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pgp trash troll delete

Alan Hicks <alan@lizella.network> wrote:
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> In alt.os.linux.slackware, Mike dared to utter,
> > I installed qmail and since I couldn't get it to
> > work the way I wanted it to I need to remove it.

> Ain't qmail a bitch like that?

> Basically you just need to know exactly which files are created by your
> qmail installation. I hope this isn't a machine you're particularly
> fond of, because you could loose some data here. You should always have
> backups. Nevermind, onto the ideas.

> The only sure fire way I know of to ensure you eliminate all those
> pesky files (and no other files), is to install qmail again from the
> same source code tree (you do still have that don't you?) in a chroot
> environment. You can then check and see what it puts there, and
> eliminate one-by-one.

> Otherwise, you've got a lengthy process of checking the root and var
> partitions to make sure you got it all removed. Basically just delete
> everything that looks out of place. As I recall qmail pretty much puts
> everything in directories directly under root, and makes a single
> /var/gmail directory under /var. It's been so long since I've managed
> qmail though, I can't be entirely sure.

> - --
> It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
> Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
> Ecclesiastes 7:5
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