Len Scotney wrote:
>
> i hope i am doing this right?
> please excuse a newcomer to the linux/qmail scene
> after 20 years with PCs/DOS/Win, i am now trying to help with something
> completely new
>
> system is a PC with RedHat ver 6.2
> trying to install qmail, with LWQ in left hand and mouse in right hand
> files are qmail-1.03,ucspi-tcp-0.88,daemontools-0.70
>
> generally found the LWQ very hand-holding, but having got to the end (page 23)
> cannot get qmail to run
>
> on reboot, the start-up screens show:
>
> starting qmail execvp - no such file or directory ???
>
> what worries me is that the history page for daemontools show that some time
> back execvp was replaced with pathexec, .........is this the problem?
>
> also i am concerned that even though the 'qmail' startup script just starts, the
> check of the PATH does not show /var/qmail/bin ??
>
> if i try and start qmail manually, with /var/qmail/rc, i get some messages that
> say thattalk abour CNAME not working ??
>
> sooo many questions!
>
> (i would have never got this far without LWQ, i found the HOWTO was too brief
> for a newcomer)
>
> if anyone can unravel the above it would be greatly appreciated
>
> len (the old guy)
I found a combination of LWQ and this page that I will give you together
helped me setup my system. Both of these sites are very well written
and easy to follow. I can say one thing about one of your problems is
with CNAME . CNAME (if it is referring to one I am thinking of) is
conical name (not sure on the spelling of that but at 2am I am not
surprised :) ) in the dns (domain name service) record for a domain.
In other words it is an alias to another name. For example: you have
box named mailhub5 you could also have a cname (alias) of smtp or
pop3 pretty much any name you want.
The address for the other site is
www.flounder.net/qmail/qmail-howto.html
Hope this helps! If you have any further problems just post a message
and we'll give you a hand.
Dale
