On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 22:28, Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 20:19, Jonathan T. Steadman wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 21:37, Craig White wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > I guess it doesn't matter to much, my problem was solved, and if the > > only consequence was that I might have to type the extra 15 characters > > apprx.(make -C /etc/mail) to do the same thing, it was O.K. by me saved > > me much grief, in trying to guess blindly about how to accomplish what I > > wanted accomplished. So anyways Thanks again to all who helped out on > > this one, I am running dovecot/sendmail and am happy all is well ;). > ---- > my comment was to Jeff - I didn't help you at all but would have. You > got help from some of the best people on this list...Jeff V, Mike C, > etc. > > The interesting thing is that even though some of us think we know a > lot, we are always learning too - I think Jeff will attend to this. I > know that I learn a lot by reading through the emails on this list. > > ;-) > > Craig > Yah, I guess I need more sleep. I see it now but completely overlooked it yesterday. And yes, just by staying current with this list I learn a lot of things. That is why I asked Mike where it was. ;-) Thanks to all for the wakeup. :-)
