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August 1, 2005
Ahhh, technology
Sometimes, I really wonder what developers were thinking. I'm new to FreeBSD, mainly I go RedHat. I've been using them for so long it's just easier. But I got this new job for the summer and they have a bizarre configuration. Seems the previous sysadmin couldn't figure out what he liked, so out of 6 databases, 5 are freebsd (3 one version, 2 another) and 1 is RedHat.
Trying to send mail and sendmail won't start. No logs, no hints, nothing. So i ask my local guru and he informes me of a ENABLE_SENDMAIL setting in /etc/rc.conf. Why the ability to enable sendmail is there is beyond me, but hey, at least i know what the issue is.
You have 3 choices in this file:
NONE, NO, and YES.
To quote guru:
"yes, all you need to do is set the variable to NO, and it'll handle local mail" :)"
I give up.
Posted by lysa at August 1, 2005 3:58 PM
Comments
wow, i didnt understand a single thing here. :). sympathies anyway though boo.
Posted by: S at August 2, 2005 4:14 PM