@za...> wrote:
>> =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 fil=
e
>> > 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...
>> >
>>
>> Have you checked your system manually to see if the file is there?
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail is the Federa default location and file name.
>> Can you start the service from a command line with "service sendmail
>> start"? If not, can you start it with /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail?
>> >
>> >
>> > On 8/31/06, Dov Zamir <do...@za...> wrote:
>> >
>> >> =D7=A6=D7=99=D7=98=D7=95=D7=98 Brian Case:
>> >>
>> >>> On a Sendmail system, the situation below would be handled like=20
>> 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=20
>> does not
>> >>> provide POP3 or IMAP services... I use Dovecot for those services.=
..
>> >>> Since both Sendmail and Dovecot need to be able to authenticate=20
>> users,
>> >>> having one username/password source (The user account) makes=20
>> sense...
>> >>>
>> >>> Brian
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> 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=20
>> to hold
>> >> 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=20
>> database,
>> >> be it LDAP, SQL or whatever, than to maintain users in system=20
>> accounts.
>> >>
>> >>> Michael Ryerse wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> Thanks.  I think I checked /named/chroot/var/named, but I'll=20
>> double check.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> As for Sendmail requiring a user, I beleive that is entirely=20
>> true, as
>> >>>> I am sure there are thousands of sendmail servers out there that=20
>> host
>> >>>> multiple domains and come across situations where they have a=20
>> mailbox
>> >>>> for bo...@do... <mailto:bo...@do...>, as well as a=20
>> mailbox for
>> >>>> bo...@do... <mailto:bo...@do...>, who are entirely=20
>> different
>> >>>> users, and since the users have no use on the system other than f=
or
>> >>>> mail, there is no need to create a system account, because this=20
>> is a
>> >>>> mail server.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Regardless, I might find myself trying Qmail or Postfix simply=20
>> because
>> >>>> the documentation for Sendmail seems to be scarce.  It shouldn't=20
>> take
>> >>>> this long to find simple steps to do something as simple as=20
>> 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 be=
en
>> >>>>     setting
>> >>>>     > up BIND and noticed that the three zones I created did not=20
>> cause a
>> >>>>     > zone file to be written in /var/named.  /etc/named.conf=20
>> seems to be
>> >>>>     > getting updated, but points to zone files that do not=20
>> exist, and I
>> >>>>     > think that this is causing name resolution to not work.  An=
y
>> >>>>     suggestions?
>> >>>>     >
>> >>>>     >
>> >>>>     > Also, with Sendmail, I was wondering if someone could=20
>> point me
>> >>>>     to some
>> >>>>     > documentation on how to create mailboxes via webmin for=20
>> sendmail.  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=20
>> webmin.
>> >>>>     Regarding the BIND question, look in=20
>> /var/named/chroot/var/named for
>> >>>>     your zone files... I think BIND is chrooted in Fedora by=20
>> default...
>> >>>>
>> >>>>     Regarding the Sendmail question, I don't think there is a=20
>> way to
>> >>>>     have a
>> >>>>     mailbox without a user... An alias, sure, but not a mailbox...
>> >>>>
>> >>>>     Brian Case=20
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>> >>>>
>> >>>>
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