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author | peter <peter@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-08-28 02:25:51 +0000 |
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committer | peter <peter@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-08-28 02:25:51 +0000 |
commit | ea50d71feb02a78d4d5fa746a26ca7ddc6e8cb19 (patch) | |
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Stage 1 of sendmail dist tree flattening. contrib/sendmail/contrib
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diff --git a/contrib/sendmail/INSTALL b/contrib/sendmail/INSTALL deleted file mode 100644 index 4337389..0000000 --- a/contrib/sendmail/INSTALL +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ - - Installing sendmail - -**Note**: Starting with sendmail 8.12, sendmail is no longer set-user-ID -root by default. As a result of this, you need to install two .cf files. -See steps 4 and 6 in this document. We also strongly recommend reading -sendmail/SECURITY for more installation information. - -1. Read all the README files noted in the INTRODUCTION section of the README - file in this top-level directory. - -2. Create any necessary site configuration build files, as noted in - devtools/Site/README. - -3. In the sendmail/ directory, run "sh ./Build" (see sendmail/README for - details). - -4. Change to the cf/cf/ directory (that's not a typo): Copy whichever .mc - file best matches your environment to sendmail.mc. Next, tailor it - as explained in cf/README. Then run - "sh ./Build sendmail.cf". - -5. Back up your current /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and the sendmail binary (whose - location varies from operating system to operating system, but is usually - in /usr/sbin or /usr/lib). - -6. Install sendmail.cf as /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and submit.cf as - /etc/mail/submit.cf. This can be done in the cf/cf by using - "sh ./Build install-cf". - - Please read sendmail/SECURITY before continuing; you have to create a - new user smmsp and a new group smmsp for the default installation. - Then install the sendmail binary built in step 3 by cd-ing back to - sendmail/ and running "sh ./Build install". - -7. For each of the associated sendmail utilities (makemap, mailstats, - etc.), read the README in the utility's directory if it exists. When - you are ready to install it, back up your installed version and type - "sh ./Build install". - -8. If you are upgrading from an older version of sendmail and are using any - database maps, be sure to rebuild them with the new version of makemap, - in case you are now using a different (and thereby incompatible) version - of Berkeley DB. - -$Revision: 8.16 $, Last updated $Date: 2007/10/03 21:00:28 $ |