<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>sendmail address rewriting mini-HOWTO: File Roadmap</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Sendmail-Address-Rewrite-3.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="Sendmail-Address-Rewrite-1.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="Sendmail-Address-Rewrite.html#toc2" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Sendmail-Address-Rewrite-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Sendmail-Address-Rewrite-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Sendmail-Address-Rewrite.html#toc2">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s2">2. File Roadmap</A></H2> <P>We will put all of sendmail's configuration files in a separate directory under <CODE>/etc</CODE>: <CODE>/etc/mail</CODE>. Usually, sendmail will expect these files to reside directly under <CODE>/etc</CODE>. To avoid problems, <CODE>/etc/sendmail.cf</CODE> should be a symbolic link to <CODE>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf</CODE>. <P> <P>The following files will populate <CODE>/etc/mail</CODE>: <UL> <LI>=20</LI> <LI><CODE>aliases</CODE> - contains additional local addresses</LI> <LI><CODE>genericsdomain</CODE> - contains some information on your local host's configuration</LI> <LI><CODE>genericstable</CODE> - contains the actual rewriting rules.</LI> <LI><CODE>sendmail.cf</CODE> - sendmail's configuration file</LI> <LI><CODE>sendmail.mc</CODE> - the source of <CODE>sendmail.cf</CODE>.</LI> </UL> <P>Some of these files will be accompanied by <CODE>.db</CODE> files. They contain hashed databases for sendmail's direct use. <P> <P>We assume that the <CODE>cf</CODE> part of sendmail's source tree resides under a directory named <CODE>/usr/lib/sendmail.cf</CODE>. This is the case on Debian GNU/Linux systems. Other distributions will put this stuff at different places. Please refer to your distribution's documentation for details. <P> <HR> <A HREF="Sendmail-Address-Rewrite-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Sendmail-Address-Rewrite-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Sendmail-Address-Rewrite.html#toc2">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>
