Thanks, that helps :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 9:23 PM
> Cc: Qmail
> Subject: Re: RPM install question
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Alex Miller wrote:
>
> > I am attempting the RPM install since I can't figure out why my
> SMTP host
> > isn't working when I installed QMail and Uninstalled sendmail.
> >
> > There are 2 parts of the first step which are confusing.
> >
> > "b) Make sure that the shadow-utils (see the qmail spec file for what
> > version is needed) because the qmail rpm's installation uses
> it. The bind
> > utils package is needed by the tcpserver-initscripts rpm's
> installation."
> >
> > What is being asked here? Are they asking if I completed the
> previous step
> > to install the functions rpm? What bind utils package?
>
> Run 'rpm -q shadow-utils'.
>
> That tells you the version of shadow-utils you have installed. Similarly,
> 'rpm -q bind-utils' tells you what version bind-utils you have installed.
>
> > "c) If the machine you are installing is a NIS client machine but not a
> > server, you need to stop ypbind and remove the file
> corresponding to the nis
> > domain in /var/yp/binding. I just do
> >
> > rm -f /var/yp/binding/*"
> >
> > ok, I do have that directory. But how do I know wether or not I'm an NIS
> > server?
>
> If you don't know what this is, the answer is that you're not.
>
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