From 235f52fe4242bfed2de4dcdfd17d08a876c2b7e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bwarsaw Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 23:18:38 +0000 Subject: Update installation instructions to describe chkconfig for OSes that support this. --- INSTALL | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 6077140fa..389ef2e98 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -334,17 +334,33 @@ upgrade. % bin/mailmanctl start If you want to start Mailman every time you reboot your system, - you should do the following as root (note I'm assuming you have - an /etc/init.d directory; some Unixes may put that in - /etc/rc.d/init.d): + and your OS supports the chkconfig command (e.g. RedHat and + Mandrake Linuxes) you can simply do the following as root: - % cp misc/S98mailman /etc/init.d/mailman - % cd /etc/rc.d/rc2.d + % cp misc/mailman /etc/init.d/mailman + % chkconfig --add mailman + + (Note that /etc/init.d may be /etc/rc.d/init.d on some systems.) + + For Unixes that don't support chkconfig, simply copy + misc/mailman as above, then set up the following symbolic links, + again as root: + + % cp misc/mailman /etc/init.d + % cd /etc/rc.d/rc0.d + % ln -s ../init.d/mailman K12mailman + % cd ../rc1.d + % ln -s ../init.d/mailman K12mailman + % cd ../rc2.d % ln -s ../init.d/mailman S98mailman % cd ../rc3.d % ln -s ../init.d/mailman S98mailman + % cd ../rc4.d + % ln -s ../init.d/mailman S98mailman % cd ../rc5.d % ln -s ../init.d/mailman S98mailman + % cd ../rc6.d + % ln -s ../init.d/mailman K12mailman - Add aliases for `mailman' and `mailman-owner' to the system's mail alias database. These aliases should point to whoever is -- cgit v1.3.1