Hi, I installed exim4 and dovecot on my private vServer and some questions are left, which I''ll post in separate mails. First question: I tried to make SMTP authentication via dovecot with exim''s dovecot authenticator[1], but Exim didn''t want to restart due to the unknown dovecot driver. I assume, that the neither the light nor the heavy debian package is compiled with the dovecot authenticator and therefore I''d have to compile exim myself. Does somebody have a tutorial/How-to on compiling exim4 the debian-way? [1] http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch37.html Thanks, Thomas Koch
Thomas Koch <thomas at koch.ro> wrote: [...]> First question: I tried to make SMTP authentication via dovecot with > exim''s dovecot authenticator[1], but Exim didn''t want to restart due > to the unknown dovecot driver.> I assume, that the neither the light nor the heavy debian package is > compiled with the dovecot authenticatorYes, the version in etch does not include it. (lenny/sid does)> and therefore I''d have to compile exim myself. > Does somebody have a tutorial/How-to on compiling exim4 the debian-way?sudo apt-get build-dep exim4 apt-get source exim4 cd exim4-xx/ <quoting debian/rules> # If you want to build a daemon with a configuration tailored to YOUR special # needs, call "fakeroot debian/rules unpack-configs", copy EDITME.exim4-light # to EDITME.exim4-custom and modify it. Please note that you _need_ to # modify EDITME.exim4-custom or your build will fail due to #386188. <unquote> fakeroot debian/rules extradaemonpackages=exim4-daemon-custom binary cu andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.'' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure''
On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 11:37:45AM +0100, Thomas Koch wrote:> First question: I tried to make SMTP authentication via dovecot with exim''s > dovecot authenticator[1], but Exim didn''t want to restart due to the unknown > dovecot driver. > > I assume, that the neither the light nor the heavy debian package is compiled > with the dovecot authenticator and therefore I''d have to compile exim myself.Exim4 in sid and lenny is compiled with the dovecot authenticator enabled.> Does somebody have a tutorial/How-to on compiling exim4 the debian-way?debian/rules has some information useful for people who are already familiar with the general building of Debian packages. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don''t trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190