> I'm attempting to set up qmail on Mandrake 8.0. I do create
> the /var/qmail directory, but when qmail compiles nothing goes
> into this directory. Of course then when you run ./config it
> barfs because it can't find certain things in /var/qmail. Yes,
> I'm logged on as root.
config does not fail because of anything in /var/qmail; it fails if it
can't find your server's name in DNS. Use config-fast instead.
> Also, when running the IDS script, I can't see that any
> directories were created in the /var directory either.
1. IDS is not a script that's included with qmail.
2. if you did create a IDS script off of INSTALL.ids (a la LWQ), it
doesn't create any directories anywhere. It adds user accounts and groups
to your system.
> I've reloaded Mandrake 3 times from scratch and it's still doing
> the same thing. Also tried gcc instead of cc and it makes no
> difference.
none of these things have anything to do with installing qmail.
> What am I doing wrong?
you need to read and understand the various INSTALL. files included with
your qmail distribution.
> BTW, the /var directory resides on a separate physical drive in
> the machine - a Linux RAID 1 (mirror), to be precise, so there
> are two drives in fact. The /var directory shows up nicely and
> is perfectly accessible. I can't imagine this would be creating
> the problem.
It's not. You need to better understand the qmail install process. start
by reading the documentation included with qmail, then visit
lifewithqmail.org.
Dan
