On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 21:32 -0600, Gezim Hoxha wrote: > Hi all, > > I was trying to install qmail ( http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html ), everything > went fine until I had to run the following script: > > #!/bin/sh > QMAILDUID=`id −u qmaild` > NOFILESGID=`id −g qmaild` > MAXSMTPD=`cat /var/qmail/control/concurrencyincoming` > LOCAL=`head −1 /var/qmail/control/me` > if [ −z "$QMAILDUID" −o −z "$NOFILESGID" −o −z "$MAXSMTPD" −o −z > "$LOCAL" ]; then > echo QMAILDUID, NOFILESGID, MAXSMTPD, or LOCAL is unset in > echo /var/qmail/supervise/qmail−smtpd/run > exit 1 > fi > if [ ! −f /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts ]; then > echo "No /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts!" > echo "Refusing to start SMTP listener because it'll create an open > relay" > exit 1 > fi > exec /usr/local/bin/softlimit −m 2000000 \ > /usr/local/bin/tcpserver −v −R −l "$LOCAL" −x /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb −c > "$MAXSMTPD" \ > −u "$QMAILDUID" −g "$NOFILESGID" 0 smtp /var/qmail/bin/qmail > −smtpd 2>&1 > > Now the errors I'm getting are: > > Try `id --help' for more information. > Try `id --help' for more information. > head: cannot open `−1' for reading: No such file or directory > ./run: line 6: [: too many arguments > ./run: line 11: [: −f: unary operator expected > softlimit: fatal: unable to run −m: file does not exist > > I know the first two are invalid because I did try to run "id -u qmaild" > and returned a number, so does the second command. Same thing applies to > the "head" command and _no_ there isn't too few arguments in line 6 an > so on. Hi Gezim, How are you running the script? There are environment variables that affect the separator characters used by the shell - maybe that is the problem. You may want to verify the /bin/sh is a symlink to bash. As you say, the syntax in the script above should be fine (works for me in FC3). Cheers, Ben > > Anyway, I'm a little frustrated and I would be grateful if someone help > me out. > > Thank you, > -Gezim > > >
