@Matthew: If you installed msmtp-mta, you wouldn't need the symlink. ;)
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mdadm installs postfix
To manage notifications about
You can tell mdadm not to install postfix by simply passing in the
--no-install-recommends param, such as
`sudo apt-get install mdadm --no-install-recommends`
In my setup, I used msmtp, symlinked it `ln -s /usr/bin/msmtp
/usr/sbin/sendmail`, and mdadm now sends mail through this lightweight
Even if an actual MTA is added to the d-i pkgsel/include debconf
question in the installer preseed file, setting up software RAID in the
installer will cause postfix to be installed, prompting the user for
configuration information, and then postfix will silently be replaced
with the MTA requested
Hello and thank you to everyone who reported and commented on this
issue.
The package maintainers have chosen to recommend an MTA for a very good
reason. By default, mdadm sends problems to the local user, 'root'. If
you haven't setup an MTA, root is just going to be ignored and problems
will be
When mdadm is installed from the CD during install or upgrade, it does
not pull in any MTA, only when it is manually added later.
I have to disagree with you there. If I install mdadm during the installation
postfix gets pulled in. I can easily reproduce it (see my earlier post).
However, if
Excerpts from Mathieu Mitchell's message of Wed Apr 27 02:07:36 UTC 2011:
When mdadm is installed from the CD during install or upgrade, it does
not pull in any MTA, only when it is manually added later.
I have to disagree with you there. If I install mdadm during the installation
postfix
Guys, this is ludicrous. I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 and grabbed mdadm
and to my surprise postfix was forced upon me.
Notification of system problems is done by a syslog facility, and in the
syslog facility you can configure email alerts if so you wish, then you
can also send the alerts to a
The recommended automatically installs postfix in a preseeded
alternate cd installation (or netboot installer) where you have
software raid (mdadm gets installed, and recommends are automatically
installed).
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Mathieu what version did you use, and what did you preseed? I used plain
9.10 alternate to install on raid and it did not install postfix with
mdadm, but synaptic would pull it in if it's installed later.
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Sorry I should have been clearer, I used lucid's latest netboot, with
the preseed file I attached.
** Attachment added: ubuntu-lucid-raid-preseed.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/44352396/ubuntu-lucid-raid-preseed.txt
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Excerpt of installer's syslog with debconf debugging turned on:
Apr 15 17:15:31 in-target: debconf (developer): starting
/usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress --no-progress --logstderr -- apt-get -q -y
--no-remove install mdadm
Apr 15 17:15:31 in-target: debconf (developer): -- GET debconf/priority
Apr
ceg: I am using 9.10
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Ok, so you used synaptic to install mdadm later on (it did not come with
the initial install from alternate CD), right?
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Ah, sorry I over-read you updated.
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: mdadm
When upgrading to Jaunty from Intrepid, the mdadm package installed
postfix. I can't see why a package that manage software RAID partitions
needs a mail transport agent, but what is worse is that my
The monitoring facility of mdadm is very important to get notice if
somthing goes wrong with your raid.
So you can replace disks etc. ahead of a total failure.
To send out notifications mdadm needs a sendmail command (MTA mail
transport agent ).
To deliver mail localy you need a mail delivery
causticsoda: what release were you using?
** Changed in: mdadm (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Released = Confirmed
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Current mdadm in 9.10 has recommends: postfix | mail-transport-agent.
My installation did not pull in an MTA. Did you use synaptic that treats
recommends as requires?
** Changed in: mdadm (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Fix Released
** Changed in: mdadm (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Released
Bug #535417: mdadm monitor feature broken, not depending on local
MTA/MDA or using wall/notify-send
** Changed in: mdadm (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Fix Released
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Agree, I had to manually remove postfix, and set up msmtp-mta instead.
I prefer the approach Debian takes which has mail-transport-agent as a
recommends dependency.
I don't know exactly how Debian works, but I presume it presents the
user with the option to install various MTA's or not install
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