# [OmniOS-discuss] system/fm/smtp-notify mailing about already-resolved events on boot

Steffen Kram sk at kram.io
Fri Jan 31 08:13:45 UTC 2014

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    Hi Olaf,

    I provide a patched smtp-notify that does not depend on sendmail. However, you still have to throw out the smf dependency on sendmail manually.

    Cheers,
    Steffen

    Am 30.01.2014 um 21:25 schrieb Olaf Marzocchi <lists at marzocchi.net>:

    > I didn’t know smtp-notify but looked useful so I tried to install it.
    > However, it depends on sendmail and I already have postfix, that also provides a binary /usr/sbin/sendmail, so they conflict (see below).
    > If I install the ms.omniti package postfix (compiled for r151006 but probably fine) the conflict should disappear (its sendmail goes to opt/omni/sbin/sendmail) but then how to be sure that the postfix’s one is used?
    >
    > Could give me some directions?
    >
    > Thanks
    > Olaf
    >
    >
    > $ pfexec pkg install service/fault-management/smtp-notify
    > Creating Plan |
    > pkg install: The requested change to the system attempts to install multiple actions
    > for link 'usr/sbin/sendmail' with conflicting attributes:
    >
    >   1 package delivers 'link path=usr/sbin/sendmail target=../lib/sendmail':
    >       pkg://omnios/service/network/smtp/sendmail@8.14.4,5.11-0.151008:20131204T024609Z
    >   1 package delivers 'link path=usr/sbin/sendmail target=../local/sbin/sendmail':
    >       pkg://uulm.mawi/service/network/smtp/postfix@2.10.2,5.11-0.151008:20140111T165835Z
    >
    > These packages may not be installed together.  Any non-conflicting set may
    > be, or the packages must be corrected before they can be installed.
    >
    > The following packages deliver conflicting action types to usr/lib/sendmail:
    >
    > link:
    >   pkg://uulm.mawi/service/network/smtp/postfix@2.10.2,5.11-0.151008:20140111T165835Z
    > file:
    >   pkg://omnios/service/network/smtp/sendmail@8.14.4,5.11-0.151008:20131204T024609Z
    >
    > These packages may not be installed together. Any non-conflicting set may
    > be, or the packages must be corrected before they can be installed.
    >
    > $ pkg search sendmail
    > INDEX           ACTION VALUE                                               PACKAGE
    > basename        file   usr/local/sbin/sendmail                             pkg:/service/network/smtp/postfix at 2.10.2-0.151008
    > basename        link   usr/lib/sendmail                                    pkg:/service/network/smtp/postfix at 2.10.2-0.151008
    > basename        link   usr/sbin/sendmail                                   pkg:/service/network/smtp/postfix at 2.10.2-0.151008
    > pkg.descr       set    Wietse Venema's mail server alternative to Sendmail pkg:/omniti/network/smtp/postfix at 2.10.2-0.151006
    > basename        file   opt/omni/sbin/sendmail                              pkg:/omniti/network/smtp/postfix at 2.10.2-0.151006
    > basename        file   usr/lib/sendmail                                    pkg:/omniti/network/smtp/postfix at 2.10.2-0.151006
    > pkg.description set    Sendmail Utilities                                  pkg:/service/network/smtp/sendmail at 8.14.4-0.151008
    > pkg.summary     set    Sendmail                                            pkg:/service/network/smtp/sendmail at 8.14.4-0.151008
    > basename        file   etc/init.d/sendmail                                 pkg:/service/network/smtp/sendmail at 8.14.4-0.151008
    > basename        file   usr/lib/sendmail                                    pkg:/service/network/smtp/sendmail at 8.14.4-0.151008
    > basename        link   usr/sbin/sendmail                                   pkg:/service/network/smtp/sendmail at 8.14.4-0.151008
    > pkg.fmri        set    omnios/service/network/smtp/sendmail                pkg:/service/network/smtp/sendmail at 8.14.4-0.151008
    >
    >
    >
    > Il giorno 29/gen/2014, alle ore 19:00, Kevin Swab <Kevin.Swab at colostate.edu> ha scritto:
    >
    >> We have this issue too.  For us, it happens on all versions of OmniOS up
    >> through r151008 (and all versions of OpenIndiana we've tried too).
    >>
    >> It will stop if you clear all the fault management logs using a
    >> procedure like this:
    >>
    >> https://blogs.oracle.com/unixgeek/entry/how_to_clear_fmadm_log
    >>
    >> But this seems a bit drastic.  A fix would be most welcome!
    >>
    >> Kevin
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> On 01/29/2014 06:40 AM, Lauri Tirkkonen wrote:
    >>> smtp-notify seems to be generating emails for every recorded diagnosed
    >>> event upon system boot, even when those faults have been repaired or
    >>> resolved long since. We're on r151006.
    >>>
    >>> This seems like a bug - is anyone else seeing this?
    >>>
    >>
    >> --
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