Hello W, Thursday, May 8, 2008, 12:46:51 PM, you wrote:
WBH> ?? wrote: >> >> Good day! >> >> I am trying to build exim with mysql support. >> >> Here is my configuration: >> RHEL 4 >> MySQL 5.0.45 community >> Exim 4.69 >> WBH> *snip* >> Then in config: >> hide mysql_servers = localhost/exim/mail/secret-pass WBH> *snip* WBH> See below in re what line that appears on. >> Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch dbm dbmnz mysql WBH> That says the build gave you the necessary MySQL support... WBH> *snip* >> 2008-05-08 06:03:07 Exim configuration error in line 823 of >> /usr/exim/exim.conf: >> option "mysql_servers" unknown WBH> Can you confirm that this is indeed on line 823, is in the 'main' WBH> section, i.e. before any acl's or router/transport sets appear, and is WBH> the *only* such call in the entire config file? WBH> N.B. Line 823 seems rather too high a line-count for the position of the WBH> 'hide mysql..' call. Unless you've left all the comments in-place, this WBH> is more often in the first 10 to 50 lines. WBH> Further, the format you have used may not be quite correct. Do you need WBH> a username as well as a password, for example? WBH> PostgreSQL is *slightly* different from MYSQL, but ours looks like this: WBH> hide pgsql_servers = (/tmp/<socketfilename>)/<table>/<user>/<password> WBH> There are no "<" or ">" in the original, the parenthesis matter, and the WBH> <socketfilename> is not an 'ordinary' file, but something akin to: WBH> /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 WBH> You can also use an IP instead of a unix socket, pros and cons discussed WBH> elsewhere, but if so, a specific IP would be my preference, AND NOT WBH> 'localhost', even if you have to alias-up a bespoke IP just for MySQL WBH> and the MTA to use. WBH> In general IP is best if/as/when the DB is not on the same box as the WBH> MTA, and the communication is on an internal-only LAN ELSE otherwise WBH> secured (SSL tunnel, matching PEM certs, etc.) WBH> Sockets are generally better all-around for same-box use. WBH> HTH, WBH> Bill You were right - I've put <mysql_servers> in the end of config. Now all works Thanks -- Best regards, Щербинин mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
