Thanks for your reply, you are correct at all points.
We all appreciate the time you guys spend documenting these things for the
community. I chose your document because I have little or no Linux
experience (1Week), and the INSTALL and FAQ documents were a bit above my
head. Thanks for your HOWTO!
I have included some info on my Slackware file structure. It may help
clarify the document for Slackware users. qmail-start-stop-script.txt and
support files of the /etc/rc.d directory. rc.local-Startup file and
rc.0-stop script.
I also have some issues with the links, since the rc.? are files and not
directories.
I appreciate your help.
Mark Thomas.
See Below: ((
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Dave Sill
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 1:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Mark Thomas
Subject: Re: Installation Quesiton on Qmail. init.d directory and qmail
script file.
Mark Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I). I am installing qmail 1.03 from Dave Sill's "Life with Qmail" dated
July
> 21, 1999. I am in section # 2.8.2 System Startup Files, and it says to
> install a script file I just created "qmail" to launch qmail at boot into
my
> init.d directory.
> The document says it should be in one of the following locations:
> /etc/init.d
> /etc/rc.d/init.d
> /sbin/init.d
> I have no such directory on my system. (Slackware 3.6)
LWQ says "should" because it's impossible to cover every possibility.
(( I attached a text file with info about the rc.d directory
(( structure on Slackware. Please review!
> It appears that Slackware uses /etc/rc.d for the initialization files. I
> think the qmail script file that will start qmail on boot should be
located
> here? Can anyone verify this for me?
What's the structure of /etc/rc.d? What subdirectories does it have?
(( Structure included in the text file with info from above.
> setuser (qmaill) cyclog /var/log/qmail & ** Is
> qmaill a typo, or variable of somekind?
qmaill is a user (in /etc/passwd) which you should have set up in 2.5.4.
(( Yes, it was. I cut and pasted the text and didn't notice the
extra (( character, in qmail(l)
> setuser qmaill cyclog /var/log/qmail/(smtpd &) ***
> I have a qmail-smtpd file here.
Are you sure about that? LWQ certainly doesn't create a qmail-smtpd file
under /var/log/qmail.
(( Right again-> I guess I was just about frazzeled here!
It's probably a good idea to read through the entire Installation section
before attempting one's first installation. I'll add a note to that effect.
(( All except whats left could have been answered if I
(( would have read the entire section prior to the sections
install.
(( MarkT.
inittab
rc.0
rc.local
**
Would it be appropriate to add the:
"qmail start" somewhere in the rc.local script (bottom section of file)?
"qmail stop" somewhere in the rc.0 or rc.6 local script (top section)?
ALSO:
Creating links at the bottom of 2.8.2:
ln -s ../init.d/qmail RCDIR/rc0.d/K30qmail
ln -s ../init.d/qmail RCDIR/rc1.d/K30qmail
ln -s ../init.d/qmail RCDIR/rc2.d/K30qmail
ln -s ../init.d/qmail RCDIR/rc3.d/K30qmail
ln -s ../init.d/qmail RCDIR/rc4.d/K30qmail
ln -s ../init.d/qmail RCDIR/rc5.d/K30qmail
ln -s ../init.d/qmail RCDIR/rc6.d/K30qmail
With Slackware:
ln -s /etc/rc.d/qmail /etc/rc.d/rc.0(K30qmail)
rc.0,4,6,K,N, and S are files.
Do I need to manually enter some data in the rc.? files, or create some files in a
location for the links?
***
If Sendmail is currently installed, running the command
"find RCDIR -name "*sendmail" -print" will give you numbers
that should work for your system.
I tried this also, the only files I have on my system that fit the
*sendmail criteria was sendmail, setup.sendmail and REMOVE.sendmail.
**I received this reply from my previous post. It gives some info on Slackware.
Slackware doesn't use the System V-style init scripts that this
documentation refers to. Slackware uses old-style /etc/rc.d scripts.
What this probably means is that you need to stick your qmail start/stop script
somewhere else, then manually edit by hand the various scripts in /etc/rc.d to run the
qmail start/stop script.
Going from memory, /etc/rc.d/rc.local would be a good place to stick in the start
script.
I think /etc/rc.d/rc.shutdown would be a good place to stick in the stop script, to
bring the system down during system shutdown.
In any case, you should read the contents of your /etc/inittab to see
which /etc/rc.d scripts get invoked at which time. Then make ap
