File Locations

sendmail knows the location of only its configuration file.[361] Options in the configuration file tell sendmail where all other files and directories are located. The options that specify file locations are summarized in Table 24-6. All file location options are of type string.

Table 24-6. File location options

Option name

 

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File

AliasFile

(A)

AliasFile on page 970

aliases file and its database files.

CACertFile

 

CACertFile on page 981

File containing certificates for certificate authorities.

CACertPath

 

CACertPath on page 982

Directory with certificates of certificate authorities.

ClientCertFile

 

ClientCertFile on page 984

File containing the client’s public certificate.

ClientKeyFile

 

ClientKeyFile on page 985

File with the client certificate’s private key.

ControlSocketName

 

ControlSocketName on page 990

Path to control socket.

CRLFile

 

CRLFile on page 992

File that contains the OpenSSL certificate revocation list (V8.13 and later).

DeadLetterDrop

 

DeadLetterDrop on page 998

Define dead.letter file location.

DHParameters

 

DHParameters on page 1006

Parameters for DSA/DH cipher suite.

ErrorHeader

(E)

ErrorHeader on page 1027

Set error message header.

ForwardPath

(J)

ForwardPath on page 1034

Set forward file search path.

HelpFile

(H)

HelpFile on page 1035

Specify location of the help file.

HostsFile

 

HostsFile on page 1037

Specify alternative /etc/hosts file.

HostStatusDirectory

 

HostStatusDirectory on page 1037

Location ...

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