Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:56:34 -0800 (PST) From: Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org> To: pirat@access.inet.co.th Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: SYSERR(root) Can not exec /bin/mail: No such file or directory Message-ID: <200401230856.i0N8uY7E066551@gw.catspoiler.org> In-Reply-To: <20040123082336.GB355@thai-aec.org>
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On 23 Jan, pirat wrote:
> On Friday, 23 January 2004 at 0:04:20 -0800, Don Lewis wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:04:20 -0800 (PST)
>> From: Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org>
>> Subject: Re: SYSERR(root) Can not exec /bin/mail: No such file or directory
>> To: pirat@access.inet.co.th
>> cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
>>
>> On 23 Jan, pirat wrote:
>> > hi sirs,
>> >
>> > i hvae just noticed that if /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/mailer/local.m4 has
>> > a line that says
>> >
>> > ifdef(`LOCAL_MAILER_PATH',, `define(`LOCAL_MAILER_PATH', /bin/mail)')
>> >
>> > will result in error at boot time. i simply change that line to
>> >
>> > ifdef(`LOCAL_MAILER_PATH',, `define(`LOCAL_MAILER_PATH', /usr/bin/mail)')
>> >
>> > and error disappears after doing make install at /etc/mail. but i do not
>> > know of any side effects will happen. my system is
>> >
>> > [firak] /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/mailer # uname -a
>> > FreeBSD firak.thai-aec.org 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #3: Fri Jan 23 10:25:43
>> > ICT 2004 root@firak.thai-aec.org:/var/obj/usr/src/sys/Firak i386
>> > [firak] /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/mailer #
>>
>> It looks like your sendmail .mc file (which is used to build your
>> sendmail.cf) is missing the
>> OSTYPE(freebsd4)
>> statement which pulls in
>> /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/ostype/freebsd4.m4,
>> which defines LOCAL_MAILER_PATH as /usr/libexec/mail.local. You'll
>> probably want to use /etc/mail/freebsd.mc as the starting point for your
>> sendmail configuration.
>>
>
> yes it has but upon reboot for a few time `can not exec /bin/mail' still
> show up. and that is why i have to edit local.m4 instead.
>
> there is no sendmail.mc but freebsd.mc
Do you have a <HOSTNAME>.mc in /etc/mail? If so, the Makefile will pick
that instead of freebsd.mc.
As long as the .mc file uses OSTYPE(freebsd4) and nothing else
overrides LOCAL_MAILER_PATH, the definition of LOCAL_MAILER_PATH in
/usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/ostype/freebsd4.m4 should override the
default in local.m4.
For doing final delivery to /var/mail/username you need to use
/usr/libexec/mail.local if you are running FreeBSD 4.x, unless you have
installed some other local delivery agent such as procmail, etc.
This is what I've got in my /etc/mail/freebsd.cf file, which is created
from freebsd.mc, on my 4.9-STABLE machine.
Mlocal, P=/usr/libexec/mail.local, F=lsDFMAw5:/|@qPSXfmnz9, S=EnvFromSMT
P/HdrFromL, R=EnvToL/HdrToL,
T=DNS/RFC822/SMTP,
A=mail.local -l
I have not made any modifications to /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/*
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