From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 7 9:43:30 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0023737B401 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:43:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from diana.northnetworks.ca (att-ws20.switchview.com [216.13.70.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF12343F3F for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:43:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from iaccounts@northnetworks.ca) Received: from localhost (iaccounts@localhost) by diana.northnetworks.ca (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h27HhRK49487; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:43:27 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from iaccounts@northnetworks.ca) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:43:26 -0500 (EST) From: IAccounts To: freebsd Cc: Giorgos Keramidas Subject: Re: Sendmail config file In-Reply-To: <20030307163613.GI2094@gothmog.gr> Message-ID: <20030307124042.U6974-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > # cd /etc/mail > # tar cf - *.cf | gzip -9c - > oldcf.tar.gz > > Then regenerate all the *.cf files: > > # make cf > > Install them as sendmail.cf and submit.cf: > > # make install > At this point it fails with: # install -c -m freebsd.cf /etc/mail/sendmail.cf Install: Invalid file mode: freebsd.cf I have tried all manner of file permissions, as I am assuming that they this is what is referred to by mode. Has anyone else experienced this during their sendmail upgrade? Steve > Restart sendmail: > > # make restart > > and you should be set to go. > > : If anything seems to fail for you after this remake of the *.cf > : files, just enter /etc/mail and restore from the backup copy: > : > : # cd /etc/mail > : # zcat oldcf.tar.gz | tar xf - > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message