--- Daniel Biddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 02:38:09PM +0100, Adam Nealis wrote: > > --- Eric Scopinho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > : > > > But when I mount my /var on my NFS Server the qmail doesn't start. > > > My qmail directory is on /var/qmail > > > > > > Have I missing anithing? > : > > Why are you mounting the entire /var partition over FreeBSD, > > since this is a rather important system partition? I would > > recommend that /var be local. Mounting /var/qmail only over > > NFS is a bit more acceptable, but still rather odd and _not_ > > recommended. > > /var/qmail (at least in its entirety) cannot be mounted over NFS. > qmail's documentation says:
OK - so it's more than just _odd_, it's prohibited! I don't remember that bit from the docs, but then again I'd never have considered running qmail like that. Adam. > > # The queue directory must be local. Mounting it over NFS is extremely > # dangerous---not that this stops people from running sendmail that way! > # Diskless hosts should use mini-qmail instead. > > /var/qmail/control/me contains the host's fully-qualified domain name > and is unshareable. > > Note also that some other directories in /var, such as /var/run and > /var/lock, are also machine-specific and cannot be shared over NFS. > > See also <http://cr.yp.to/qmail/faq/install.html#whyvar>. > > -- > Daniel Biddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie
