Guntha Aravind babu wrote: > hi all, > > i have been asking questions ,but i could not get any > responses. > > I am trying to install courier imap srever on linux > system. > > i have read the documentation but i have some problems > .please can anyone help me. > > i have downloaded courier imap and i have kept in my > university account where a student doesnot have > administrative permissions.
courier-imap needs to admin rights to bind to the imap port, besides its not designed for end users, its designed for site wide use. I don't think you will have much luck otherwise. > > to compile and install the server i have followed the > rules given in documentation. that is > > $ ./configure > $ make > > then i did not understand what does $ make check and > $make install do. > > as said in the documentation if installation is > successful, then there exists /usr/lib/courier-imap > directory. but as i said i dont have permission to > write into lib. so i have used the option for > configure, > that is --prefix= ../imap/ . > > then i could see some directories in ../imap/ like > bin/ etc/ libexec/ man/ sbin/ share/ var/ > > also the documentation says to use the following > command to start server > $/usr/lib/courier-imap/libexec/imapd.rc start > but i dont have any directory in /usr/lib like > courier-imap. > but i could able to see the file imap.rc in > ../imap/libexec/imapd.rc > but if i run the above command ,it says the command > not found. > > can anyone p-lease help me or give me suggestions > where i am doing wrong and what exactly i have to do. > > Thanks and regards > aravind > ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
