Re: [Exim] RedHat 9 init.d/sendmail error

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Author: Simon Alman
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CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] RedHat 9 init.d/sendmail error
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:

> At 10:04 AM 6/9/2003 -0700, Lynn Quam wrote:
>
>> The error is in the line:
>>
>> daemon --check sm-client /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-msp-queue -Ac
>> -q$SMQUEUE
>>
>> exim does not support the -L switch.
>>
>> sm-client do not get started, but sendmail (exim) appears to be
>> functioning properly.
>>
>> The script from RedHat 7.2 did not start sm-client.
>
>
> Sendmail 8.12.x runs in two parts.
>
> Grab an exim initscript from somewhere and make that
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail - or cut out the -L sm-msp-queue stuff.
>
>         srs


Why not just start exim via rc.local (/etc/rc.d/rc.local) ?
Unless you need quick restart functionality why use init scripts ... ?

Removing the sendmail rpm usually removes the init script as well so I'm
surprised that you still have it showing.

Regards

Simon