tve@sirius.uucp (Thorsten von Eicken) (05/20/89)
Has anyone figured out how to change the TechReport application defaults? For example the address the bugs are sent to, the machine type, the machine id, etc... I haven't found any help in the manuals... Thorsten von Eicken tve@ernie.berkeley.edu CNMAT - Center for New Music and Audio Technologies UC Berkeley, CA94720
gore@eecs.nwu.edu (Jacob Gore) (05/22/89)
/ comp.sys.next / tve@sirius.uucp (Thorsten von Eicken) / May 20, 1989 / >Has anyone figured out how to change the TechReport application defaults? >For example the address the bugs are sent to, the machine type, the >machine id, etc... The mail addresses are hardwired to "nereportb@localhost" for bugs, "nereportq@localhost" for questions and one of these two (don't remember which) for suggestions. Alias "nereportb" and "nereportq" in /etc/sendmail/aliases to the address of your local support team. If you or someone you know is able (and willing) to modify your /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf, make it so that "localhost" is treated the same as your host (otherwise it will go to "localhost" via SMTP, and your sendmail daemon that listens to the SMTP socket will choke on it). Don't freeze the configuration file: it will make /usr/lib/sendmail -bd core dump; just delete the old frozen configuration file (/etc/sendmail/sendmail.fc) (or does sendmail check the dates and use the newer one? anyway, deleting the .fc shouldn't hurt). Or, instead of mucking around with sendmail.cf, you may ask, "Why on earth are they mailing it to nereportq@localhost instead of just nereportq?" You may then answer yourself, "Duh...". Then make a backup copy of /NextDeveloper/Apps/TechReport, get into Emacs, set variable require-final-newline to nil, edit /NextDeveloper/Apps/TechReport, search for "nereport[bq]", and replace the "@" in both occurances of "@localhost" with a null (C-q C-@). This ugly hack is brought to you by people who think you don't ever need their source code. Jacob Gore Gore@EECS.NWU.Edu Northwestern Univ., EECS Dept. {oddjob,chinet,att}!nucsrl!gore