hate to jump in late here, but to both sides: where exactly does DJB say he
doesn't support inetd? i can't seem to find anywhere in the source or on
his site. in fact, the main qmail.html page sez:
"qmail's design inherently limits the machine load, so qmail-smtpd can
safely run from your system's inetd."
www.qmail.org is the only place i see that actually sez "not supported," and
it's reasonably clear that the creator of qmail does not maintain that page,
so i'm not sure what the big deal is.
shag
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----- Original Message -----
From: Lyndon Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wed 15 Sep 1999 13.24
Subject: RE: Kurt's Closet on qmail
> > Not really... qmail out of the box doesn't support inetd. There are
> > configuration changes you have to make *on your own* to get it to
> > work, and
> > the web site doesn't support or explain these changes. (I'm sure that if
> > you wanted to support inetd stuff on this list, no-one else here
> > would have
> > a problem; and would probably even welcome that help, but I speak only
for
> > me.)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> (from INSTALL in qmail-1.03 source distribution)
> 16. Set up qmail-smtpd in /etc/inetd.conf (all in one line):
> smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env
> tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
>
> 17. Reboot. (Or kill -HUP your inetd and mke sure the qmail daemons
> are running.)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> There you have it... "make setup check" doesn't add/change that line in
> inetd.conf for you, but other than that it looks pretty "out of the box"
to
> me. Then, to read that in conjunction with the statement on the web site
IS
> confusing and misleading.
>
> Now, if this configuration isn't supported, the instructions in the
> distribution need to be changed. Or something needs to change, like maybe
> including tcpserver as part of the qmail distribution, if that is the
> supported method. Or is there a supported method?
>
>
