Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 02:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Wardle <michael@endbracket.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/35371: /etc/rc virecover script starts sendmail even if sendmail should be off Message-ID: <200202281020.g1SAK2R65822@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/35371; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Michael Wardle <michael@endbracket.net>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: conf/35371: /etc/rc virecover script starts sendmail even if sendmail should be off
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 02:18:51 -0800 (PST)
1) shouldn't we test to see if sendmail is installed before calling it?
2) shouldn't it be possible to disable calling "sendmail" (particularly
if ${sendmail_enable} is NO)?
3) is there any reason why we shouldn't call "mail" instead of
"sendmail"? (admittedly, i don't know too much about these
utilities,
but I thought it would be preferred to invoke a MUA rather than an
MTA if all we wanted to do was send a message)
4) if we're going to call an MTA rather than an MUA, shouldn't we at
least test whether it's already running
(i don't think it's correct to invoke what seems to be a system
utility (usually invoked as a daemon) from a shell script in this
way -- i could be wrong)
5) shouldn't we call whatever MTA the user has configured (e.g.
sendmail, postfix, exim, qmail)?
I'd really like to be able to disable the behavior I mentioned in the
original report.
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