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- From: paulr@umbc4.umbc.edu (Paul Riddle)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.mail.misc
- Subject: Re: HP-UX and ULTRIX sharing a common NFS'ed mailbox area doesn't work
- Date: 30 Dec 1992 23:53:14 GMT
- Organization: Univ. of MD, Baltimore County
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- References: <1992Dec30.181130.22144@colby.edu> <TRSNYDER.92Dec30150104@vf0031.mcs.drexel.edu>
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- In article <TRSNYDER.92Dec30150104@vf0031.mcs.drexel.edu> trsnyder@mcs.drexel.edu (Bob Snyder) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec30.181130.22144@colby.edu> dwcooley@colby.edu (David W. Cooley) writes:
- >
- > This has worked very well until we tried to integrate HP machines
- > into this environment (HP 9K 827 running HP-UX 8.02).
- >
- > The presenting problem is that mail delivered by HP-UX to a mailbox
- > stored on a ULTRIX NFS server does not have its UID/GID set
- > appropriately.
-
- I am all too familiar with this problem. It's the same deal with DECs
- and SGIs, which is what I'm dealing with.
-
- >Suggestion #1: Have only one machine set up to receive mail (running the
- >sendmail daemon). Set up MX records in your nameserver for all the
- >other machines that point to mail server. A logical choise would be
- >the machine the mail is NFS mounted from, so you don't have file
- >locking headaches.
-
- This is a good start. Your mailhost has to be smart enough to know
- how to deliver mail that has been explicitly addressed to one of the
- HPs. You also have to make sure that the HPs aren't trying to deliver
- local mail with /bin/mail. I would suggest building and installing
- IDA sendmail. It's fairly simple to set IDA up to do that. You can
- do it using the standard Ultrix config file, but it's not fun.
-
- I have gotten this to work (albeit with SGIs rather than HPs), so if
- anyone wants specifics, feel free to drop me a note.
-
- Paul
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