From 9a60ddc618eb81701afb0879b7999fc2568e9bf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Allman Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1993 14:34:25 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] cleanup and clarification SCCS-vsn: usr.sbin/sendmail/doc/op/op.me 8.14 --- usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/doc/op/op.me | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/doc/op/op.me b/usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/doc/op/op.me index 48c93b0baf..bf2c88ff20 100644 --- a/usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/doc/op/op.me +++ b/usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/doc/op/op.me @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ .\" .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% .\" -.\" @(#)op.me 8.13 (Berkeley) %G% +.\" @(#)op.me 8.14 (Berkeley) %G% .\" .\" eqn op.me | pic | troff -me .eh 'SMM:08-%''Sendmail Installation and Operation Guide' @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ University of California, Berkeley Mammoth Project eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU .sp -Version 8.13 +Version 8.14 .sp For Sendmail Version 8.6 .)l @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ if you do, old databases are read, but when a new database is created it will be in NEWDB format. As a nasty hack, -if you have NEWDB, NDBM, and YPCOMPAT defined, +if you have NEWDB, NDBM, and NIS defined, and if the file .i /var/yp/Makefile exists and is readable, @@ -1198,6 +1198,7 @@ it is in no sense perfect; a determined forger can easily spoof the IDENT protocol. The following description is excerpted from RFC 1413: .ba +5 +.lp 6. Security Considerations .lp The information returned by this protocol is at most as trustworthy @@ -4308,6 +4309,21 @@ Allow replacement of existing keys; normally, re-inserting an existing key is an error. .ip \-v Print what is happening. +.lp +The +.i sendmail +daemon does not have to be restarted to read the new maps +as long as you change them in place; +file locking is used so that the maps won't be read +while they are being updated.\** +.(f +\**That is, don't create new maps and then use +.i mv (1) +to move them into place. +I consider this a shortfall (a.k.a. bug) in +.i sendmail +which should be fixed in a future release. +.)f .pp There are also two builtin maps that are, strictly speaking, @@ -5136,7 +5152,8 @@ If NEWDB and NDBM are both set, .i sendmail will read DBM files, but will create and use NEWDB files. -.ip YPCOMPAT +.ip NIS +Include support for NIS. If set together with .i both NEWDB and NDBM, @@ -5147,9 +5164,6 @@ exists and is readable. This is intended for compatibility with Sun Microsystems' .i mkalias program used on YP masters. -.ip _AIX3 -Compile for IBM AIX 3.x. -This has only been tested on 3.2.3. .ip SYSTEM5 Set all of the compilation parameters appropriate for System V. .ip LOCKF @@ -5245,6 +5259,14 @@ usually .q _avenrun or .q avenrun ). +.pp +There are also several compilation flags to indicate the environment +such as +.q _AIX3 +and +.q _SCO_unix_ . +See the READ_ME +file for the latest scoop on these flags. .sh 2 "Parameters in src/conf.h" .pp Parameters and compilation options @@ -6070,6 +6092,9 @@ User database spec. Fallback .q MX host. +.ip w +.q "Best MX" +handling technique. .ip 7 Do not run eight bit clean. .sh 2 "Extended Options" @@ -6168,6 +6193,7 @@ Previous versions of treated VRFY and EXPN the same. In this version, VRFY doesn't expand aliases or follow .forward files. +EXPN still does. .pp As an optimization, if you run with your default delivery mode being queue-only, @@ -6676,7 +6702,7 @@ A transcript of the current session. .\"Eric Allman .\"Britton-Lee, Inc. .\".sp -.\"Version 8.13 +.\"Version 8.14 .\".ce 0 .bp 2 .ce -- 2.20.1