sendmail_enable in rc.conf

[Bill Moran]

applecom at inbox.ru wrote:

> I have FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE.
> It seems there is collision between /etc/defaults/rc.conf and 
> /etc/rc.sendmail in sendmail startup control.
> In /etc/defaults/rc.conf:
> sendmail_enable="NO"    # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO).
> In /etc/rc.sendmail:
> "<...>
> start_mta()
> {
>          case ${sendmail_enable} in
>          [Nn][Oo][Nn][Ee])
>                  ;;
> <...>".
> So sendmail doesn't startup during system startup only if there is 
> "sendmail_enable="NONE"" in /etc/rc.conf.
> Maybe I don't understand something?

>From "man rc.sendmail":

sendmail_enable
	     (str) If set to ``YES'', run the sendmail(8) daemon at system
	     boot time.  If set to ``NO'', do not run a sendmail(8) daemon to
	     listen for incoming network mail.	This does not preclude a
	     sendmail(8) daemon listening on the SMTP port of the loopback
	     interface.  The ``NONE'' option is deprecated and should not be
	     used.  It will be removed in a future release.

There is additional information in that man page about how to further
tweak sendmail's startup.  Recommended reading.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com