On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 14:38, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 21:51, Mike Chambers wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 14:34 -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > > > > > After making the change, while still in /etc/mail, type > > > > > > make -C /etc/mail > > > > > > When that finishes > > > > > > /sbin/service sendmail restart > > > > Actually, just the above command is all you need to do, not both. > > service command will take care of the make -c stuff automatically. > > > > -- > > Mike Chambers > > > Mike, > > Exactly where in the code for the service command does it call the make > command?? > > I looked through that code and I see nowhere that it does anything other > than call the init script to manage the services. And I KNOW that > /etc/init.d/sendmail does not call a make command itself. > > Unless you can point to the exact portion of code that does this I will > continue to believe that I must do the "make -C /etc/sendmail" command > myself and will recommend to others that they do the same. --- cat /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail you are looking too deep. Craig