Re: RE: [IGNORE] [PHP] Changing mta in /etc/alternatives : how?

From: Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 03:16:03 +0000
Subject: Re: RE: [IGNORE] [PHP] Changing mta in /etc/alternatives : how?
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/me puts flame thrower away darn you spoiled all the fun ;) * Thus wrote Graham Cossey: > > Sorry, mailed to the wrong list :( > > -----Original Message----- > From: Graham Cossey [mailto:graham@cossey.plus.com] > Sent: 28 September 2004 23:27 > To: Php-General > Subject: [PHP] Changing mta in /etc/alternatives : how? > > > > Sorry for the probably basic question, but I would like to change the > default mta on my FC2 box from sendmail to exim. I believe to do this I need > to change the 'entry' in /etc/alternatives/ to point to > /usr/sbin/sendmail.exim instead of /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail. > > Doing a 'ls -al' on /etc/alternatives shows that the entries here are > lrwxrwxrwx, what exactly is the 'l' and how do I change it? I have tried > creating a test symbolic link such as : > > ln -isv /usr/sbin/sendmail.exim test > > but the colour coding of the resulting 'test' link is different to the > existing ones. > > Can someone shed some light on this for me? > > Many thanks > > Graham > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > Curt -- The above comments may offend you. flame at will.

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