Re: pcmcia-cs and configuring network...
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 12:09:11AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 04:55:30PM +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote:
> > `whereami', which is a suite to detect and configure the network.
> > Probably requires a little more scripting knowledge than some of the
> > others, though.
> >
>
> I'm perfectly happy to use "cardctl scheme" and /etc/pcmcia/network.opts to
> switch between networks.
You can use whereami like this too. 'whereami newLocation' will carry out
configuration modifications for newLocation without doing any of the
network detection tests.
> The thing I'd find autodetection useful for is shuffling /etc/exim.conf
> around, one configuration for dialup (setting the ISP's SMTP server as
> mailserver, to avoid rejection from spam-preventing recipients, which reject
> mail from dial-up sources) and one for LAN ethernet, allowing a direct SMTP
> connection (i.e. using exim itself as the mail server).
>
> Is this the sort of situation these network detection programs are designed
> for?
Yes, whereami will reconfigure your mail server for one of three modes:
- queue only, for disconnected / dialup operation with a smtp server to
relay to when the queue is flushed
- relay mode, to deliver mail to a relay immediately on receipt of new
messages
- none, for when you have a direct internet connection and wish the mail
server to do the deliveries itself.
Andrew did the sendmail support and I did the postfix support. I'm
prepared to do exim support too if there is demand for it.
Chris
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