Re: Dumb Newbie

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Jwp wrote:
 >>do a tail -f /var/log/maillog and ,
>>with it running , do a service postfix restart.
>>You'll see on maillog all the errors that are
>
>
> Umm Not sure about the tail command and when I typed in tail -f... I just
> got blank lines and no other command lines?  What am I doing wrong?

Nothing. The tail -f will echo what gets added to the log as it gets
added. Open another terminal window and do the 'service postfix restart'
and see what happens in the window with the tail command.

>
> Also I uninstalled postfix and I am about to re-install and start fresh.
> Sorry to be so ignorant.  Also thank you Alexander for educating me so
> eloquently on proper etiquette.


Just out of curiosity, how are you installing postfix? (Hopefully with
an rpm -i or rpm -U....and not from a .tar file)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFAJmhPL6ubqSVs8LERArrbAJ9Kf91nsYVMTnix+fFlmTP2BJQ9kwCaAna+
UInDgVq7/xSUBOKVQNCfzNo=
=GDWs
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----




[Index of Archives]     [Current Fedora Users]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Yosemite News]     [Yosemite Photos]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Tools]     [Fedora Docs]

  Powered by Linux