Where is the sendmail.mc file on SuSE Linux?
On SuSE Linux systems there is no real sendmail.mc file. This file is generated ‘on the fly’ by SuSEconfig using several variables in /etc/rc.config and /etc/rc.config.d/sendmail.rc.config (SuSE <= 7.3) or /etc/sysconfig/sendmail (SuSE >= 8.0). SuSEconfig executes the script /sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.sendmail to a) build a temorary .mc file b) execute m4 to generate /etc/sendmail.cf and c) delete the temporary .mc file afterwards. To make customisations you cannot achieve by modifying the variables in the configuration files mentioned above (using YaST or YaST2), you have two options: • Use /etc/mail/linux.mc (or /etc/mail/linux.nullclient.mc) as a starting point. Both files contain several helpful comments. • To get a .mc file based on your current configuration, modify /sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.sendmail to keep the temporary .mc file and execute SuSEconfig afterwards. Then use that copy as starting point. In both cases you have to build your /etc/sendmail.
On SuSE Linux systems there is no real sendmail.mc file. This file is generated ‘on the fly’ by SuSEconfig using several variables in /etc/rc.config and /etc/rc.config.d/sendmail.rc.config (SuSE <= 7.3) or /etc/sysconfig/sendmail (SuSE >= 8.0). SuSEconfig executes the script /sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.sendmail to a) build a temorary .mc file b) execute m4 to generate /etc/sendmail.cf and c) delete the temporary .mc file afterwards. To make customisations you cannot achieve by modifying the variables in the configuration files mentioned above (using YaST or YaST2), you have two options: • Use /etc/mail/linux.mc (or /etc/mail/linux.nullclient.mc) as a starting point. Both files contain several helpful comments. • To get a .mc file based on your current configuration, modify /sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.sendmail to keep the temporary .mc file and execute SuSEconfig afterwards. Then use that copy as starting point.
