EDCONFIG(8,C) AIX Commands Reference EDCONFIG(8,C) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- edconfig PURPOSE Edits values in a sendmail program configuration file. SYNTAX /usr/lib/edconfig --- file ---| DESCRIPTION The edconfig command allows you to edit a specified configuration file for the sendmail program. It provides a menu interface that allows you to change some of the characteristics defined in the configuration file. To change other characteristics, you must use a text editor. You must have superuser authority to edit the configuration file that the system uses (/usr/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf). The edconfig command allows you to define or change the following types of entries in the configuration file: o The content of the host name class and macro o The domain name macro o The four classes that define the separate tokens of the domain name o Configuration options (with help information) for: - Operational logging level - Default delivery mode - Alias file path - Statistics file path - Queue file path - Maximum mail retention time in queue - Queue uses of expensive mailers o Configuration file revision level. The file parameter provides the path name of the configuration file that you want to edit. The file must be in the format of the configuration file that is supplied with the operating system. The program searches for comment lines in that file of the form "#"parameter to locate the information in that file concerning parameter. For example, the comment line "#Or" precedes the line that defines the read timeout option. Processed July 12, 1991 EDCONFIG(8,C) 1 EDCONFIG(8,C) AIX Commands Reference EDCONFIG(8,C) To change parameters in the standard sendmail configuration file, enter the following command (while operating with superuser authority): /usr/lib/edconfig /usr/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf The program reads the contents of the configuration file into memory. It then displays a menu to help you select what to change. All changes are made only to the copy of the file in memory until you choose to exit and write the changes to the file. You can also exit without writing changes. The program provides information with each step in the menus to help you decide how to enter the correct information. However, you should be familiar with the sendmail program and its use before changing information in the configuration file. FILES /usr/lib/edconfig The edconfig program. /usr/lib/edconfig.hf A text file containing the help information that edconfig program displays. /usr/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf The configuration file for the sendmail program. RELATED INFORMATION See the following command: "sendmail, mailq, newaliases." See the chapter about managing the mail system in Managing the AIX Operating System. See the entry for sendmail.cf in AIX Operating System Technical Reference. See Chapter 18 of the AIX Programming Tools and Interfaces for general information on using commands in an MBCS environment. Processed July 12, 1991 EDCONFIG(8,C) 2