This section contains step-by-step procedures for using the command line utility pmdf configure mta) to generate PMDF configuration files.

You must be root to configure PMDF. If you are not logged in as root, do so now.

To configure an MTA system, use the following commands to invoke the PMDF configuration utility (assuming you have /usr/bin in your search path):

# cd /pmdf/table # pmdf configure mta

1. Enable detailed output. (Unless you are very familiar with the configuration procedure, it is a good idea to print out detailed explanations of each prompt as the configuration progresses.)
2. At this point, the following prompt displays:

   Do you want to use answers from the previous run as defaults?

   Enter y (yes) if you want values from the previous configuration to be the defaults for this configuration.

   Note All your answers to the prompts are logged in a file in the /pmdf/table directory. After the first configuration, pmdf configure uses the answers to the previous run as the default answers. You can use the backslash character, \, to clear a default answer.

3. If this is the first time that PMDF has been configured on this particular system, the configuration utility asks if you want to configure the PMDF Dispatcher. Answer y (yes). (See the PMDF System Manager's Guide for a more detailed discussion of the purpose and function of the PMDF Service Dispatcher.)

   Note The PMDF Service Dispatcher is a resident process that listens for incoming TCP/IP connections on various ports, and matches those incoming connection requests to various servers (for example, the multithreaded SMTP server, a POP3 server, an IMAP server, an HTTP server).

4. Enter whether or not you want to configure PMDF POP and IMAP mailbox servers. (This prompt displays if this is the first time that the Dispatcher has been configured.)
5. When you finish running pmdf configure, print out the checklist file
   /pmdf/table/pmdf.checklist (for an MTA configuration). Complete the configuration by following the steps outlined in the checklist.
6. If this is the initial configuration of PMDF, the configuration utility will ask if you want to invoke the pmdf configure dispatcher utility at this time. Either enter y (yes), to perform the Dispatcher configuration now, or n (no), to configure the Dispatcher later.

   Note If you configure the Dispatcher later, use the following command: # pmdf configure dispatcher

7. If this is the initial configuration of the PMDF Service Dispatcher, the configuration utility will ask if you want to invoke the pmdf configure mailbox_servers utility at this time. Either answer y (yes), to perform the Mailbox Servers configuration now, or n (no), to configure the Mailbox Servers later.

   Note The Mailbox Servers are usually configured by using the web-based configuration utility. (See the sample configuration in Chapter 5.)

   You can also configure Mailbox Servers by using the following command:

   # pmdf configure mailbox_servers