[csw-maintainers] CSWcswclassutils: it wants to write in /usr

James Lee james at opencsw.org
Fri Dec 25 13:18:42 CET 2009


On 23/12/09, 12:40:11, Ben Walton <bwalton at opencsw.org> wrote regarding Re: 
[csw-maintainers] CSWcswclassutils: it wants to write in /usr:

> > However, it does work, this gets to my normal IMAP account on another
> > zone/machine with exim but using sendmail as the first local hop:

> ...but this is only by chance, and is site/setup dependent.

It's not chance, I know it works.

> What if
> you only allow relay internally using LMTP or submission(587) w/tls?

I don't, which isn't chance either.

> Your setup would then fail unless you also maintained a separate
> sendmail config...at which point,

No, it's the default sendmail config used to relay the dregs one hop
only.  Not ideal but it's my comprise solution that works.


> Two mailers is just plain broken.  A bug, if you will.

Risking the wrath of the Unix gods, anyone using /usr/lib/sendmail
directly deserves to fail.



James.






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