you can have both installed, but only if they put the sendmail binary in different locations..
if they are putting then in the same place, that is the problem, it is the sendmail binary that is being used, and since it doesn't work with postfix, the mail will not be sent.. if you installed from mandrake rpms, then you have a problem... if you must have both, then get the src of postfix and configure it for a differnt sendmail binary location.. and point your scripts at that... rgds frank.. -----Original Message----- From: Miark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 12 December 2001 1:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Postfix and CGI scripts Franki, Yes, I expected my experience to be just as yours was. Doing a which on sendmail brings up /usr/sbin/sendmail and this is where sendmail is executed from in my CGI scripts. As you said, this shouldn't be affected anyway. I do still have sendmail installed but only because install instructions said I could, and recommended running both for a day or two to make sure all the old mail gets picked up. I was pretty careful to following the directions to the T. I don't think old sendmail was written over the new because it _does_ work for regular users. Or do I misunderstand? Incidentally, here is the exact test script that I'm using: ---------------- #!/usr/bin/perl open(MAIL, "|sendmail"); print MAIL "To: miark From: art\@gardnerbusiness.com Subject: test This is a test."; close MAIL; ----------------- I can run it. Art can run it. If I su to "nobody", I run it, but the mail doesn't get sent. Miark > One day I saw the error of my ways and took the leap, > installing and configuring postfix.. > > All my mailing CGI scripts continued to work fine. > > are you sure that you have the path to sendmail in your scripts?? > > I would also ask if for ose reason you have both sendmail and postfix > installed. > > if so, that is very likely your problem as its possible that the > postfix/sendmail binary was replaced by the sendmail/sendmail binary, which > will not work and will cause the problem you describe. > rgds > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Randy Kramer > Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2001 10:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Postfix and CGI scripts > > > Miark wrote: > > I've got myself in a real bind. I've spent this night > > replacing sendmail with Postfix and everything works > > except my CGI scripts which is more or less disasterous. > > Miark, > > Sometime after you've had some sleep, would you mind posting a brief > explanation of what the CGI scripts have to do (or how they interact > with) Postfix? Or, do they only interact with Apache, but somehow your > installation of Postfix stopped them working with Apache? > > Trying to learn, > Randy Kramer > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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