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RE: postfix usage with LDAP

From: Sun Chong <chong_n_chong_at_nospam>
Date: Thu Jun 23 2011 - 00:29:31 GMT

> > If you installed Postfix with a non-default install_root parameter,
> > then you failed to read the instructions.
> >
> >This might be the reason. (What is the default install_root? /?)
>
> READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. This is the text from the install script:
>
> install_root_prompt="the prefix for installed file names. Specify
> this ONLY if you are building ready-to-install packages for
> distribution to other machines."

But then one rpm-ifies the entire structure, and the postfix/postdrop
user/group comes in magically? Or does the package maintainer
has to do this manually?

Sun Chong