From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 00:56:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5166316A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:56:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from gw.catspoiler.org (217-ip-163.nccn.net [209.79.217.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADD9B43D1F for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:56:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from truckman@FreeBSD.org) Received: from FreeBSD.org (mousie.catspoiler.org [192.168.101.2]) by gw.catspoiler.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0N8uY7E066551; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:56:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from truckman@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200401230856.i0N8uY7E066551@gw.catspoiler.org> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:56:34 -0800 (PST) From: Don Lewis To: pirat@access.inet.co.th In-Reply-To: <20040123082336.GB355@thai-aec.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: SYSERR(root) Can not exec /bin/mail: No such file or directory X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:56:52 -0000 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 >> 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 .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/*