On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 12:09:11AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 04:55:30PM +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > `whereami', which is a suite to detect and configure the network. > > Probably requires a little more scripting knowledge than some of the > > others, though. > > > > I'm perfectly happy to use "cardctl scheme" and /etc/pcmcia/network.opts to > switch between networks.
You can use whereami like this too. 'whereami newLocation' will carry out configuration modifications for newLocation without doing any of the network detection tests. > The thing I'd find autodetection useful for is shuffling /etc/exim.conf > around, one configuration for dialup (setting the ISP's SMTP server as > mailserver, to avoid rejection from spam-preventing recipients, which reject > mail from dial-up sources) and one for LAN ethernet, allowing a direct SMTP > connection (i.e. using exim itself as the mail server). > > Is this the sort of situation these network detection programs are designed > for? Yes, whereami will reconfigure your mail server for one of three modes: - queue only, for disconnected / dialup operation with a smtp server to relay to when the queue is flushed - relay mode, to deliver mail to a relay immediately on receipt of new messages - none, for when you have a direct internet connection and wish the mail server to do the deliveries itself. Andrew did the sendmail support and I did the postfix support. I'm prepared to do exim support too if there is demand for it. Chris
