Re: [cobalt-users] Installed RaQ4-All-Security-2.0.1-15959.pkg and now the raq is dead in the water

["wcstaff" <wcstaff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK people!
This has been posted and it does work. There were syntax errors that I
fixed, so you can just follow the instructions in order and it will fix the
sendmail and pop before smtp relay problems and allow you to install the
updates. I can't attach it so excuse me putting it in the email:
Thanks to the original poster of this fix, I owe you!
Instructions for repairing sendmail and being able to install cobalt pkgs on
RAQ4
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1> SSH into your box (telnet should be off !!!!) then su- to root.

2> Create a directory called /etc/mailbak using the following command

   mkdir /etc/mail

3> Copy the /etc/mail directory using the following command

   [root root]# cp /etc/mail /etc/mailbak

4> issue the following command.

   [root root]# rpm -qf /etc/mail/sendmail.cf

   it should give you some ouput like this.

   sendmail-conf-8.10.2-C1
   sendmail-conf-8.10.2-C3
   sendmail-conf-8.10.2-C3

   You might find duplicate -C3 files where you tried to install the
packages several
   times.

5> Issue the following commands to remove these files.

   [root root]# rpm -e sendmail-conf-8.10.2-C1
   [root root]# rpm -e --allmatches sendmail-conf-8.10.2-C3


6> Install the 2 pkg's in order 16402 from the GUI

7> Issue the following commands

   [root root]# cd /etc/mail
   [root root]# ls -al

   this will give you output like this:

[root mail]# ls -al
total 934
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root         1024 Apr 29 04:26 .
drwxr-xr-x  42 root     root         3072 Apr 29 04:23 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         5457 Apr 29 04:26 access
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        20480 Apr 29 04:26 access.db
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         5450 Apr 28 01:50 access.rpmsave
-rw-r--r--   1 bin      bin          4714 Apr 29 04:10 aliases
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        20480 Apr 29 04:16 aliases.db
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        37464 Apr 28 01:47 aliases.majordomo
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        77824 Apr 11 17:52 aliases.majordomo.db
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          259 May 10  2001
aliases.majordomo.master
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          267 May 10  2001 aliases.master
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         4714 Apr 27 22:42 aliases.rpmsave
-rw-r--r--   1 bin      bin          5373 Apr  1 22:31 helpfile
-rw-r--r--   1 bin      bin         11481 Apr 29 04:26 local-host-names
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           34 May 10  2001
local-host-names.master
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        11481 Apr 28 01:50
local-host-names.rpmsave
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root         1024 Apr 29 03:14 mailbak
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        20480 Apr 29 05:06 popip.db
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        40806 Apr 15 06:37 sendmail.cf
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        40835 May 10  2001 sendmail.cf.master
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        41961 Jun 21  2002 sendmail.cf.nopopauth
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        40806 Apr 15 06:37 sendmail.cf.pre16402
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        40806 Apr 15 06:37 sendmail.cf.pre16429
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        40806 Apr 15 06:37 sendmail.cf.rpmsave
-rw-r--r--   1 bin      bin            43 Apr  1 22:31 trusted-users
-rw-r--r--   1 bin      bin        120720 Apr 29 04:08 virtusertable
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       208896 Apr 29 05:07 virtusertable.db
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          197 May 10  2001 virtusertable.master
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       120720 Apr 28 01:48 virtusertable.rpmsave
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         4096 Apr 29 04:02
virtusertable.rpmsave.db

NOTE: You will see considerable differences in the file sizes of some of the
files
      with the backups made before the packages where installed. There will
be instances
      of the same files for example:

   access
   access.rpmsave
      ^the second one here is the backup

8> Issue the following command for every instance of this where the
   rpmsave file is bigger than the original

   [root root]# cp <filename>.rpmsave <filename>

   Where <filename> is the name of the file.

9> Issue the following command to re-instate the virtusertable.db from the
   backup made.

   [root root] cd /etc/mailbak
   [root root] cp virtusertable.db /etc/mail/virtusertable.db

10> Issue the following command to restart sendmail

   [root root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart

Thats it. all should be working again and with both packages installed.

NOTE:

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK  however it fixed my problem!

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