Long ago >>>>> "G" == Graham Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
G> On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 02:02:18AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: >> Any especially recommended temporary fix? better yet permanent fix... G> Yes, the one mentioned in the README.Debian provided with fetchmail: G> Fetchmail on a PPP link G> ----------------------- G> By default, the system-wide fetchmail will start at boot, and will be G> restarted when the PPP link is brought up. You, can however, configure G> the system-wide fetchmail to *only* run when the PPP link is up (note G> that this has no real advantage over running fetchmail all the time). To G> do so, you must do four things: Oh god. Four things. G> 1. Turn of fetchmail at boot. Simply rename the S99fetchmail links in G> the /etc/rc?.d directories to K15fetchmail. For example: G> # cd /etc/rc2.d G> # mv S99fetchmail K15fetchmail $ find /etc/rc*|grep -i fetch /etc/rc0.d/K15fetchmail /etc/rc1.d/K15fetchmail /etc/rc2.d/S98JidanniStopFetchmail /etc/rc6.d/K15fetchmail I can't tell if I already tampered with them. Hmmm, except that one obvious one. G> 2. Edit the ip-up script and change the action from "try-restart" to G> "start". they should give the exact name of the script. P.S. for me one must rewrite /etc/resolvconf/update-libc.d/fetchmail. G> 3. Edit ... G> 4. Remove ... But not for me, see #2 Anyway, this is 95% failure prone for an average person, and when one looks back later, one cannot be sure how one has tangled things. One line in a /etc/defaults file would be better. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
