Re: Debain installed exim BIG TROUBLE
On 5 May 2003 at 16:11, Emmanuel Lacour wrote: On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 03:27:32PM +0200, Gregory Machin wrote: where does debian launch exim from cause when i telnet in exim is running but not visable under ps -ef ?? Because by default, exim is running in standalone under debian. Just run update-inetd --disable smtp /etc/init.d/exim start Having done this on a few boxes, I noted one slight problem with the the permissions of files in /var/spool/exim/db/. When exim is running as a daemon, these should be owner mail, group mail. When it is running from inetd they seem to be have owner root. When you change from inetd to daemon the old files hang around with root ownership and do not get deleted or updated. This does not stop exim from working, but it could in theory slow things down. The db files are hint files designed to improve performance. Without them exim reverts to a fail safe mode. If they have the wrong permissions, stop exim, delete the contents of /var/spool/exim/db/ and restart exim. The db files will be rebuilt automatically with the correct ownership. Perhaps this should be submitted as a bug. Ian - Ian Forbes ZSD http://www.zsd.co.za Office: +27 21 683-1388 Fax: +27 21 674-1106 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 46827, Glosderry, 7702, South Africa -
Re: Debain installed exim BIG TROUBLE
On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 11:13:17AM +0200, I. Forbes wrote: On 5 May 2003 at 16:11, Emmanuel Lacour wrote: On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 03:27:32PM +0200, Gregory Machin wrote: where does debian launch exim from cause when i telnet in exim is running but not visable under ps -ef ?? Because by default, exim is running in standalone under debian. Just run update-inetd --disable smtp /etc/init.d/exim start Having done this on a few boxes, I noted one slight problem with the the permissions of files in /var/spool/exim/db/. When exim is running as a daemon, these should be owner mail, group mail. When it is running from inetd they seem to be have owner root. When you change from inetd to daemon the old files hang around with root ownership and do not get deleted or updated. I'found this bug too some time ago on a woody box, but I didn't understand why. Now, I know ;-) Perhaps this should be submitted as a bug. Maybe, a simple check in the init.d file to cleanup owners.. -- Emmanuel Lacour Easter-eggs 44-46 rue de l'Ouest - 75014 Paris - France - Métro Gaité Phone: +33 (0) 1 43 35 00 37- Fax: +33 (0) 1 41 35 00 76 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -http://www.easter-eggs.com
Debain installed exim BIG TROUBLE
please could someone HELP ive installed debian 3 wood and it installed exim 3 by default ... i can't use the dafault exim cause it's not complied to my requirements. where does debian launch exim from cause when i telnet in exim is running but not visable under ps -ef ??
Re: Debain installed exim BIG TROUBLE
On Mon, 5 May 2003, Gregory Machin wrote: please could someone HELP ive installed debian 3 wood and it installed exim 3 by default ... i can't use the dafault exim cause it's not complied to my requirements. Exim is started from /etc/inetd.conf. Rgds Rsu -- www: http://www.65535.net | Hosting - Shell Accounts MSNM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Virtual Servers from just $15/mo e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Community: http://www.65535.org t: +44 (0) 7092016595 | Rate us: http://www.65535.net/rate.php
Re: Debain installed exim BIG TROUBLE
i think that exim is started with inetd see /etc/inetd.conf and man inetd Maurice Lucas - Original Message - From: Gregory Machin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-isp@lists.debian.org Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 3:27 PM Subject: Debain installed exim BIG TROUBLE please could someone HELP ive installed debian 3 wood and it installed exim 3 by default ... i can't use the dafault exim cause it's not complied to my requirements. where does debian launch exim from cause when i telnet in exim is running but not visable under ps -ef ?? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debain installed exim BIG TROUBLE
On Monday 05 May 2003 15:27, Gregory Machin wrote: i can't use the dafault exim cause it's not complied to my requirements. Just install your favorite MTA then (or recompile exim to your taste). where does debian launch exim from cause when i telnet in exim is running but not visable under ps -ef ?? From inetd. If you want it to start as a daemon just comment the line beginning with smtp in /etc/inetd.conf and do an /etc/init.d/exim start. In the case you run exim as a daemon, you can remove its run-queue cron job under /etc/cron.d/. Hope this helps, Javier -- Javier Conti http://www.labcc.ch/
Re: Debain installed exim BIG TROUBLE
Gregory Machin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Mon, 5 May 2003 15:27:32 +0200 (SAST): please could someone HELP ive installed debian 3 wood and it installed exim 3 by default ... i can't use the dafault exim cause it's not complied to my requirements. You can recompile it. where does debian launch exim from cause when i telnet in exim is running but not visable under ps -ef ?? By default it's configured to be run from inetd and the queue-runner from a crontab. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards Dominik Schulz
Re: Debain installed exim BIG TROUBLE
On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 03:27:32PM +0200, Gregory Machin wrote: please could someone HELP ive installed debian 3 wood and it installed exim 3 by default ... i can't use the dafault exim cause it's not complied to my requirements. where does debian launch exim from cause when i telnet in exim is running but not visable under ps -ef ?? It's being run by the inetd superserver. Take a look at /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/init.d/exim. The init.d script stops and doesn't load exim if it finds a line starting smtp in the inetd.conf file. Look at man inetd.conf. HTH, jc
