> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:48:19 -0700 > From: Ron <rg.li...@rzweb.com> > To: Robert Bonomi <bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com> > Subject: Re: Postfix + Courier IMAP local email problems > > On 12.04.2012 13:54, Robert Bonomi wrote: > >> > >> Is there some simple I'm just messing up? > > > > "Yes." <grin> > > > > The difficulty comes in identifying _which_ "simple thing" it is that > > is > > messed up. > > OK, I found the problem. It was the hostname not being set correctly. > What threw me was that it was correct in the rc.conf file, but I did not > know you needed to reboot the machine to have it take effect. It just > never occurred to me to run 'hostname' and see since I was seeing it > correctly in the rc.conf.
FYI, while it's true tht rc.conf is processed only t boot time, you don't _have_ to reboot when you make a change. What you _do_ need to do is run the same commands the the rc processing does. Unfortunately, with the 'rc.d'-style process, where rc.conf just sets environment variables, and everything else happens 'by magic', it can be a major effort to figure out -what- commands need to be run when you change something, and 'reboot' *is* the simplest way to get the job done. One reason _I_ much prefer the "old" BSD-style '/etc/rc.boot' and '/etc/rc.local' approch. It was =far= simpler to see exactly what was going on, in what order, and with what params. Tracking stuff through the rc.d/* swamp is a 'project' -- there is a whole nuther 'command language' to master. :(( _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"