re: After editing freebsd.mc, how do I use this m4 processor?
Hello, I've got a vanilla sendmail installation on my 4.6Stable box: # sendmail -d0.4 -bv root Version 8.12.5 I'd like to now set up sendmail to receive mail destined for my (registered) domain. Now, I know I have to edited the freebsd.mc file in /etc/mail, but after this, its not entirely clear how it is I am supposed to proceed afterwards. I read the README's in /usr/src/contrib/sendmail /etc/mail, that's shipped with my FBSD box, it doesn't *actually* say how to run m4. In googling, I've picked up a couple for threads, that mentions m4 almost in passing ( then use m4 to generate your blah.cf file that you later copy sendmail.cf). Could someone please tell me the following: 1] Where it is I can find out how to use m4 to generate a .cf file? 2] Do I still need to run make in /etc/mail even though sendmail was compiled and installed at system installation time? Here's my uname info: # uname -a FreeBSD snip 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #0: Wed Jul 24 02:57:09 BST 2002 root:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/snip i386 # Thanks, Stacey -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: After editing freebsd.mc, how do I use this m4 processor?
On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 09:59:32PM +0100, Stacey Roberts wrote: Hello, I've got a vanilla sendmail installation on my 4.6Stable box: # sendmail -d0.4 -bv root Version 8.12.5 I'd like to now set up sendmail to receive mail destined for my (registered) domain. Now, I know I have to edited the freebsd.mc file in /etc/mail, but after this, its not entirely clear how it is I am supposed to proceed afterwards. I read the README's in /usr/src/contrib/sendmail /etc/mail, that's shipped with my FBSD box, it doesn't *actually* say how to run m4. In googling, I've picked up a couple for threads, that mentions m4 almost in passing ( then use m4 to generate your blah.cf file that you later copy sendmail.cf). Could someone please tell me the following: 1] Where it is I can find out how to use m4 to generate a .cf file? 2] Do I still need to run make in /etc/mail even though sendmail was compiled and installed at system installation time? You need to run make in /etc/mail to generate the new sendmail.cf, submit.cf, etc. Probably 'make install' followed by 'make restart' is the best way to proceed. The Makefile itself lists the various possible targets in the comments at the top. I guess you can grovel through the Makefile to figure out exactly how m4 should be invoked, but this isn't something you actually need to know in order to reconfigure sendmail. This make has nothing to do with rebuilding the sendmail binaries -- it just deals with the configuration files. Cheers, Scott -- === Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: After editing freebsd.mc, how do I use this m4 processor?
On 2002-09-17 21:59, Stacey Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd like to now set up sendmail to receive mail destined for my
(registered) domain. Now, I know I have to edited the freebsd.mc file in
/etc/mail, but after this, its not entirely clear how it is I am
supposed to proceed afterwards.
The canonical way of converting .mc files to .cf on FreeBSD is to use
the Makefile found in /etc/mail (originally found in /usr/src/etc/mail).
Just edit freebsd.mc and then run:
# make
The file /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README describes that the same
thing can be accomplished with a command like:
# m4 -D_CF_DIR_=${CFDIR}/ ${CFDIR}/m4/cf.m4 config.mc config.cf
after having set CFDIR to the proper value, of course (in the case of
FreeBSD this would be CFDIR='/usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf').
1] Where it is I can find out how to use m4 to generate a .cf file?
2] Do I still need to run make in /etc/mail even though sendmail was
compiled and installed at system installation time?
Hopefully both have been answered :)
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Re: After editing freebsd.mc, how do I use this m4 processor?
Hi Scott, Thanks for the reply. I *already* have those file located in /etc/mail: # ls -al /etc/mail total 251 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel512 Jul 24 07:30 . drwxr-xr-x 17 root wheel 2048 Sep 14 19:38 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 6542 Jul 24 07:30 Makefile -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2899 Jul 24 07:30 README -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel411 Sep 18 2001 access.sample -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1458 Jul 24 07:30 aliases -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 32768 Jul 24 07:42 aliases.db -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 56945 Jul 24 07:29 freebsd.cf -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4172 Jul 24 07:28 freebsd.mc -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 38756 Jul 24 07:29 freebsd.submit.cf -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel679 Jul 24 07:29 freebsd.submit.mc -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 5588 Jul 24 07:29 helpfile -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel404 Jul 24 07:30 mailer.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel245 Sep 18 2001 mailertable.sample -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 56945 Jul 24 07:29 sendmail.cf -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 38756 Jul 24 07:29 submit.cf -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel573 Sep 18 2001 virtusertable.sample # These would have been installed at the last time I recompiled the kernel. I'm fairly comfortable in editing these files as required, but I am pretty certain that after editing freebsd.mc (so as to define masquerading, default gateway, etc), I am supposed to use m4 to generate a new freebsd.cf, which in turn is copied to sendmail.cf, thus producing a new configuration file for sendmail to read upon restart. This is what I know of sendmail (back in v8.8x 8.9x) under AIX and Sequent Dynix/ptx. Has this procedure since been deprecated for FreeBSD, that I am now aware of? Thanks again for the reply. Stacey On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 22:07, Scott Mitchell wrote: On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 09:59:32PM +0100, Stacey Roberts wrote: Hello, I've got a vanilla sendmail installation on my 4.6Stable box: # sendmail -d0.4 -bv root Version 8.12.5 I'd like to now set up sendmail to receive mail destined for my (registered) domain. Now, I know I have to edited the freebsd.mc file in /etc/mail, but after this, its not entirely clear how it is I am supposed to proceed afterwards. I read the README's in /usr/src/contrib/sendmail /etc/mail, that's shipped with my FBSD box, it doesn't *actually* say how to run m4. In googling, I've picked up a couple for threads, that mentions m4 almost in passing ( then use m4 to generate your blah.cf file that you later copy sendmail.cf). Could someone please tell me the following: 1] Where it is I can find out how to use m4 to generate a .cf file? 2] Do I still need to run make in /etc/mail even though sendmail was compiled and installed at system installation time? You need to run make in /etc/mail to generate the new sendmail.cf, submit.cf, etc. Probably 'make install' followed by 'make restart' is the best way to proceed. The Makefile itself lists the various possible targets in the comments at the top. I guess you can grovel through the Makefile to figure out exactly how m4 should be invoked, but this isn't something you actually need to know in order to reconfigure sendmail. This make has nothing to do with rebuilding the sendmail binaries -- it just deals with the configuration files. Cheers, Scott -- === Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: After editing freebsd.mc, how do I use this m4 processor?
Not deprecated, but streamlined. If I understand you correctly, in /etc/mail, copy freebsd.mc to your.machine.name.mc, then do your editing on it. Don't even copy it. Just run make, then edit hostname.mc and run make (again), make install and make restart. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
RE: After editing freebsd.mc, how do I use this m4 processor?
Thank you all for the overwhelming response to my post :-) As I mentioned to an earlier replier, These last few minutes has opened up a new, refreshing appreciation of FreeBSD to me. The simplicity of this concept that escaped me is almost embarrassing, but worth it in the end. Thank you all once again! Stacey On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 22:42, Riley J. McIntire wrote: These would have been installed at the last time I recompiled the kernel. I'm fairly comfortable in editing these files as required, but I am pretty certain that after editing freebsd.mc (so as to define masquerading, default gateway, etc), I am supposed to use m4 to generate a new freebsd.cf, which in turn is copied to sendmail.cf, thus producing a new configuration file for sendmail to read upon restart. This is what I know of sendmail (back in v8.8x 8.9x) under AIX and Sequent Dynix/ptx. Has this procedure since been deprecated for FreeBSD, that I am now aware of? Thanks again for the reply. Stacey Not deprecated, but streamlined. If I understand you correctly, in /etc/mail, copy freebsd.mc to your.machine.name.mc, then do your editing on it. make will run your.machine.name.mc through m4 to produce your.machine.name.cf. make install will cp the above to sendmail.cf. make restart will read the new .cf files. Much easier than the old method. hth, Riley To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
