On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 12:33 PM, /dev/rob0 <r...@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 11:57:00AM -0600, Robert Lopez wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Noel Jones <njo...@megan.vbhcs.org>
>> wrote:
>> > On 4/6/2010 11:39 AM, Robert Lopez wrote:
>> >> Why does postfix not like the source file being removed from the
>> >> /etc/postfix directory?
>> >
>> > cidr tables are plain-text tables. The source file is the live
>> > table data. The .db file is your mistake; cidr tables should not
>> > be indexed with postmap.
>>
>> That surprises me.
>>
>> The man page seems to me to indicate otherwise.
>> My confusion is with this sentence:
>> "These tables are usually in dbm or db format."
>> which is from the Description portion below...
>
> Yes, and it continues:
> "Alternatively, lookup tables can be specified in CIDR ... form."
>
> Taken together, with emphasis added:
> "These tables are USUALLY in dbm or db format. ALTERNATIVELY, lookup
> tables CAN BE ..."
>
> Perhaps the wording can be improved. The "usually" part is not so
> relevant as are the particulars of what a cidr: map should be.
>
> "
> The Postfix mail system uses optional lookup tables as described in
> the DATABASE_README document. Lists of IP addresses can be specified
> in CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) form. In this case, a plain
> text file is the map, with the standard "key whitespace value"
> format. When a match is found, the corresponding result is returned
> and the search is terminated.
> "
That would help. Then so would this:
"To test lookup tables, use the "postmap -q" command as
described in the SYNOPSIS above for database files. The
postmap -q will not work on the CIDR file as it is a test file."
>
> I know, it's probably not appropriate to refer to a README in that
> part of a man page, but it seems more thorough and less likely to
> confuse, to me, than the "usually" verbiage.
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Robert Lopez
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