Changeset e540c04

Timestamp:

07/22/2005 06:00:22 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

ba0deaad

Parents:

9e4bed20

Message:

Fixed typos in Courier instructions

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@4760 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• server/mail/courier.xml (modified) (13 diffs)

server/mail/courier.xml

@@ -84 +84 @@
 
     <note>
-      <para><application>Courier</application>'s tarball must be extacted
-      as an unprivileged user or the configure script will fail.</para>
+      <para><application>Courier</application>'s tarball must be extracted
+      as an unprivileged user or the <command>configure</command> script will
+      fail.</para>
     </note>
 
     <para>Before you compile the program, you need to create the
     <systemitem class="username">courier</systemitem> user and group
-    that is expected to be in place when the install script executes.
+    that is expected to be in place during installation.
     As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, add
     the <systemitem class="username">courier</systemitem> user and
@@ -102 +103 @@
     class="username">bin</systemitem> user. If you already have a
     user named <systemitem class="username">bin</systemitem>, this
-    step can be safely ignored.</para>
+    step can be safely ignored. If necessary, create the user by
+    issuing the following command as the
+    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>useradd -c 'bin' -d /dev/null -g bin -u 1 bin</userinput></screen>
@@ -108 +111 @@
     <para><application>Courierfilter</application> requires the directory
     <filename class="directory">/var/run/courier</filename> to store
-    all the <application>Courier</application> pid and lockfiles.
+    all the <application>Courier</application> PID and lock files.
     <filename class="directory">/var/lock/subsys</filename> also must exist
     for the master lock file for <application>Courier</application>. Issue
-    the following commands to create these directories:</para>
+    the following commands as the
+    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to create these
+    directories:</para>
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d /var/run/courier -o courier -g courier -m755 &amp;&amp;
@@ -139 +144 @@
 
     <para><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/lib/courier</parameter>: Specifies
-    the directory which contains programs and libraries that cannot be
+    the directory which contains programs and libraries that should not be
     directly executed from the command-line.</para>
 
@@ -153 +158 @@
     <para><parameter>--with-piddir=/var/run/courier</parameter>: Specifies
     the directory where <application>Courier</application>'s
-    <filename>PID</filename> files are stored when
+    PID files are stored when
     <application>Courier</application> is active.</para>
 
@@ -162 +167 @@
     result in the event that someone else uses the same name to implement
     some other extension. If this option is specified,
-    <application>Courier's</application> ESMTP server will also advertise a
+    <application>Courier</application>'s ESMTP server will also advertise a
     dummy ESMTP capability called XCOURIEREXTENSIONS, and will not recognize
     any Courier-specific extensions unless the remote mail server also
@@ -176 +181 @@
     those buggy IMAP clients. NOTE: <command>make check</command> will fail if
     this option is used. You should first configure without this option, and
-    if all post-configuration tests succeed, rerun configure with this option
-    and recompile.</para>
+    if all post-configuration tests succeed, rerun <command>configure</command>
+    with this option and recompile.</para>
 
     <para><parameter>--with-db=gdbm</parameter>:
@@ -194 +199 @@
     checking, if <command>configure</command> finds
     <application>ispell</application> or if you explicitly set the location
-    of <application>aspell</application>.</para>
+    of <application>Aspell</application>.</para>
 
     <para><option>--enable-mimetypes=<replaceable>[location of mime.types
@@ -260 +265 @@
       <filename>/etc/courier/smtpaccess/default</filename> file.</para>
 
-      <para>If you wish to host mail for non local domains including virtual
+      <para>If you wish to host mail for non-local domains including virtual
       domains, you must add them to
       <filename>/etc/courier/hosteddomains</filename>. This file should exist
@@ -283 +288 @@
       <para>If you wish to use SSL with <application>Courier</application>,
       you should obtain certificates and store them in
-      <filename>/usr/share/courier</filename>.  You can optionally create
-      self-signed, test certificates with the following commands:</para>
+      <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/courier</filename>.  You can
+      optionally create self-signed, test certificates with the following
+      commands:</para>
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>mkesmtpdcert &amp;&amp;
@@ -450 +456 @@
 );</userinput></screen>
 
-      <para>Grant all priveledges to the <systemitem
+      <para>Grant all privileges to the <systemitem
       class="username">courier</systemitem> user created earlier:</para>
 
@@ -465 +471 @@
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>cd /home/vmailman &amp;&amp;
-mkdir <replaceable>[virtual_user]</replaceable> &amp;&amp;
+mkdir -v <replaceable>[virtual_user]</replaceable> &amp;&amp;
 cd <replaceable>[virtual_user]</replaceable> &amp;&amp;
 maildirmake Maildir &amp;&amp;
-chown vmailman.vmailman Maildir -R</userinput></screen>
-
-      <para>Now, connect the the <application>MySQL</application> database as
+chown -v vmailman.vmailman Maildir -R</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Now, connect to the <application>MySQL</application> database as
       the <systemitem class="username">courier</systemitem> user:</para>
 
@@ -476 +482 @@
 
       <para>To add the virtual user you need to enter at least one version of the
-      password either clear text or encrypted.</para>
+      password; either clear text or encrypted.</para>
 
       <para>Add the first virtual user with the following commands:</para>