From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DDC45385840D for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2021 17:04:11 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org DDC45385840D Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 812985C0193 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2021 12:04:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 20 Nov 2021 12:04:09 -0500 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvuddrgedtgdeliecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhepkfffgggfuffvfhfhjggtgfesthejre dttdefjeenucfhrhhomhepmfgvvhhinhcutehnughrvgifucfnihhpshgtohhmsgcuoehk vghvihhnrghnughrvgiflhhiphhstghomhgssehvthdrvgguuheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvg hrnhepleehvdefgfdugfefkeffvdejlefgvdefvdelkefgffejvedugeffvdeugeefkeeh necuffhomhgrihhnpehrvgguhhgrthdrtghomhenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtne curfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehkvghvihhnrghnughrvgiflhhiphhstghomhgs sehvthdrvgguuh X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2021 12:04:08 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <7044d2f5-ebd0-4de7-bf07-5a38e2985087@vt.edu> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2021 12:04:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.0 Subject: Re: ssmtp-config fails on step 6 Content-Language: en-US To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <6f224c0f-9629-ab70-1bef-c2c1e742b5fc@vt.edu> From: Kevin Andrew Lipscomb In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, KAM_DMARC_NONE, KAM_NUMSUBJECT, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_SOFTFAIL, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2021 17:04:13 -0000 On 2021-11-19 18:54, Doug Henderson wrote: > On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 at 11:00, Kevin Andrew Lipscomb via Cygwin wrote: >> >> ssmtp-config fails silently on step 6 at the first call to /usr/sbin/alternatives. >> >> I isolated the alternatives command, added the --verbose switch to it, and ran the result from a bash shell that was launched as Administrator. The command fails immediately after emitting: >> >> reading /var/lib/alternatives/mta >> >> I am also reporting this as a bug in alternatives at bugzilla.redhat.com. >> -- >> -- Kevin > > Please reply quoting the complete failing command line and output from > "uname -a". From a shell launched (from Windows) as Administrator (which is a user that has fully elevated rights)... Administrator@WIN-O968FBUMJDS ~ $ /usr/sbin/alternatives --verbose --install /usr/sbin/sendmail mta /usr/sbin/ssmtp.exe 0 \ --slave /usr/lib/sendmail mta-sendmail /usr/sbin/ssmtp.exe \ --slave /usr/bin/mailq mta-mailq /usr/sbin/ssmtp.exe \ --slave /usr/bin/newaliases mta-newaliases /usr/sbin/ssmtp.exe reading /var/lib/alternatives/mta Administrator@WIN-O968FBUMJDS ~ $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-6.1 WIN-O968FBUMJDS 3.3.2(0.341/5/3) 2021-11-08 16:55 x86_64 Cygwin > Also please post the bug number or a link to the bug on bugzilla.redhat.com. I haven't managed to accomplish that yet. Their system requires me to select a "classification" or "product" that the bug applies to, and it's not clear to me what I should select. On 2021-11-19 19:07, Andrey Repin wrote: : > alternatives is known to make links to nonexistent objects. While this is > possible on *NIX, you can only link to existing objects on Windows. In my case, /var/lib/alternatives/mta does exist, and its contents can be seen here: Administrator@WIN-O968FBUMJDS /var/lib/alternatives $ cat /var/lib/alternatives/mta manual /usr/sbin/sendmail mta-mailq /usr/bin/mailq mta-newaliases /usr/bin/newaliases mta-sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail /usr/sbin/ssmtp.exe 0 /usr/sbin/ssmtp.exe /usr/sbin/ssmtp.exe /usr/sbin/ssmtp.exe Administrator@WIN-O968FBUMJDS /var/lib/alternatives $ On 2021-11-19 20:10, Doug Henderson wrote: : > and make sure the ownership and permissions are identical to the other > files, e.g. in my case: > > $ ls -l /var/lib/alternatives > total 8.0K > -rw-r--r--+ 1 Admin None 41 Jul 16 11:25 2to3 > -rw-r--r--+ 1 Admin None 52 Jul 16 11:25 gnuplot > -rw-r--r--+ 1 Admin None 218 Jun 16 17:48 lua > -rw-r--r--+ 1 Admin None 77 Jun 5 08:46 pip3 > -rw-r--r--+ 1 Admin None 85 Jun 5 08:46 pydoc3 > -rw-r--r--+ 1 Admin None 110 Jun 16 07:34 python > -rw-r--r--+ 1 Admin None 89 Jun 5 08:46 python3 > -rw-r--r--+ 1 Admin None 59 Jul 16 11:25 python3-config > Here's what I have: $ ls -Fals /var/lib/alternatives total 1 0 drwxr-xr-x+ 1 Administrator None 0 Nov 20 11:46 ./ 0 drwxr-xr-x+ 1 Administrator None 0 Feb 5 2018 ../ 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 Administrator None 0 Apr 4 2013 .keep-alternatives 1 -rw-r--r-- 1 Administrator None 200 Nov 20 11:46 mta Thank you both for your help with this. -- Kevin