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common bugfixes for Merce

By saurabh
Created 2007-11-15 16:13

  1. Modify /etc/sysconfig/sendmail
    1. # cd /etc/sysconfig
    2. # mkdir -p RCS
    3. # ls -l sendmail
    4. Note down the owner, group and permissions.
    5. The owner should be root, group should be root and
      permissions should be 644.
    6. If owner, group or permissions are other than this then
      escalate to the Merce dev team.
    7. # ci -l sendmail
    8. Enter the following comment

      revision before changing SENDMAIL_ARGS - _your_name_
    9. # cp sendmail /var/tmp
    10. # cd /var/tmp
    11. # vi sendmail
    12. Replace the line

      SENDMAIL_ARGS="-L sendmail -Am -bd -om"

      with

      SENDMAIL_ARGS="-L sendmail -Am -bd -q30m -om"
    13. Save and quit
    14. # diff /var/tmp/sendmail /etc/sysconfig/sendmail
    15. This output show only the difference of the lines that have been
      changed. If it does then go on to the next step else escalate to the
      Merce dev team.
    16. # mv /var/tmp/sendmail /etc/sysconfig/sendmail
    17. # cd /etc/sysconfig
    18. Restore the owner, group noted earlier, using chown command
    19. Restore the permissions noted earlier, using chmod command
    20. Restart sendmail and check via telnet as described here [1]
  2. Create the account 'junkmail'
    1. Go to the administrative interface of Mtracks/Merce master
    2. Go to User database -> employee -> ADD A NEW USER
    3. After creating the administrative user, create an account with the
      following details
      • Intranet ID:junkmail
      • Full Name:junkmail
      • Email Id:junkmail
      • User code:junkmail
      • Location:local
      • Mail Server:FQDN of mail server of the organization
      • Department:IT
      • Rank:Engineer, SE0
      • Password:junkmail
      • Admin or User:User
      • Webaccess:No
      • Email Quota:default
      • Home Directory Quota:default
  3. Modify /etc/amavisd.conf
    1. # cd /etc
    2. # mkdir -p RCS
    3. # ls -l amavisd.conf
    4. Note down the owner, group and permissions.
    5. The owner should be root, group should be root and
      permissions should be 644.
    6. If owner, group or permissions are other than this then
      escalate to the Merce dev team.
    7. # ci -l amavisd.conf
    8. Enter the following comment

      revision before changing $spam_quarantine_to and $TEMPBASE -
      _your_name_
    9. # cp amavisd.conf /var/tmp/amavisd.conf
    10. # cd /var/tmp
    11. # vi amavisd.conf
    12. Search for '$spam_quarantine_to'
    13. Modify the line which initializes '$spam_qurantine_to' variable to


      $spam_quarantine_to = 'junkmail@DOMAINNAME';

      where DOMAINNAME is the domain name of the organization.
    14. Search for '$TEMPBASE'
    15. Modify the line which initializes '$TEMPBASE' variable to


      $TEMPBASE = "$MYHOME/tmp";
    16. Save and quit
    17. # diff /var/tmp/amavisd.conf /etc/amavisd.conf
    18. This output show only the difference of the lines that have been
      changed. If it does then go on to the next step else escalate to the
      Merce dev team.
    19. # mv /var/tmp/amavisd.conf /etc/amavisd.conf
    20. # cd /etc/
    21. Restore the owner, group noted earlier, using chown command
    22. Restore the permissions noted earlier, using chmod command
    23. Restart amavis and check via telnet as described here [1]
    24. If you face any errors in restarting and checking escalate to
      Merce dev team.
  4. Modify sendmail configuration to add masquerade_envelope
    1. # cd /etc/mail
    2. # mkdir -p RCS
    3. # ls -l merce.mc
    4. Note down the owner, group and permissions.
    5. The owner should be root, group should be root and
      permissions should be 644.
    6. If owner, group or permissions are other than this then
      escalate to the Merce dev team.
    7. # ci -l merce.mc
    8. Enter the following comment

      revision before adding masquerade_envelope - _your_name_
    9. # cp merce.mc /var/tmp
    10. # cd /var/tmp
    11. # vi merce.mc
    12. Add the following line to this file
    13. FEATURE(`masquerade_envelope')
    14. Save and quit
    15. #diff /var/tmp/merce.mc /etc/mail/merce.mc
    16. This output show only the difference of the lines that have been
      changed. If it does then go on to the next step else escalate to the
      Merce dev team.
    17. # mv /var/tmp/merce.mc /etc/mail/merce.mc
    18. # cd /etc/mail
    19. Restore the owner, group noted earlier, using chown command
    20. Restore the permissions noted earlier, using chmod command
    21. # m4 merce.mc > /var/tmp/sendmail.cf
    22. On SLES10 # diff /etc/sendmail.cf /var/tmp/sendmai.cf
    23. On RHEL4 update 5 # diff /etc/mail/sendmail.cf /var/tmp/sendmail.cf
    24. You should see the following output
            < R$+ $@ $>MasqHdr $1
      ---
      < R$* < @ *LOCAL* > $* $: $1 < @ $j . > $2
    25. If you see output other than above then escalate to Merce
      dev team. Otherwise move on to the next step
    26. On RHEL4 update 5 # cd /etc/mail
    27. On SLES10 # cd /etc
    28. # mkdir -p RCS
    29. # ls -l sendmail.cf
    30. Note down the owner, group and permissions.
    31. The owner should be root, group should be root and
      permissions should be 644.
    32. If owner, group or permissions are other than this then
      escalate to the Merce dev team.
    33. # ci -l sendmail.cf
    34. Enter the following comment

      revision before adding masquerade_envelope - _your_name_
    35. # mv /var/tmp/sendmail.cf sendmail.cf
    36. Restore the owner, group noted earlier, using chown command
    37. Restore the permissions noted earlier, using chmod command
    38. Restart and check sendmail via telnet
    39. If you face any errors in restarting and checking escalate to
      Merce dev team.
  5. Create virusmails directory for amavis
    1. On RHEL4 update 5 # cd /var/amavis
    2. On SLES10 # cd /var/spool/amavis
    3. # mv virusmails virusmails.YYYYMMDD


      where YYYY - current year, MM - current month, DD - current day
    4. # mkdir virusmails
    5. # chown vscan.vscan virusmails
    6. # chmod 750 virusmails
    7. Restart and check amavis via telnet
    8. If you face any errors in restarting and checking escalate to
      Merce dev team.
  6. Set variables in sendmail-rx
    1. # cd /etc/mail
    2. # mkdir -p RCS
    3. # ls -l merce-rx.mc
    4. Note down the owner, group and permissions.
    5. The owner should be root, group should be root and
      permissions should be 644.
    6. If owner, group or permissions are other than this then
      escalate to the Merce dev team.
    7. # ci -l merce-rx.mc
    8. Enter the following comment

      revision before changing sendmail variables queue_la,
      refuse_la, max_daemon_children, queuewarn, queuereturn, to_command - _your_name_
    9. # cp merce-rx.mc /var/tmp/
    10. # cd /var/tmp
    11. # vi merce-rx.mc
    12. Search for 'confQUEUE_LA'
    13. If you find a line which is like

      define(`confQUEUE_LA',
    14. Then replace this line with the following line


      define(`confQUEUE_LA',`40')dnl
    15. If you do not find a line which matches the pattern then add
      the following line to the file


      define(`confQUEUE_LA',`40')dnl
    16. Search for 'confREFUSE_LA'
    17. If you find a line which is like

      define(`confREFUSE_LA',
    18. Then replace this line with the following line


      define(`confREFUSE_LA',`60')dnl
    19. If you do not find a line which matches the pattern then add
      the following line to the file


      define(`confREFUSE_LA',`60')dnl
    20. Search for 'confMAX_DAEMON_CHILDREN'
    21. If you find a line which is like

      define(`confMAX_DAEMON_CHILDREN',
    22. Then replace this line with the following line


      define(`confMAX_DAEMON_CHILDREN',`200')dnl
    23. If you do not find a line which matches the pattern then add
      the following line to the file


      define(`confMAX_DAEMON_CHILDREN',`200')dnl
    24. Search for 'confTO_QUEUEWARN'
    25. If you find a line which is like

      define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN',
    26. Then replace this line with the following line


      define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `36h')dnl
    27. If you do not find a line which matches the pattern then add
      the following line to the file


      define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `36h')dnl
    28. Search for 'confTO_QUEUERETURN'
    29. If you find a line which is like

      define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN',
    30. Then replace this line with the following line


      define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `2d')dnl
    31. If you do not find a line which matches the pattern then add
      the following line to the file


      define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `2d')dnl
    32. Save and quit.
    33. # diff /etc/mail/merce-rx.mc /var/tmp/merce-rx.mc
    34. This output show only the difference of the lines that have been
      changed. If it does then go on to the next step else escalate to the
      Merce dev team.
    35. # mv /var/tmp/merce-rx.mc /etc/mail/merce-rx.mc
    36. # cd /etc/mail
    37. Restore the owner, group noted earlier, using chown command
    38. Restore the permissions noted earlier, using chmod command
    39. # m4 merce-rx.mc > /var/tmp/sendmail-rx.cf
    40. # diff sendmail-rx.cf /var/tmp/sendmail-rx.cf
    41. The output should show you the change in the values of the
      above parameters which have been set.
    42. If you see an output which shows other differences then
      escalate to the Merce dev team otherwise move on to the next step.
    43. # cd /etc/mail
    44. # mkdir -p RCS
    45. # ls -l sendmail-rx.cf
    46. Note down the owner, group and permissions.
    47. The owner should be root, group should be root and
      permissions should be 644.
    48. If owner, group or permissions are other than this then
      escalate to the Merce dev team.
    49. # ci -l sendmail-rx.cf
    50. Enter the following comment

      revision before changing sendmail variables queue_la,
      refuse_la, max_daemon_children, queuewarn, queuereturn, to_command - _your_name_
    51. # mv /var/tmp/sendmail-rx.cf sendmail-rx.cf
    52. Restore the owner, group noted earlier, using chown command
    53. Restore the permissions noted earlier, using chmod command
    54. Restart and check sendmail-rx via telnet
    55. If you face any errors in restarting and checking escalate to
      Merce dev team.
  7. Set variables in sendmail
    1. # cd /etc/mail
    2. # ls -l merce.mc
    3. Note down the owner, group and permissions.
    4. The owner should be root, group should be root and
      permissions should be 644.
    5. If owner, group or permissions are other than this then
      escalate to the Merce dev team.
    6. # ci -l merce.mc
    7. Enter the following comment

      revision before changing sendmail variables queue_la,
      refuse_la, queuewarn, queuereturn, to_command - _your_name_
    8. # cp merce.mc /var/tmp
    9. # cd /var/tmp
    10. # vi merce.mc
    11. Search for 'confQUEUE_LA'
    12. If you find a line which is like

      define(`confQUEUE_LA',
    13. Then replace this line with the following line


      define(`confQUEUE_LA',`40')dnl
    14. If you do not find a line which matches the pattern then add
      the following line to the file


      define(`confQUEUE_LA',`40')dnl
    15. Search for 'confREFUSE_LA'
    16. If you find a line which is like

      define(`confREFUSE_LA',
    17. Then replace this line with the following line


      define(`confREFUSE_LA',`60')dnl
    18. If you do not find a line which matches the pattern then add
      the following line to the file


      define(`confREFUSE_LA',`60')dnl
    19. Search for 'confTO_QUEUEWARN'
    20. If you find a line which is like

      define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN',
    21. Then replace this line with the following line


      define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `36h')dnl
    22. If you do not find a line which matches the pattern then add
      the following line to the file


      define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `36h')dnl
    23. Search for 'confTO_QUEUERETURN'
    24. If you find a line which is like

      define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN',
    25. Then replace this line with the following line


      define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `2d')dnl
    26. If you do not find a line which matches the pattern then add
      the following line to the file


      define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `2d')dnl
    27. Save and quit.
    28. #diff /etc/mail/merce.mc /var/tmp/merce.mc
    29. This output show only the difference of the lines that have been
      changed. If it does then go on to the next step else escalate to the
      Merce dev team.
    30. # mv /var/tmp/merce.mc /etc/mail/merce.mc
    31. # cd /etc/mail
    32. Restore the owner, group noted earlier, using chown command
    33. Restore the permissions noted earlier, using chmod command
    34. # m4 merce.mc > /var/tmp/sendmail.cf
    35. On SLES10 # diff /etc/sendmail.cf /var/tmp/sendmai.cf
    36. On RHEL4 update 5 # diff /etc/mail/sendmail.cf /var/tmp/sendmail.cf
    37. The output should show you the change in the values of the
      above parameters which have been set.
    38. If you see an output which shows other differences then
      escalate to the Merce dev team otherwise move on to the next step.
    39. On RHEL4 update 5 # cd /etc/mail
    40. On SLES10 # cd /etc
    41. # mkdir -p RCS
    42. # ls -l sendmail.cf
    43. Note down the owner, group and permissions.
    44. The owner should be root, group should be root and
      permissions should be 644.
    45. If owner, group or permissions are other than this then
      escalate to the Merce dev team.
    46. # ci -l sendmail.cf
    47. Enter the following comment

      revision before changing sendmail variables queue_la,
      refuse_la, queuewarn, queuereturn, to_command - _your_name_
    48. # mv /var/tmp/sendmail.cf sendmail.cf
    49. Restore the owner, group noted earlier, using chown command
    50. Restore the permissions noted earlier, using chmod command
    51. Restart and check sendmail via telnet
    52. If you face any errors in restarting and checking escalate to
      Merce dev team.
  8. Set variables for submit.cf
    1. # cd /etc/mail
    2. # mkdir -p RCS
    3. # ls -l submit.cf
    4. Note down the owner, group and permissions.
    5. The owner should be root, group should be root and
      permissions should be 644.
    6. If owner, group or permissions are other than this then
      escalate to the Merce dev team.
    7. # ci -l submit.cf
    8. Enter the following comment

      revision before changing variables queuereturn, queuewarn - _your_name_
    9. # cp submit.cf /var/tmp
    10. # cd /var/tmp
    11. # vi submit.cf
    12. Search for 'Timeout.queuereturn'
    13. If you find a line which is like

      O Timeout.queuereturn
    14. Then replace this line with the following line


      O Timeout.queuereturn=2d
    15. If you do not find a line which matches the pattern then add
      the following line to the file


      O Timeout.queuereturn=2d
    16. Search for 'Timeout.queuewarn'
    17. If you find a line which is like

      O Timeout.queuewarn
    18. Then replace this line with the following line


      O Timeout.queuewarn=36h
    19. If you do not find a line which matches the pattern then add
      the following line to the file


      O Timeout.queuewarn=36h
    20. Save and quit
    21. # diff /var/tmp/submit.cf /etc/mail/submit.cf
    22. This output show only the difference of the lines that have been
      changed. If it does then go on to the next step else escalate to the
      Merce dev team.
    23. # mv /var/tmp/submit.cf /etc/mail/submit.cf
    24. # cd /etc/mail
    25. Restore the owner, group noted earlier, using chown command
    26. Restore the permissions noted earlier, using chmod command
    27. Restart sendmail, sendmail-rx and check via telnet as described here [1]
    28. If you face any errors in restarting and checking escalate to
      Merce dev team.
  9. Correct the ownership and permissions for the following
    directories
    1. # chown merce.merce /var/lib/merce/home/merce
    2. # chmod 550 /var/lib/merce/home/merce
    3. # chown merce.merce /var/lib/merce/home/merce/.ssh
    4. # chmod 550 /var/lib/merce/home/merce/.ssh
    5. # chown mercexfr.mercexfr /var/lib/merce/home/mercexfr
    6. # chmod 550 /var/lib/merce/home/mercexfr
    7. # chown mercexfr.mercexfr /var/lib/merce/home/mercexfr/.ssh
    8. # chmod 550 /var/lib/merce/home/mercexfr/.ssh
  10. Modify /etc/passwd for uucp user.
    1. # cd /etc
    2. # mkdir -p RCS
    3. # ls -l passwd
    4. Note down the owner, group and permissions.
    5. The owner should be root, group should be root and
      permissions should be 644.
    6. If owner, group or permissions are other than this then
      escalate to the Merce dev team.
    7. # ci -l passwd
    8. Enter the following comment

      revision before changing uucp shell - _your_name_
    9. # cp /etc/passwd /var/tmp
    10. # cd /var/tmp
    11. # vi passwd
    12. Search for 'uucp'
    13. You will see a line similar to this line


      uucp:x:10:14:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/sbin/nologin
    14. The last column of this line needs to be changed. Change the
      last column of the line /sbin/nologin to /bin/bash
      Thus the above line should now look like this


      uucp:x:10:14:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/bash
    15. Please note that you need to change only the last column and
      nothing else in this line.
    16. Save and quit
    17. # diff /etc/passwd /var/tmp/passwd
    18. This output show only the difference of the lines that have been
      changed. If it does then go on to the next step else escalate to the
      Merce dev team.
    19. # mv /var/tmp/passwd /etc/passwd
    20. Restore the owner, group noted earlier, using chown command
    21. Restore the permissions noted earlier, using chmod command
  11. Change value of MAXCONN in /etc/mail/mfilter.cf
    1. # cd /etc/mail/
    2. # mkdir -p RCS
    3. # ls -l mfilter.cf
    4. Note down the owner, group and permissions.
    5. The owner should be root, group should be root and
      permissions should be 644.
    6. If owner, group or permissions are other than this then
      escalate to the Merce dev team.
    7. # ci -l mfilter.cf
    8. Enter the following comment

      revision before changing MAXCONN - _your_name_
    9. # cp mfilter.cf /var/tmp
    10. # cd /var/tmp
    11. # vi mfilter.cf
    12. Search for 'MAXCONN'
    13. You should see a line which is

      MAXCONN: 40

    14. Replace this line with the following line

      MAXCONN: 225

    15. #diff /var/tmp/mfilter.cf /etc/mail/mfilter.cf
    16. This output show only the difference of the lines that have been
      changed. If it does then go on to the next step else escalate to the
      Merce dev team.
    17. #mv /var/tmp/mfilter.cf /etc/mail/mfilter.cf
    18. # cd /etc/mail
    19. Restore the owner, group noted earlier, using chown command
    20. Restore the permissions noted earlier, using chmod command
    21. Restart mfilter and check via telnet as described here [1]
  12. Edit /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
    1. # grep Netldaporg /etc/merce/Siteconfig.sh
    2. Note down the value of the variable Netldaporg. for eg.


      Netldaporg="VAV"


      means that the variable Netldaporg has the value VAV.
    3. # cd /etc/openldap
    4. # ls -l slapd.conf
    5. Note down the owner, group and permissions.
    6. The owner should be root, group should be ldap and
      permissions should be 640.
    7. If owner, group or permissions are other than this then
      escalate to the Merce dev team.
    8. # ci -l slapd.conf
    9. Enter the following comment

      revision before replacing starcom with organization name - _your_name_
    10. # cp slapd.conf /var/tmp
    11. # cd /var/tmp
    12. # vi slapd.conf
    13. Search for the pattern 'starcom'
    14. Replace all the values of 'starcom' with the value of Netldaporg
      that you had obtained from /etc/merce/Siteconfig.sh
    15. # diff /var/tmp/slapd.conf /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
    16. This output show only the difference of the line that has been
      changed. If it does then go on to the next step else escalate to the
      Merce dev team.
    17. # mv /var/tmp/slapd.conf /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
    18. Restore the owner, group noted earlier, using chown command
    19. Restore the permissions noted earlier, using chmod command
    20. Restart ldap and check via telnet as described here [1]
  13. Change the memory limit of php.ini
    1. On RHEL4 update 5 # cd /etc
    2. On SLES10 # cd /etc/php5/apache2
    3. # mkdir -p RCS
    4. # ls -l php.ini
    5. Note down the owner, group and permissions.
    6. The owner should be root, group should be root and
      permissions should be 644.
    7. If owner, group or permissions are other than this then
      escalate to the Merce dev team.
    8. # cp php.ini /var/tmp
    9. # cd /var/tmp
    10. Search for the pattern 'memory_limit'
    11. You should see a line which is


      memory_limit = 8M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may
      consume (8MB)

    12. Replace the above line by


      memory_limit = 64M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may
      consume (8MB)

    13. On SLES10 #diff /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini /var/tmp/php.ini
    14. On RHEL4 update 5 #diff /etc/php.ini /var/tmp/php.ini
    15. This output show only the difference of the line that has been
      changed. If it does then go on to the next step else escalate to the
      Merce dev team.
    16. On SLES10 #mv /var/tmp/php.ini /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
    17. On RHEL4 update 5 #mv /var/tmp/php.ini /etc/php.ini
    18. Restore the owner, group noted earlier, using chown command
    19. Restore the permissions noted earlier, using chmod command
    20. Reload apache2 and check via telnet as described here [1]

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  • # chown root.root sendmail
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    r

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  • If you face any errors in restarting and checking escalate to
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  • On RHEL4 update 5 # cd /etc/mail
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  • This output show only the difference of the lines that have been
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    c

  • # ls -l _file_
  • Note down the owner, group and permissions.

    v

  • Restore the owner, group noted earlier, using chown command
  • Restore the permissions noted earlier, using chmod command

    s

  • If owner, group or permissions are other than this then
    escalate to the Merce dev team.
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