Re: smail upgrade, machine no longer accepts mail
On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Michael B. Taylor wrote:
> I recently upgraded my smail to the new version (from 'stable', not the
> deep frozen stuff) and my machine stopped accepting mail. I think I found
> the cause. I found this in /etc/inetd.conf
> # smtp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd
> /usr/sbin/in.smtpd
> (will be restored by smail postinst)
> Uncommenting this line and rebooting put me back in business. I guess
> the smail postinstall script forgot to restore it.
OUCH!! inetd will reread /etc/inetd.conf if you send it a HUP signal:
#killall -HUP `pidof inetd`
You certainly don't need to reboot the machine :)
I (and others) had reported this bug to the maintainer some time ago, and
just today I got a message saying it had been fixed.
Hopefully noone will have to worry about this in future.
-Greg Mildenhall( 7~he 7~hought /|ssassin )
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