On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 10:17, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 17:20:48 -0700 > Mike Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Given that sendmail.cf is by most sane individuals generated via the > > file sendmail.mc, what is the impact of updating sendmail via rhnupdate > > when I only get a sendmail.cf.rpmnew instead of a sendmail.mc.rpmnew? > > > > Seems like I might be missing some crucial sendmail parms for > > security/etc. I certainly don't want to be backporting cf changes into > > an mc file. My sendmail book is like 3' thick...and I'm not worthy. > > > > > Hi Mike, > > rhn up2date is based on rpm package management. rpm is pretty smart > about upgrading your system. It knows what files are configuration files > that have been modified by you. In order to preserve your changes it > does not overwrite configuration files that you've changed. It will add > the ".rpmnew" extension to the new file or save your current file with > ".rpmsave". Either way it will ensure you don't lose work, but you may > have to do some tweaking after the upgrade. >
Sean I think you missed his point. perhaps a better subject would be why did I not get a sendmail.mc.rpmnew or why did sendmail upgrade overwrite my sendmail.mc. If this happened then I suggest a bug report be filed. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
