Hi,
I would like to completely remove the Sendmail packages from Solaris 11.2. I know how to disable Sendmail but as stated, I would like the packages to be removed from the system. I tried to remove the two packages (SUNWsndmu and SUNWsndmr) by using pkgrm. It doesn't work that well because I get:
root@solaris:~# pkgrm SUNWsndmu
The following package is currently installed:
SUNWsndmu Sendmail (/usr)
(i386) 11.11,REV=2009.11.11
Do you want to remove this package? [y,n,?,q] y
pkgrm: ERROR: unable to change current working directory to </var/sadm/pkg/SUNWsndmu/install>
Removal of <SUNWsndmu> failed (internal error).
No changes were made to the system.
The same goes for the other package SUNWsndmr. I looked in the file system:
root@solaris:~# ls -l /var/sadm/pkg/SUNWsndmu/install
/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWsndmu/install: No such file or directory
I have tried the above on two fresh Solaris 11.2 installs (on different hardware) and in a virtual machine. All the same. I have used the Solaris 11.2 x86 text installer ISO (md5sum: c09f40ed91d43b0adf109c124154a2b4 sol-11_2-text-x86.iso).
Can someone please help me out with removing the Sendmail packages?
Background info on why I would like to uninstall Sendmail:
I am going to run the Solaris box as a file server (will use ZFS with it's included encryption) and I would like to get email notifications from scripts, cron jobs etc. On Linux I have been using sSMTP (a simple MTA) for many years. It is very light weight and simple and I only need to _send_ emails (using e.g. gmail servers as relay) so sSMTP is enough for me. I have managed to compile sSMTP for Solaris and it works fine when called manually from scripts etc. but I would like it to also send system emails e.g. from cron jobs. But when e.g. a cron job tries to send an email it will start Sendmail although I have disabled sendmail through:
root@solaris:~# svcadm disable svc:/network/sendmail-client:default
root@solaris:~# svcadm disable svc:/network/smtp:sendmail
root@solaris:~# svcs -a | grep -i send
disabled 20:36:34 svc:/network/smtp:sendmail
disabled 20:36:37 svc:/network/sendmail-client:default
root@solaris:~# ps aux | grep -i send
root 2292 0.0 0.1 8612 3044 pts/1 S 21:57:05 0:00 grep -i send
The above looks fine BUT when the cron job tries to send the email it starts Sendmail (instead of sSMTP):
root@solaris:~# ps aux | grep send
mike 2282 0.0 0.1 5096 2536 ? S 21:56:00 0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail
root 2286 0.0 0.1 8612 3044 pts/1 S 21:56:08 0:00 grep send
I do not receive any email (to my external address e.g. someone@gmail.com) since I have not configured Sendmail. sSMTP (that is configured) does not seem to be run for system emails (e.g. cron job emails).
I have changed the symbolic link /usr/sbin/sendmail so:
root@solaris:~# ls -l /usr/sbin/sendmail
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Mar 25 00:20 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> ssmtp
root@solhp:~# which ssmtp
/usr/sbin/ssmtp
Still /usr/lib/sendmail is started.
So that is the reson I would like to completely remove Sendmail from the system.
If anyone has a solution to my problem (with or without removing Sendmail from the system) feel free to tell me. The only thing I want is to let sSMTP handle the sending of system emails, e.g. notifications, cron job email etc.
Thank you very much in advance!
BR,
tubiman
