106f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro 206f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro Installing sendmail 306f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro 440266059SGregory Neil Shapiro**Note**: Starting with sendmail 8.12, sendmail is no longer set-user-ID 540266059SGregory Neil Shapiroroot by default. As a result of this, you need to install two .cf files. 640266059SGregory Neil ShapiroSee steps 4 and 6 in this document. We also strongly recommend reading 740266059SGregory Neil Shapirosendmail/SECURITY for more installation information. 806f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro 906f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro1. Read all the README files noted in the INTRODUCTION section of the README 1006f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro file in this top-level directory. 1106f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro 1206f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro2. Create any necessary site configuration build files, as noted in 1306f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro devtools/Site/README. 1406f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro 1506f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro3. In the sendmail/ directory, run "sh Build" (see sendmail/README for 1606f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro details). 1706f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro 1806f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro4. Change to the cf/cf/ directory (that's not a typo): Copy whichever .mc 1940266059SGregory Neil Shapiro file best matches your environment to sendmail.mc. Next, tailor it 2040266059SGregory Neil Shapiro as explained in cf/README. Then run 2140266059SGregory Neil Shapiro "sh Build sendmail.cf". 2206f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro 2306f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro5. Back up your current /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and the sendmail binary (whose 2406f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro location varies from operating system to operating system, but is usually 2506f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro in /usr/sbin or /usr/lib). 2606f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro 2740266059SGregory Neil Shapiro6. Install sendmail.cf as /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and submit.cf as 2840266059SGregory Neil Shapiro /etc/mail/submit.cf. This can be done in the cf/cf by using 2940266059SGregory Neil Shapiro "sh Build install-cf". 3040266059SGregory Neil Shapiro 3140266059SGregory Neil Shapiro Please read sendmail/SECURITY before continuing; you have to create a 3240266059SGregory Neil Shapiro new user smmsp and a new group smmsp for the default installation. 3340266059SGregory Neil Shapiro Then install the sendmail binary built in step 3 by cd-ing back to 3440266059SGregory Neil Shapiro sendmail/ and running "sh Build install". 3506f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro 3694c01205SGregory Neil Shapiro7. For each of the associated sendmail utilities (makemap, mailstats, 3794c01205SGregory Neil Shapiro etc.), read the README in the utility's directory if it exists. When 3894c01205SGregory Neil Shapiro you are ready to install it, back up your installed version and type "sh 3994c01205SGregory Neil Shapiro Build install". 4006f25ae9SGregory Neil Shapiro 41193538b7SGregory Neil Shapiro8. If you are upgrading from an older version of sendmail and are using any 42193538b7SGregory Neil Shapiro database maps, be sure to rebuild them with the new version of makemap, 43193538b7SGregory Neil Shapiro in case you are now using a different (and thereby incompatible) version 44193538b7SGregory Neil Shapiro of Berkeley DB. 45193538b7SGregory Neil Shapiro 4694c01205SGregory Neil Shapiro$Revision: 8.15 $, Last updated $Date: 2002/05/28 18:09:25 $ 47