Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:24:45 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: applecom@inbox.ru Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail_enable in rc.conf Message-ID: <20060426212445.00d3f1e8.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <4450132C.2050401@inbox.ru> References: <4450132C.2050401@inbox.ru>
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applecom@inbox.ru wrote:
> I have FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE.
> It seems there is collision between /etc/defaults/rc.conf and
> /etc/rc.sendmail in sendmail startup control.
> In /etc/defaults/rc.conf:
> sendmail_enable="NO" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO).
> In /etc/rc.sendmail:
> "<...>
> start_mta()
> {
> case ${sendmail_enable} in
> [Nn][Oo][Nn][Ee])
> ;;
> <...>".
> So sendmail doesn't startup during system startup only if there is
> "sendmail_enable="NONE"" in /etc/rc.conf.
> Maybe I don't understand something?
>From "man rc.sendmail":
sendmail_enable
(str) If set to ``YES'', run the sendmail(8) daemon at system
boot time. If set to ``NO'', do not run a sendmail(8) daemon to
listen for incoming network mail. This does not preclude a
sendmail(8) daemon listening on the SMTP port of the loopback
interface. The ``NONE'' option is deprecated and should not be
used. It will be removed in a future release.
There is additional information in that man page about how to further
tweak sendmail's startup. Recommended reading.
--
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com
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