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[Fred van Etten <address@concealed>]

On Wed, 2021-11-17 at 09:52 +0100, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) wrote:
> On 17/11/2021 09:48, Fred van Etten (via sympa-users Mailing List)
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2021-11-17 at 17:01 +0900, IKEDA Soji wrote:
> > > On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 08:51:49 +0100
> > > "Fred van Etten" (via sympa-users Mailing List) <
> > > address@concealed> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Wed, 2021-11-17 at 11:43 +0900, IKEDA Soji wrote:
> > > > > Hi Fred again,
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 13:54:47 +0100
> > > > > "Fred van Etten" (via sympa-users Mailing List) <
> > > > > address@concealed> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > I've installed sympa from source following the instructions
> > > > > > on
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > website. I use systemd on my server and I have all service
> > > > > > files in
> > > > > > place to start sympa and wwsympa. All that remains now is
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > get
> > > > > > LDAP
> > > > > > working for this to be a success. So, I created
> > > > > > '$SYSCONFDIR/auth.conf'
> > > > > > with the same details that work on my old sympa server and
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > fails
> > > > > > without even a mention in the logs.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I have configured logs as per instruction in the
> > > > > > documentation.
> > > > > > It
> > > > > > seems as if the '$SYSCONFDIR/auth.conf' file is ignored
> > > > > > entirely.
> > > > > > How
> > > > > > can I change logging such that I can see more information
> > > > > > in
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > log
> > > > > > file?
> > > > > 
> > > > > What is the value of SYSCONFDIR? It is defined in
> > > > > $MODULEDIR/Sympa/Constants.pm.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > -- Soji
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Soji,
> > > > 
> > > > The value there is '/usr/local/etc'
> > > > 
> > > > I configured Sympa with the following parameters './configure
> > > > --
> > > > enable-
> > > > fhs --prefix=/usr/local --with-confdir=/etc/sympa --without-
> > > > initdir
> > > > --
> > > > with-unitsdir=/lib/systemd/system'.
> > > > 
> > > > And settings in '/etc/sympa/sympa.conf' seem to be honored.
> > > > 
> > > > Does this mean I should put my auth.conf in '/usr/local/etc'?
> > > > 
> > > > My Sympa installation will be serving one domain only. That's
> > > > why I
> > > > thought that 'auth.conf' in SYSCONFDIR should be fine.
> > > 
> > > Yes, auth.conf should be placed in SYSCONFDIR, i.e.
> > > /usr/local/etc
> > > with your configurataion.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > -- Soji
> > > 
> > 
> > Okay, well, that worked. I'm sure that there is something that I
> > don't
> > understand but I'm thankful that you helped me to figure this out.
> > 
> > 
> 
> To sum that up, where is your working auth.conf located now?
> 
> Regards
>          Racke
> 
> 

It's in '/etc/sympa/sympa.conf'. Also I notice now that
'/usr/local/etc' has more sympa related configuration files but it
misses the any context. My auth file is in '/usr/local/etc/auth.conf'
which seems strange to me. Should I have configured sympa with
different parameters? Here is what I used:

./configure --enable-fhs --prefix=/usr/local --with-confdir=/etc/sympa
--without-initdir --with-unitsdir=/lib/systemd/system