Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?
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From: Carlos Williams on 1 Mar 2010 20:10 On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Richard Hector <richard(a)walnut.gen.nz> wrote: > It's just another (very simple) MTA. I don't see that installing that > would do anything that installing Postfix doesn't. It's the usual > suggestion for those who claim not to want an MTA at all. > > Richard Oh I see. I just tested it and regardless what MTA you install post install, I am left with tons of useless lingering Exim4 files and directories. Doesn't look to be any way around this...at least when using Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/d80f793f1003011706lcceeddgd7674b37307edc92(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Richard Hector on 1 Mar 2010 20:10 On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 19:32 -0500, Carlos Williams wrote: > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Lisi <lisi.reisz(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I use nullmailer in these situations > > > > +1 > > Installing nullmailer will remove exim for you. > > I am sorry but I don't understand what you mean by 'install > nullmailer'. Is this something I install before I begin the 'netinst' > installation of Squeeze on my server? Is there an article that will > help me achieve this? It's just another (very simple) MTA. I don't see that installing that would do anything that installing Postfix doesn't. It's the usual suggestion for those who claim not to want an MTA at all. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1267491830.6803.21.camel(a)topaz.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz
From: Stan Hoeppner on 1 Mar 2010 21:50 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. put forth on 3/1/2010 2:28 PM: > Postfix works well in the Debian environment, or so I'm told. Very well indeed. I've been using it for years and the only real problem I've run into was the lack of a syslog socket in the chroot. That was fixed with Lenny/2.5.5. I've no experience with it myself, but IIRC there may be issues running Postfix multi-instance on Debian. >> it auto removes Exim4 however still leaves all the >> orphaned files and junk.* > > I'm not convinced this is a statement of fact, but depending on how the > installer does things it could be accurate. Take this for what it's worth: On my "Swiss Army Knife" server, I installed Sarge fresh in 2006 using a compact net install from boot floppies. After the base install was complete, I installed Postfix via apt-get. I don't recall doing any manual removal of Exim. I've upgraded the system in place all the way to Lenny, over a 4 year period. I currently have the following related to Exim: ~$ locate exim /etc/cron.d/exim /etc/cron.daily/exim /etc/init.d/exim /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim /etc/rc0.d/K20exim /etc/rc1.d/K20exim /etc/rc4.d/S20exim /etc/rc5.d/S20exim /etc/rc6.d/K20exim /usr/share/doc/postgrey/README.exim /usr/share/wwwconfig-common/exim-trust.sh /var/cache/apt/archives/exim_3.36-18.2_i386.deb /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim.list /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim.postrm /var/log/exim /var/run/exim -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4B8C7C66.6070109(a)hardwarefreak.com
From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. on 2 Mar 2010 02:30 In <4B8C7C66.6070109(a)hardwarefreak.com>, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >>> it auto removes Exim4 however still leaves all the >>> orphaned files and junk.* >> >> I'm not convinced this is a statement of fact, but depending on how the >> installer does things it could be accurate. > >Take this for what it's worth: On my "Swiss Army Knife" server, I installed >Sarge fresh in 2006 using a compact net install from boot floppies. After >the base install was complete, I installed Postfix via apt-get. I don't >recall doing any manual removal of Exim. I've upgraded the system in place >all the way to Lenny, over a 4 year period. > >I currently have the following related to Exim: > >~$ locate exim >/etc/cron.d/exim >/etc/cron.daily/exim >/etc/init.d/exim >/etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim >/etc/rc0.d/K20exim >/etc/rc1.d/K20exim >/etc/rc4.d/S20exim >/etc/rc5.d/S20exim >/etc/rc6.d/K20exim >/usr/share/doc/postgrey/README.exim >/usr/share/wwwconfig-common/exim-trust.sh >/var/cache/apt/archives/exim_3.36-18.2_i386.deb >/var/lib/dpkg/info/exim.list >/var/lib/dpkg/info/exim.postrm >/var/log/exim >/var/run/exim Most of those should be cleaned up by a purge of all the exim packages. In particular all the init scripts, the dpkg data, and probably the cron jobs. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss(a)iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
From: Stan Hoeppner on 2 Mar 2010 03:10
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. put forth on 3/2/2010 1:21 AM: > In <4B8C7C66.6070109(a)hardwarefreak.com>, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >>>> it auto removes Exim4 however still leaves all the >>>> orphaned files and junk.* >>> >>> I'm not convinced this is a statement of fact, but depending on how the >>> installer does things it could be accurate. >> >> Take this for what it's worth: On my "Swiss Army Knife" server, I installed >> Sarge fresh in 2006 using a compact net install from boot floppies. After >> the base install was complete, I installed Postfix via apt-get. I don't >> recall doing any manual removal of Exim. I've upgraded the system in place >> all the way to Lenny, over a 4 year period. >> >> I currently have the following related to Exim: >> >> ~$ locate exim >> /etc/cron.d/exim >> /etc/cron.daily/exim >> /etc/init.d/exim >> /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim >> /etc/rc0.d/K20exim >> /etc/rc1.d/K20exim >> /etc/rc4.d/S20exim >> /etc/rc5.d/S20exim >> /etc/rc6.d/K20exim >> /usr/share/doc/postgrey/README.exim >> /usr/share/wwwconfig-common/exim-trust.sh >> /var/cache/apt/archives/exim_3.36-18.2_i386.deb >> /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim.list >> /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim.postrm >> /var/log/exim >> /var/run/exim > > Most of those should be cleaned up by a purge of all the exim packages. In > particular all the init scripts, the dpkg data, and probably the cron jobs. This is probably a result of me installing postfix without uninstalling exim first. It's surprising that the apt scripts that installed postfix and removed exim left all this other stuff which can't possibly work now without that exim binary being present. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4B8CC633.7090609(a)hardwarefreak.com |