Excerpts from James Lee's message of Tue Dec 22 12:09:08 -0500 2009: > They might but needn't and maybe shouldn't. My exim works with > /usr/sendmail in place although it needs manual "svcadm disable > sendmail" to get access to port 25.
That's all well and good until something wants to inject mail via /usr/lib/sendmail. At that point, it's fairly important to have /usr/lib/sendmail be the CSW file and not the SUNW one. Replacing mailq and aliases is also useful (creature comfort-wise) but not essential. I'd actually consider CSWexim broken if it didn't at least offer to make the switch. > A reason not to move system files might be that system patches can't > work. e.g. If you move sendmail, patch it, move it back you have an > unpatched sendmail (or maybe an error in the patch process, not > sure, I've never actually done it). I have cfengine was this file and ensure it stays 'right.' Patching will trample it unless your provide the correct admin files or options, etc. It's a pita, but a small price to pay to be rid of sendmail. -Ben -- Ben Walton Systems Programmer - CHASS University of Toronto C:416.407.5610 | W:416.978.4302 GPG Key Id: 8E89F6D2; Key Server: pgp.mit.edu Contact me to arrange for a CAcert assurance meeting.
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