I read the Changes file in the distribution of linux-2.0
There are some comments about the networking setup and sendmail filelocking.
Do they affect debian users?
(1) Networking:
They suggest replacing 'route add -net 127.0.0.1' with
'route add -net 127.0.0.0' in the network
I read the Changes file in the distribution of linux-2.0
There are some comments about the networking setup and sendmail filelocking.
Do they affect debian users?
[...]
(2) Sendmail:
Something about file-locking conventions. Does the debian
sendmail package obey this? I
On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Rob Leslie wrote:
(2) Sendmail:
Something about file-locking conventions. Does the debian
sendmail package obey this? I remember something unconventional
about the debian package.
The newest sendmail packages have been compiled to use flock() file
Rob Leslie said:
The newest sendmail packages have been compiled to use flock() file locking as
recommended by the kernel notes.
But make sure to used *hashed* database files. If you use dbm files, you get
problems. The dbm library must have been compiled to use fcntl (or lockf).
--
Scott
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Craig Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One site I installed debian on uses sendmail. There are several dial
in users, mostly using pop3d to retrieve their mail.
Under some circumstances (*see below), pop3d hangs - leaving a large
temporary file in /tmp and also
problems. The dbm library must have been compiled to use fcntl (or lockf).
gdbm, as shipped by the FSF, compiles for fcntl or flock, depending on
which it finds. I'd taken over maintenance (though lacking bug reports
haven't uploaded a new package) but for my own use, built a version
that did no
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