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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1999-06-25 18:09:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1999-06-25 18:09:02 +0000 |
| commit | f28b85c858988084b7f817fc8fac0ca3ddb13a1a (patch) | |
| tree | 063d821b9a65cc05a7bd024a61a562f018a51c28 | |
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Root screwup.
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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index a57a4d32..fcedeed6 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/06/11 07:49:05 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/06/25 18:09:02 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ IP address?</a><br> <a href="#R5">R5. Running fetchmail in daemon mode doesn't work.</a><br> <a href="#R6">R6. Fetchmail hangs when used with pppd.</a><br> <a href="#R7">R7. Fetchmail randomly dies with socket errors.</a><br> +<a href="#R8">R8. Fetchmail running as root stopped working after an OS upgrade</a><br> <h1>Disappearing mail</h1> @@ -1039,7 +1040,7 @@ Simply create a dot-qmail file called '.qmail-mbox-userstr-default' in the alias directory (normally /var/qmail/alias) with the contents:<p> <pre> - | ../bin/qmail-inject -a -f"$SENDER" "${LOCAL#mbox-userstr-}@$HOST}" + | ../bin/qmail-inject -a -f"$SENDER" "${LOCAL#mbox-userstr-}@$HOST" </pre> Note this <em>does</em> require a modern /bin/sh.<p> @@ -1834,6 +1835,14 @@ option values that work:<P> </pre> <hr> +<a name="R8">R8. Fetchmail running as root stopped working after an OS upgrade</a>/h2> + +In RH 6.0, the HOME value in the boot-time root environment changed +from /root to / as the result of a change in init. Move your +.fetchmailrc or use a -f option to explicitly point at the file. +(Oddly, a similar problem has been reported from Debian systems)<P> + +<hr> <h2><a name="D1">D1. I think I've set up fetchmail correctly, but I'm not getting any mail.</a></h2> Maybe you have a .forward or alias set up that you've forgotten about. You @@ -2409,7 +2418,7 @@ inactivity timeout.<p> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/06/11 07:49:05 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/06/25 18:09:02 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |