[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>BTW, I wondered why qmail is not compliant to fsstnd?
Because qmail runs on many platforms, not just Linux, and because Dan
does things His Way. However, His Way, in this case, is flexible
enough to be made nearly fsstnd compliant.
>All the config files
>should reside at /etc/qmail,
Before installing, do:
# mkdir /var/qmail /etc/qmail
# ln -s /etc/qmail /var/qmail/control
>the docs at /usr/doc/qmail or
>/usr/local/doc/qmail,
# mkdir /usr/doc/qmail
# ln -s /usr/doc/qmail /var/qmail/doc
>the binaries at /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin,
# ln -s /usr/bin /var/qmail
>respectively. Only /var/qmail/queue should be placed under /var, perhaps as
>/var/qmailq.
# mkdir /var/qmailq
# ln -s /var/qmail/queue
>The ~/.qmail files I'd suggest to put into ~/etc/qmail, rather than
>hiding them among the lots of various other `dotfiles' that you encounter in
>users' homes.
I can't agree with you there. They belong in the user's home
directory.
>Is there good reason to place more or less static files --- not to mention
>an application specific hierarchy that could even be put into /opt/qmail
>(except for the queue) --- under /var?
Dan puts everying under /var because it's all potentially
system-specific. Even the binaries, since have UID's/GID's compiled
into them.
-Dave
