sendmail build error

91change · 08-07-2008, 03:03 AM

when i do

./Build install

install -c -o bin -g bin -m 555 vacation /usr/bin
install: invalid user `bin'
make[1]: *** [install-vacation] Error 1

I am compiling as user "abc" . I cannot create another user called "bin" since i dont have root access . How can i compile the code as abc ?

unSpawn · 08-07-2008, 06:22 AM

If you don't have root account rights then you can't install in /usr, only in your $HOME. Even then Sendmail won't run with a default config since it can't bind to privileged ports (amongst other things), so if this is for dodging restrictions maybe you should talk to the admin first?

91change · 08-07-2008, 06:32 AM

K...

its k form me to get installed in $HOME .. Where should i specify that ?

unSpawn · 08-07-2008, 07:42 AM

Either run 'make -n install' (kinda like --dry-run) and install by hand or ./configure with --prefix=/home/$LOGNAME/some/path and stuff?

Interflex · 08-07-2008, 07:58 AM

before you do that use
make distclean
to remove any previously created files.