On 2/14/2012 1:50 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 01:52:04PM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: >> Noel Jones: >>> On 2/14/2012 8:45 AM, jeffrey j donovan wrote: >>>> I have a couple of PPC 10.5 machines running as authenticated >>>> smtp relays. I upgraded postfix to 2.9.0 using macports. >>>> >>>> I am running into a warning when I run postfix check. >>>> >>>> /opt/local/sbin/postconf: warning: /opt/local/etc/postfix/main.cf: unused >>>> parameter: smtpd_use_pw_server=yes >>>> /opt/local/sbin/postconf: warning: /opt/local/etc/postfix/main.cf: unused >>>> parameter: smtpd_pw_server_security_options=login,cram-md5 >>>> /opt/local/sbin/postconf: warning: /opt/local/etc/postfix/main.cf: unused >>>> parameter: enable_server_options=yes >>>> >>>> >>>> these options were to access my local password server for >>>> authentication. Is there an alternate command ? how do I get >>>> my users to authenticated without creating another password >>>> database ? >>> >>> These are options that Apple patches into postfix, and looks as if >>> they didn't fully patch 2.9.0 to make "postfix check" aware of the >>> apple-specific parameters. >>> >>> You can safely ignore these warnings, and report the problem to your >>> package provider. >> >> The "postconf" build procedure will pull parameter definitions out >> of other Postfix source code, so it surprises me that it could not >> find the parameters added by Apple. >> >> I suspect that my AWK pattern doesn't match their coding convention. >> If someone can dig up a copy of (or URL for) their smtpd source >> code then I can try to fix the AWK script. > > At this point we're not sure if it is an Apple-patched system or just > macports without the Apple patches. My guess is that the OP upgraded > from patched to unpatched, and Larry's reply is the one he needs to > regard, because that upgrade probably broke things.
Agreed. We don't know exactly what's been loaded or what patches are included in the macports version. It's very possible the "unused parameter" messages are accurate because the loaded software doesn't support those options. -- Noel Jones
