Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:45:37 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, mgrommet@insolwwb.net Subject: Re: LONG: trying to upgrade sendmail to 8.9.1 Message-ID: <199809151945.MAA06426@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <00a901bde0d7$1d1d6ca0$0cf896d0@work2.insolwwb.net>
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>From: "Mike Grommet" <mgrommet@insolwwb.net> >Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 13:31:54 -0500 >Ok, so I make my .cf file by m4 ../m4/cf.m4 testfile.mc > testfile.cf >I copy the testfile.cf to /etc/sendmail.cf >then I fire up the new binary of sendmail with >/usr/local/sendmail-8.9.1/src/obj.BSD-OS.2.1.i386/sendmail >which comes off without a hitch... EXCEPT when I try to send email... then >I get Seems to me that you might want to fire off the new sendmail via: /usr/local/sendmail-8.9.1/src/obj.BSD-OS.2.1.i386/sendmail -C testfile.cf so it will use your newly-generated .cf file, and (with any luck) avoid: >/etc/sendmail.cf: line 846: Inappropriate use of $# on LHS >/etc/sendmail.cf: line 871: Inappropriate use of $# on LHS >/etc/sendmail.cf: line 937: Inappropriate use of $# on LHS >Warning: .cf version level (8) exceeds sendmail version 8.8.8 functionality >(7): Socket operation on non-socket >I looked through my sendmail.cf file and the code seems ok compared to my >working 8.9.1 machine... not quite sure where to look here... >and this is also probably relative too, I get in my log files: >Sep 15 11:27:21 ns sendmail[11342]: /etc/spwd.db: Inappropriate file type or >format >Sep 15 11:27:21 ns sendmail[11341]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(UID0): Cannot open hash >database /etc/aliases.db: Inappropriate file type or format Hmmm.... Sounds as if the DBMDEF might not have been consistent between the two sendmail builds. >Ok. so what format is 8.9.1 expecting the db files to be? Depends on what DBMDEF is. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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