postfix INST_BASE option
Could you comment on the pros and cons of using INST_BASE=on in postfix on a production server? -- Janos Dohanics ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: postfix INST_BASE option
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Janos Dohanics w...@3dresearch.com wrote: Could you comment on the pros and cons of using INST_BASE=on in postfix on a production server? Great question! I know there has been some discussion to be able to choose your base MTA upon install but I don't know how far this has gone. I don't use that option but rather install it as a regular port, register it in mailer.conf when it asks you to and then do this in your rc.conf sendmail_enable=NO sendmail_submit_enable=NO sendmail_outbound_enable=NO sendmail_msp_queue_enable=NO postfix_enable=YES I haven't used the INST_BASE option out of fear that it might give me trouble on building world and upgrading. Also a new approach I'm taking is using EzJail for service jails so use a pure MTA jail and use the base sendmail as a relay to that. For the time being I'm using posfix on the base system to relay but in the future I plan to do it with the native sendmail and only use postfix on the MTA service jail. -- Alejandro Imass -- Janos Dohanics ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: postfix INST_BASE option
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Alejandro Imass a...@p2ee.org wrote: On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Janos Dohanics w...@3dresearch.com wrote: Could you comment on the pros and cons of using INST_BASE=on in postfix on a production server? Great question! I know there has been some discussion to be able to choose your base MTA upon install but I don't know how far this has gone. I don't use that option but rather install it as a regular port, register it in mailer.conf when it asks you to and then do this in your rc.conf sendmail_enable=NO sendmail_submit_enable=NO sendmail_outbound_enable=NO sendmail_msp_queue_enable=NO postfix_enable=YES You can do this a lot easier with just: sendmail_enable=NONE postfix_enable=YES -- chs, ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: postfix INST_BASE option
Christer Solskogen christer.solsko...@gmail.com writes: Hi, You can do this a lot easier with just: sendmail_enable=NONE From rc.sendmail(8) : RC.CONF VARIABLES The following variables affect the behavior of rc.sendmail. They are defined in /etc/defaults/rc.conf and can be changed in /etc/rc.conf. sendmail_enable (str) If set to ``YES'', run the sendmail(8) daemon at system boot time. If set to ``NO'', do not run a sendmail(8) daemon to listen for incoming network mail. This does not preclude a sendmail(8) daemon listening on the SMTP port of the loopback interface. The ``NONE'' option is deprecated and should not be used. It will be removed in a future release. Regards Éric Masson -- CS: Oui mais alors moi je me construis une souris avec autant de boutons qu'applis et je fais des racourcis, rena ! :-) LP: Ah oui, mais alors là il va falloir acheter des doigts, rerena! ;-p -+- LP in Guide du Macounet Pervers : Vous m'en mettrez une poignée -+- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: postfix INST_BASE option
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Eric Masson e...@free.fr wrote: From rc.sendmail(8) : snip See, know I also learned something today :-) -- chs, ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: postfix INST_BASE option
Janos Dohanics w...@3dresearch.com writes: Could you comment on the pros and cons of using INST_BASE=on in postfix on a production server? I wouldn't describe either the pros or the cons as particularly strong. If you're not going to use sendmail, you might want to remove it. If you do source upgrades, then setting WITHOUT_SENDMAIL in src.conf will keep it from getting built or installed, and will enable you to remove the existing sendmail files as part of make delete-old. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: postfix INST_BASE option
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:23:46 -0400 Alejandro Imass a...@p2ee.org wrote: On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Janos Dohanics w...@3dresearch.com wrote: Could you comment on the pros and cons of using INST_BASE=on in postfix on a production server? Great question! I know there has been some discussion to be able to choose your base MTA upon install but I don't know how far this has gone. I don't use that option but rather install it as a regular port, register it in mailer.conf when it asks you to and then do this in your rc.conf sendmail_enable=NO sendmail_submit_enable=NO sendmail_outbound_enable=NO sendmail_msp_queue_enable=NO postfix_enable=YES I haven't used the INST_BASE option out of fear that it might give me trouble on building world and upgrading. Also a new approach I'm taking is using EzJail for service jails so use a pure MTA jail and use the base sendmail as a relay to that. For the time being I'm using posfix on the base system to relay but in the future I plan to do it with the native sendmail and only use postfix on the MTA service jail. -- Alejandro Imass That's exactly what I have done when setting up systems, as well as setting WITHOUT_SENDMAIL in src.conf, as Lowell Gilbert mentioned. With the above options, Sendmail is disabled, is not being built with buildworld, and Postfix is installed as regular port in /usr/local. If INST_BASE=off is the default, what's then the usage scenario when I still would want to change it? -- Janos Dohanics ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
