----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Bushby" <seanbushby@???>
To: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 2:25 PM
Subject: [Exim] startup errors
Hi Everyone
I tried compiling Exim, I got it compiled alright. I then made
the symbolic /usr/lib/sendmail -> /usr/exim/bin/exim
But when I run "./exim start" it seems as thought it's trying to
send mail rather than waiting for conenctions.
I get an error message
exim: niether action flags nor mail addresses given
Any ideas people
Regards
Sean
To run Exim as a daemon in background with a queue run every
15 minutes, do as you would with sendmail:
/usr/exim/bin/exim -bd -15m
Not sure what your "./exim start" is _actually_ trying to do, sounds
like you're ending up running Exim with a command arg of "start"
which means nothing to it...
I use the following script in /etc/rc.d/init.d on our RedHat 6.2 systems
to start/stop Exim at boot:
#!/bin/sh
#
# exim This shell script takes care of starting and stopping
# Exim - the alternative MTA to sendmail.
#
# by Mike Tubby (mike@???)
#
# Note: chose a sensible time for queue runs in the "-q" option on
# your system below.
#
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network
# Check that networking is up.
[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0
[ -f /usr/exim/bin/exim ] || exit 0
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
# Start daemons.
echo -n "Starting Exim: "
daemon exim -bd -q15m
echo
touch /var/lock/subsys/sendmail
;;
stop)
# Stop daemons.
echo -n "Shutting down Exim: "
killproc exim
echo
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/sendmail
;;
*)
echo "Usage: exim {start|stop}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
