Re: qmail tear-down

Hi Brian,

I do read the newsgroup postings, probably too much! My concerns was if
removing /var/qmail was going to create a clean enough space for the new
installation.

I have since downloaded and read through the "Life with qmail"
documentation and noticed that there are indeed several areas of
installation outside of the /var/qmail tree. For Ex. there are several
qmail* users in the /etc/passwd file installed by the previous
qmailrocks instalation, Life w/ qmail will attempt to install these
users but w/ differing UID & GID, then there is
/usr/home/vpopmail/domains/econ.com
This was the basis of my concerns.
Note my orignal installation was w/ the 'qmailrocks' package.

Many programs have excelent installation tools, but may the gods help
you when you have to deinstall should something go wrong with the inst.

-- Adam --

Brian T Glenn wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 11:17:44 -0700, Adam Smith <adamsmith@econ.com> may have written:
>
>>Could someone advise on how to effectively deinstall qmail and its
>>dependent from a machine - FreeBSD 4.9 ( not knowing where all the files
>>are placed on install). And is it possible to retrieve all the stuck
>>mail in the various folders they may have been placed in also.
>
>
> As I mentioned previously (do you read any replies you get to these
> newsgroup posts?), Please move /var/qmail/ out of the way, and follow
> lifewithqmail.org's instructions on how to install qmail. Do not read
> anything from any other source. It Will Just Work(tm).
>
> Cheers,

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 07:01:59 -0700, Adam Smith <adamsmith@econ.com> may have written:
> I do read the newsgroup postings, probably too much! My concerns was if
> removing /var/qmail was going to create a clean enough space for the new
> installation.

Good to hear.

> I have since downloaded and read through the "Life with qmail"
> documentation and noticed that there are indeed several areas of
> installation outside of the /var/qmail tree.

ucspi-tcp and daemontools will, yes.

> For Ex. there are several
> qmail* users in the /etc/passwd file installed by the previous
> qmailrocks instalation, Life w/ qmail will attempt to install these
> users but w/ differing UID & GID, then there is

The uid and gid are irrelevant. The users just need to exist.

> /usr/home/vpopmail/domains/econ.com
> This was the basis of my concerns.
> Note my orignal installation was w/ the 'qmailrocks' package.

vpopmail != qmail

> Many programs have excelent installation tools, but may the gods help
> you when you have to deinstall should something go wrong with the inst.

That is why documents like lifewithqmail are so valuable. You have
proven, repeatable instrcutions that you can do in reverse should you
need to uninstall.

Cheers,
--
Brian T Glenn
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