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NightSky 11-21-2008 12:11 AM

Basic mail server setup instruction question
 
Following Shilo's Mail is good at: http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/sendmail18.html
Code:

cd /usr/share/sendmail/cf/cf
cp sendmail-slackware.mc config.mc
m4 /usr/share/sendmail/cf/m4/cf.m4 config.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf

I got confused copied the following twice:
Code:

bash-3.1#cp sendmail-slackware.mc config.mc
What does copied file and changed file list as or look like? Here is my ls output after I completed last 2 lines.
Code:

bash-3.1cd /usr/share/sendmail/cf/cf
bash-3.1# ls
Build              generic-hpux9.cf        linux.uucp.mc
Build.orig        generic-hpux9.mc        mail.cs.mc
Makefile          generic-linux.cf        mail.eecs.mc
README            generic-linux.mc        mailspool.cs.mc
chez.cs.mc        generic-mpeix.cf        python.cs.mc
clientproto.mc    generic-mpeix.mc        s2k-osf1.mc
config.mc          generic-nextstep3.3.cf  s2k-ultrix4.mc
cs-hpux10.mc      generic-nextstep3.3.mc  sendmail-slackware-tls-sasl.mc
cs-hpux9.mc        generic-osf1.cf        sendmail-slackware-tls.mc
cs-osf1.mc        generic-osf1.mc        sendmail-slackware.mc
cs-solaris2.mc    generic-solaris.cf      sendmail-slackware.mc.orig
cs-sunos4.1.mc    generic-solaris.mc      submit.cf
cs-ultrix4.mc      generic-sunos4.1.cf    submit.mc
cyrusproto.mc      generic-sunos4.1.mc    tcpproto.mc
generic-bsd4.4.cf  generic-ultrix4.cf      ucbarpa.mc
generic-bsd4.4.mc  generic-ultrix4.mc      ucbvax.mc
generic-hpux10.cf  huginn.cs.mc            uucpproto.mc
generic-hpux10.mc  knecht.mc              vangogh.cs.mc

I know some of you are saying if I don't know what I am doing this is too advanced but it is how i am trying to learn, because reading alone doesn't teach. So i am asking for someone to show me what I did? I know
i was making a coping so if I messed up I still would have the original but I don't know how to identify the 2 or 3 files. lol Thanks

NightSky 11-21-2008 12:22 AM

Second question when you start a process like
Code:

bash-3.1#tail -f /var/log/maillog
How do you stop it, quit or exit? Same thing with a ping, how do you stop it?
Thanks

NightSky 11-21-2008 12:28 AM

Oooops! I openned pine as root. Created subdirectory "/root/mail" where Pine will store its mail folders. I don't want mail software in root, how do I get rid of it? Thanks

Found Answer: rm -rf mail


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