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Re: [suse-security] postfixupdate

From: Gert Seidl (ridewiththewindgmx.at)
Date: Thu Aug 07 2003 - 10:03:05 CDT


On 6 Aug 2003 at 21:52, Lars Ellenberg wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 06:58:26PM +0200, Philippe Vogel wrote:
> > Unfortunately your damn postfix patch overwrote my old config and
now seems
> > not to work with rbl_maps and amavis.
> > My clients nerved me the whole day and I'm allready confused!
> > Any tips?
> >
> > Philippe
> >
>
> next time have a backup of /etc handy :)
> and if you change config files on your own, tell SuSEconfig
> about that. quoting /etc/sysconfig/mail:
>
> #
> # If you don't want to let SuSEconfig generate your
> # configuration file, set this to no
> #
> MAIL_CREATE_CONFIG="no"

I HAD this set and the update DID overwrite main.cf !!!
(But I was warned and had a very actual backup).
And it killed /etc/aliases.db and /etc/aliases.d/mailman.db what
caused postfix not to deliver mails.

Gert"Es gibt kaum etwas auf der Welt, das nicht irgend jemand etwas
schlechter machen und etwas billiger verkaufen könnte. Die Menschen,
die sich nur am Preis orientieren, werden die gerechte Beute solcher
Machenschaften." (John Ruskin)

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