--On fredag 3 juni 2005 14.17 -0600 Michael Loftis <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> --On June 3, 2005 2:11:57 PM -0600 Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> 
>> The hardest part probably will be getting LISTSERV installed correctly on
>> Solaris, if you have nobody who knows anything about LISTSERV.  The other
>> thing that is harder (unix vs. Windows) is creating new lists since
>> creating the necessary email aliases generally requires 'root' privs on
>> unix, wheras on Windows it is automatic.
> 
> It only requires root by default.  Permissions can be set to allow the
> Listserv user to modify aliases and rebuild.  Also sendmail, postfix,
> etc, all allow multiple alias files (read appropriate documentation) so
> you can setup a secondary aliases file with appropriate permissions.  You
> can also automate checking for updates and rebuilding the aliases
> database via GNU make and cron.  You could also automate teh whole thing
> with GNU make and cron with a properly written Makefile that checked the
> Listserv homedir for .list files and rebuilt as necessary.

FWIW, one does not *absolutely* need GNU make to do this -- my Sun machine
has the stock Sun make from /usr/ccs/bin (comes if you install SUNWCdev,
the "developer install") and it handles my hacked-up copy of the
L-Soft-supplied Makefile quite nicely. 

As a side note regarding the the original topic; running server services,
facing the Internet, on a Sun machine does not make me sleep badly, while
the thought of an IIS instance that might need patches (yes, I have one,
though not Listserv related) makes me really nervous. But that position is
derived from my experiences and habits, YMMV. 

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