On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 10:07:04AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Michael Boman spake unto me and said:
> > Let me see if I get this right, it is OK to share the /home/vpopmail
> > directory, but not the others? Anyone have ideas how to keep the qmail
> > controlfiles etc up-to-date on each computer, or can I just share that
> > directory (/var/qmail/control and maybe /var/qmail/alias).
>
>
> /var/qmail/queue
>
> /var/qmail/queue is the one thing you simply CANNOT share; qmail cannot
> queue messages through NFS. (Read INSTALL.maildir; you'll see that Dan
> takes a dim view of NFS.)
>
>
> /var/qmail/control
>
> Sharing /var/qmail/control is possible, if you're careful. It probably
> means that home directories are NFS mounted, and passwords are NIS
> shared. This in turn means:
>
> 1. mbox delivery is deprecated; use Maildir. See INSTALL.maildir,
> INSTALL.mbox and INSTALL.vsm.
>
> 2. Mail will bounce unless you follow the steps in FAQ 4.9: "How do
> I make qmail defer messages during NFS or NIS outages?"
>
> An alternative to sharing is to use sed and rsync (with "-e ssh").
> The qmail Makefile contains an elegant use of sed for that purpose.
>
>
> /var/qmail/bin
>
> You certainly can share /var/qmail/bin if you want. Make sure the
> qmail users and groups have the same IDs on every host. Also, paths
> need to agree: for example /var/qmail/queue should always get you to
> the right place.
>
>
> /var/qmail/alias
>
> Can be shared. Remember, it's a home directory; use Maildir. Also,
> it's your problem to make sure that .qmail-* files work everywhere.
>
>
> HTH,
> Len.
The boxes will be identical clones of each other except the hostname and the
hardware...
/Mike
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