Re: problem with CDB_File in mkvalidrcptto

["Eric d'Alibut" <eric.halibut@gmail.com>]

On 11/28/06, John Simpson <jms1@jms1.net> wrote:

> i apologize for this being off-topic for the qmail list, but i
> wrote the "mkvalidrcptto" script he's talking about, so i figured
> it wasn't *too* far off-topic.
I would sincerely hope that discussion of your scripts and patches
is not OT here, as your "stuff," -- web pages included -- have
been extremely useful to this qmail newbie.

I was _going_ to post a question about "system" users being
included in the output of mkvalidrcptto, but,

a) I see in the script where you define a min/max range for UIDs,

and,

b) on rerunning mkvalidrcptto I now get the message:

# mkvalidrcptto > validrcptto.txt
/var/qmail/users/cdb: No such file or directory

Again, looking at your script leads me to believe that the fact
that a week ago I ran it successfully must be evidence that I
*once had* a /var/qmail/users/cdb file.

Apart from the interesting mystery as to where it went, what can I
do to persuade mkvalidrcptto to run in its absence, or will that
not be considered a 'best practice?'


Best regards,

Bob Bernstein aka Eric d'Halibut (cf. Python, Monty)

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