How do I add a directory to the manpath

mroussin51 · #1 August 20th, 2012, 10:00

Dir Sir or Madam;

How do I add the directory /var/qmail/man to the manpath? I have been looking hard in the wrong places for the answer to this!

Thanks again,

mroussin51

glocke · #2 August 20th, 2012, 10:34

Hello,

see manpath(1). It should help if you add a file (e.g. called qmail.conf) under /usr/local/etc/man.d/ with the content

Code:

MANPATH /var/qmail/man

HTH glocke

**SirDice** · #3 August 20th, 2012, 12:29

How did you install mail/qmail? There shouldn't be a need to edit the manpath. It certainly shouldn't install them in /var/qmail/.

mroussin51 · #4 August 21st, 2012, 10:58

Glocke,

Thanks for the reply. I tried it and no go.

regards,

mike

SirDice,

I installed it with a stick of dynamite. I first installed it from ports and tried to configure the scripts and decided it better to install from source code in which I downloaded. Then I thought it be best that I backup data and make a clean install. I am taking this time to write SOP's and I will be focused on finding/installing the best MTA for me. I am thoroughly ignorant to the subject matter. I found that qmail has some good tutorials on the web and it appears on the surface to be more secure.

Now that the smoke has cleared I thinks both install methods are fine and I feel like I am aware of my mistakes.

Thanks again for many posts and useful information!

regards,

Mike

**wblock@** · #5 August 21st, 2012, 14:50

There are lots of files in /usr/ports/mail/qmail/files. The port takes advantage of those, and also makes it easy to uninstall or upgrade. Installing from raw source... does not.

mroussin51 · #6 August 25th, 2012, 03:38

Gentlemen,

I have determined that implementing qmail exceeds my current skill set.

My apology,

Mike Roussin

**wblock@** · #7 August 25th, 2012, 05:11

Have you considered the more mundane MTAs like Postfix or Sendmail? They lack the weirdness factor of qmail.

kpa · #8 August 25th, 2012, 09:53

And Sendmail lacks the kitchen sink factor of Postfix

B2Pi · #9 April 18th, 2013, 18:07

Wow. I realize I'm jumping on an old horse, but....

First, it's probably a bug that the qmail port doesn't alter the manpath, but it doesn't. Secondly, when the OP had a problem with the manpath, everyone ignored why it didn't work (9 on 1 he had something setting manpath in his shell start file).

Finally, as a devoted qmail user and installer, let me just ask if your solution to anything you don't understand is 'don't do that'?

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