At 01:16 PM 28-07-02 +0530, USM Bish wrote:
>I read a long while ago at some place that the reason for a semi-
>binary config file is to avoid tinkering. The file "sendmail.cf"
>should be treated as a binary, and any tinkering to be done is
>through sendmail.mc on which you need to run m4. A bit convoluted
>a process rather than an editable ASCII file, but it works just
>as well if not better in this non-tinkerable fashion.
Not just the tinkering part (especially when the difference between tabs
and spaces can mean a working sendmail.cf or not). The sendmail.mc way
comes in pretty handy when migrating across versions - just stay with the
same sendmail.mc (with some variations - like when you want to take
advantage of a new feature) and build a fresh sendmail.cf whenever you
upgrade sendmail.
>However, I may be wrong here ... if anybody knows any security
>probs, please chip in.
So far - none at all. The main qmail beef against sendmail (it runs setuid
root! how can it be secure???) has gone as well, with 8.12.x
-srs
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