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Date:      Wed, 3 Jan 2001 21:03:52 +0530
From:      Suresh Ramasubramanian <mallet@efn.org>
To:        Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de>
Cc:        Chris Byrnes <chrisb@highstability.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: :P
Message-ID:  <20010103210352.B18492@oyeindia.com>
In-Reply-To: <3A534412.333FF94F@i-clue.de>; from christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 04:24:02PM %2B0100
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012280053130.3189-100000@ns1.highstability.com> <3A534412.333FF94F@i-clue.de>

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Christoph Sold rearranged electrons thusly:

> Chris Byrnes schrieb:
 
> > Hypothetically, of course, when one deletes /var/spool, how does he
> > re-create it and its correct contents so sendmail operates properly again?
 
> cd /usr/src/contrib/sendmail
> make install
> Just an idea, untested...

That _will_ do it - but why?  Instead, just recreate the /var/spool directory
tree by copying the structure from another box running sendmail (paying
attention to permissions, ownership etc as well)

	--suresh

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Suresh Ramasubramanian  <-->  mallet <at> efn <dot> org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin


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