Re: [toaster] new toaster user...a few basic questions

[Bill Shupp]

Hank wrote:
I've successfully installed the toaster on RHEL 3.0. Thanks, Bill.
Question #1:
At the top of the installation page, you talk about turning off
xinetd, which I did.
But it seems that Courier needs FAM (or sgi_fam) running, which
requires xinetd to be running - all in order to avoid getting the
following messages in /var/log/maillog:
imapd: Failed to create cache file: maildirwatch ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
imapd: Error: Input/output error
imapd: Check for proper operation and configuration
imapd: of the File Access Monitor daemon (famd).
So now I have to have xinetd running, in conflict with your
recommendation.  Am I doing something wrong, or is there another way?
 

You can run xinetd.  Just make sure you have turned off any services 
that might interfere with the toaster's services (running from 
daemontools).  The likely conflicts would be:

smtp
pop3/pop3s
imap/imaps

Question #2:
I know enough to get most linux install tasks done and packages
installed, configured and working, but I'm far from a linux expert.
I have qmailadmin installed and running, as well as the Webmin qmail
module.  Can they co-exist, or should I not use one or the other?
 

It's been a long time since I've used webmin.  But I recall that the 
qmail module allows you to edit the qmail control files.  That in itself 
is ok.  But keep in mind that vadddomain/vdeldomain handles this for 
you.  You should not really need to touch that stuff unless you need to 
add custom rcpthosts/smtproutes, edit databytes, or that sort of thing.

I also have the Virtualmin Webmin module to create virtual domains and
associated email addresses.  How does that interact/interfeer with
qmailadmin and the toaster, as I create and manage virtual domains and
their mailboxes?
 

You should probably stay away from that.  It sounds like a direct 
conflict with what vpopmail does.

Question #3:
How/why did a /Maildir directory get created in the root directory? 
Its existence now reports the following three system users to show
they have waiting email (in Webmin): nobody, rpc, and nscd.   Can I
delete it?

 

Who knows - the toaster install doesn't do that.  Besides - qmail 
*refuses* to deliver mail to root.  That's why ~alias/.qmail-root 
exists, so you can tell it which not-root user should receive mail for root.

I'm sure I'll have more questions, but those are the top newbie ones.
Thanks for your patience.
 

Good luck,
Bill