Re: [x]inetd.conf??

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 08:53:09PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote:
> At 03:45 PM 2/8/2004, Bob McClure, Jr. wrote:
> 
> >How did your sendmail.cf and submit.cf become zero length?  That's why 
> >sendmail won't come up.
> 
> If I only had a clue Bob, if I only had a clue...
> 
> >I think you will need to install it, and then
> >
> >  make -C /etc/mail
> 
> [marty penguin marty]$ rpm -q sendmail-cf
> sendmail-cf-8.12.8-4
> [marty penguin marty]$ make -C /etc/mail
> make: Entering directory `/etc/mail'
> makemap: error opening type hash map access.db: Permission denied
> make: *** [access.db] Error 73
> make: Leaving directory `/etc/mail'
> [marty penguin marty]$ su -
> Password:
> [root penguin root]# make -C /etc/mail
> make: Entering directory `/etc/mail'
> makemap: error opening type hash map access.db: Permission denied
> make: *** [access.db] Error 73
> make: Leaving directory `/etc/mail'
> [root penguin root]#
> 
> Oops, something even worse than it looked like at first?

You must be root.  Do an

  su -

or actually log in as root to do that.

> Marty Landman   Face 2 Interface Inc 845-679-9387

Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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