Qmail Install: Followed lifewithqmail.org but getting errors...

[Floog]

Hi Group:

I'm running Slack 9.1 and trying to install Qmail using the lifewithqmail instructions.

Qmail starts and it appears that the qmail-send and qmail-smtpd scripts are functioning; however, the following errors occur upon testing:

bash-2.05b# qmailctl stat
/service/qmail-send: up (pid 7625) 1 seconds
/service/qmail-send/log: up (pid 460) 1024 seconds
/service/qmail-smtpd: up (pid 7627) 1 seconds
/service/qmail-smtpd/log: up (pid 456) 1024 seconds
/usr/bin/qmailctl: line 45: qmail-qstat: command not found
bash-2.05b# /var/qmail/inst_check.sh
! Couldn't find /var/qmail/boot!
! Couldn't find /var/qmail/doc!
! Couldn't find /var/qmail/man!
! Couldn't find /var/qmail/queue!
! Couldn't find /var/qmail/users!
! Couldn't find /usr/local/bin/tcprules from ucspi-tcp
! Couldn't find /usr/local/bin/tcpserver from ucspi-tcp
! /usr/lib/sendmail is missing
...try: ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail
! /usr/sbin/sendmail is missing
...try: ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail
bash-2.05b#

When I try creating the suggested dynamic links, I get a message stating "File exists."

Do these errors look familiar to anyone? The lifewithqmail instructions were clear and logical ---- my error must be something very simple. I know email servers are not the easiest thing in the world to troubleshoot, but if you can spare a few minutes with a couple of pointers I would appreciate it greatly.

Thanks for your time.

Floog

[OmarSerenity]

What do you get when you do

ls -l /usr/sbin/sendmail

If you have sendmail installed, it conflicts with qmail.

[Floog]

Hi Omar,

Thanks for your reply.
I'm at work right now, but I will check this when I get home and report back. I disabled sendmail in the Slackware /etc/rc.d/*.* startup scripts. I also remember linking something to qmail away from sendmail per the lifewithqmail.org instructions but I can't remember now exactly what that was.

I appreciate your time and help. Hopefully I'll have some clues from "ls -l /usr/sbin/sendmail

Floog


Originally posted by OmarSerenity
What do you get when you do

ls -l /usr/sbin/sendmail

If you have sendmail installed, it conflicts with qmail.

[Floog]

Here's my result:

bash-2.05b$ ls -l /usr/sbin/sendmail
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jan 1 16:54 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /var/qmail/bin/sendmail
bash-2.05b$

Originally posted by OmarSerenity
What do you get when you do

ls -l /usr/sbin/sendmail

If you have sendmail installed, it conflicts with qmail.