From: John (johnactiveinternet.com)
Date: Tue Sep 02 2003 - 11:21:59 CDT

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Thank you for your reply. This does help out. Do you
think that installing the RPM is needed for I do have (at
least I think I do) the package already installed. I ran
"/usr/sbin/postfix start" and the program did start. Now,
I have not had the chance to test it or even check it out
to see what user it is running as (still have to figure
out how to do that) but perhaps all that I may need is
that simple startup script?

I can always put a line in the rc.local to start the
script as well. (again, saving the install of the
RPM).... Or do you think that simply installing the RPM
will solve the problem and any in the future? If that is
the case, what is the location of Simon's RPM Website with
the instructions? (or is it off of the Redhat Website?)

Again, I thank you for your help.

John

>>> John<<
>> Ran the program and that did not work for me as well. I
>> installed the program from the source codes. What
>> problems do you think I may run into if I go ahead and
>> install the RPM or do you have any more suggestions?
>> Again, thank you for your help.
>>
>
> I installed Simon's RPM on top of RedHats version (rpm
> -Uvh) and had zero
> trouble. You should get an init script with this RPM
>
> There was a thread on 16 august in which Simon Mudd
> mentions:
>
> (apologies for the repost but the URL really sucks)
>
> ***************
> 1. my latest rpms are for Postfix 2.0: you'll need to read
> the docs to
> see which configuration changes you may need to make.
>
> 2. RedHat's RPM was originally based on mine, though there
> has been
> some divergence. [ I attempt to support multiple
> distribtions and
> provide support for several options (including MySQL if
> built from
> the src rpm). As has been mentioned you don't really
> need to
> understand how to compile the package if you follow the
> instructions
> on my page.
>
> 3. Your current RPM will be running with the chroot setup.
> RedHat's
> version since 2.0.6 and mine since 2.0.14 do not use
> the chroot
> setup.
>
> a) If you upgrade to RedHat's latest RPM the chroot is
> switched off
> (though the rpm -qi postfix lines indicates the
> opposite).
>
> b) If you upgrade to my RPM the existing chroot
> configuration is
> left untouched, but I provide a script in /etc/postfix/
> to enable
> or disable the root and adjust master.cf
> accordingly.[1]
>
> 4. As has been mentioned already it's probably best for
> your to first
> upgrade to Postfix 2 and then to determine how to
> update your maps
> made with hash files to maps which are retrieved from a
> MySQL
> database. If you do both things at once you are more
> likely to
> make a mistake and not be able to deterimine which
> changes cause
> the problem.
>
>
>

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