On 2012/05/30 08:21, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
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On 05/30/2012 04:06 PM, jdow wrote:
On 2012/05/30 07:51, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
On 05/30/2012 03:23 PM, sergiocmailbox-fedorausers@xxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
..and I also figured it's required for some basic packages, so
I'll just disable its service. Thanks.
I think things should depend on "MTA" or "smtpdaemon" rather
than sendmail itself. The MTA on Fedora systems is hooked into
the alternatives infrastructure so even if you install and enable
postfix or another MTA there is a /usr/sbin/sendmail pointing to
an appropriate binary that can be called in sendmail's place.
Regards, Bryn.
That has been covered, Bryn.
{^_^}
Umm, where, Jdow? I see five replies to the thread (not including this
one) but nobody mentioned alternatives or the virtual provides for
smtpdaemon/MTA which is kinda important in understanding how the
packaging of these components work on Fedora systems.
You can also use one of the simple smtp command packages (ssmtp,
esmtp) if you prefer not to have a receive-capable MTA installed on
the system. These provide /usr/sbin/sendmail and can be selected in
alternatives but do not provide smtpdaemon and cannot listen on the
network for incoming mail. They are a good choice for personal systems
or systems where you'd rather not administer a full-blown MTA.
For some reason the current ssmtp package doesn't list the
/usr/sbin/sendmail provide but it is included in the package. I
haven't checked to see if that would cause any problems while
attempting to remove any smtpdaemon.
It's been covered as a problem in that it is not a problem - at least
on the RHEL trees. SL2 has this sequence of links:
$ ll /usr/sbin/sendmail
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 21 Jun 7 2011 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /etc/alternatives/mta
$ ll /etc/alternatives/mta
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 27 Jun 7 2011 /etc/alternatives/mta ->
/usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail
So it's not a problem. All that happens is the mta link is redirected to
which ever MTA is active.
So the potential problem has been covered and dealt with.
{^_^}
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