>Number:         10243
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       rc.d/sendmail should not exit if [ -f /etc/sendmail.cf ]
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed May 31 08:30:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jim Bernard
>Release:        May 30, 2000
>Organization:
	Speaking for myself
>Environment:
System: NetBSD zoo 1.4Y NetBSD 1.4Y (ZOO-$Revision: 1.52 $) #0: Fri May 26 14:58:14 MDT 2000 jim@zoo:/home/tmp/compile/sys/arch/i386/compile/ZOO i386


>Description:
	/etc/rc.d/sendmail contains a clause that exits without starting
	sendmail if a sendmail.cf file exists in /etc.  Since the script
	contains an explicit required_files setting specifying the correct
	location of the configuration file, the existence of /etc/sendmail.cf
	is *not* an error.  There's no reason why the script should be nagging
	so insistently about either sloppy housekeeping or (more likely)
	a deliberate choice to keep either a copy or a link to sendmail.cf
	in /etc.

>How-To-Repeat:
	Have a link to /etc/mail/sendmail.cf in /etc and watch rc.d/sendmail
	refuse to start sendmail at boot time.

>Fix:
	Delete the check:

--- sendmail.orig	Wed May 17 03:14:07 2000
+++ sendmail	Wed May 31 09:20:29 2000
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
 pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
 required_files="/etc/mail/${name}.cf"
 
 load_rc_config $name
 
-# die if there's pre-8.10 configuration file
-if checkyesno sendmail && [ -f "/etc/${name}.cf" ]; then
-	err 1 "${name} was not started, move /etc/${name}.cf to /etc/mail."
-fi
-
 run_rc_command "$1"
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