From f28b85c858988084b7f817fc8fac0ca3ddb13a1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 18:09:02 +0000 Subject: Root screwup. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2507 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') 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 @@
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Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ IP address?
R5. Running fetchmail in daemon mode doesn't work.
R6. Fetchmail hangs when used with pppd.
R7. Fetchmail randomly dies with socket errors.
+R8. Fetchmail running as root stopped working after an OS upgrade

Disappearing mail

@@ -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:

-      | ../bin/qmail-inject -a -f"$SENDER" "${LOCAL#mbox-userstr-}@$HOST}"
+      | ../bin/qmail-inject -a -f"$SENDER" "${LOCAL#mbox-userstr-}@$HOST"
Note this does require a modern /bin/sh.

@@ -1833,6 +1834,14 @@ option values that work:

mru 552 +

+R8. Fetchmail running as root stopped working after an OS upgrade/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)

+

D1. I think I've set up fetchmail correctly, but I'm not getting any mail.

@@ -2409,7 +2418,7 @@ inactivity timeout.

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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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