I am installing qmail. I copied qmailctl.txt file that i downloaded from some site, I copied it to /var/qmail/bin/qmailctl I chmod 755 the file, I made symlink in /usr/bin/. I try to run it and it says:

Bad interpreter: No such file or directory

/var is on patition with defaults 1 2 in its fstab entry
other scripts in /var/qmail/bin run properly

Can somebody help!!!!!!!!!!!

here is the script
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#!/bin/sh

# description: the qmail MTA

PATH=/var/qmail/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
export PATH

QMAILDUID=`id -u qmaild`
NOFILESGID=`id -g qmaild`

case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting qmail"
if svok /service/qmail-send ; then
svc -u /service/qmail-send /service/qmail-send/log
else
echo "qmail-send supervise not running"
fi
if svok /service/qmail-smtpd ; then
svc -u /service/qmail-smtpd /service/qmail-smtpd/log
else
echo "qmail-smtpd supervise not running"
fi
if [ -d /var/lock/subsys ]; then
touch /var/lock/subsys/qmail
fi
;;
stop)
echo "Stopping qmail..."
echo " qmail-smtpd"
svc -d /service/qmail-smtpd /service/qmail-smtpd/log
echo " qmail-send"
svc -d /service/qmail-send /service/qmail-send/log
if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/qmail ]; then
rm /var/lock/subsys/qmail
fi
;;
stat)
svstat /service/qmail-send
svstat /service/qmail-send/log
svstat /service/qmail-smtpd
svstat /service/qmail-smtpd/log
qmail-qstat
;;
doqueue|alrm|flush)
echo "Flushing timeout table and sending ALRM signal to qmail-send."
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-tcpok
svc -a /service/qmail-send
;;
queue)
qmail-qstat
qmail-qread
;;
reload|hup)
echo "Sending HUP signal to qmail-send."
svc -h /service/qmail-send
;;
pause)
echo "Pausing qmail-send"
svc -p /service/qmail-send
echo "Pausing qmail-smtpd"
svc -p /service/qmail-smtpd
;;
cont)
echo "Continuing qmail-send"
svc -c /service/qmail-send
echo "Continuing qmail-smtpd"
svc -c /service/qmail-smtpd
;;
restart)
echo "Restarting qmail:"
echo "* Stopping qmail-smtpd."
svc -d /service/qmail-smtpd /service/qmail-smtpd/log
echo "* Sending qmail-send SIGTERM and restarting."
svc -t /service/qmail-send /service/qmail-send/log
echo "* Restarting qmail-smtpd."
svc -u /service/qmail-smtpd /service/qmail-smtpd/log
;;
cdb)
tcprules /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb /etc/tcp.smtp.tmp < /etc/tcp.smtp
chmod 644 /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb
echo "Reloaded /etc/tcp.smtp."
;;
help)
cat <<HELP
stop -- stops mail service (smtp connections refused, nothing goes out)
start -- starts mail service (smtp connection accepted, mail can go out)
pause -- temporarily stops mail service (connections accepted, nothing leaves)
cont -- continues paused mail service
stat -- displays status of mail service
cdb -- rebuild the tcpserver cdb file for smtp
restart -- stops and restarts smtp, sends qmail-send a TERM & restarts it
doqueue -- schedules queued messages for immediate delivery
reload -- sends qmail-send HUP, rereading locals and virtualdomains
queue -- shows status of queue
alrm -- same as doqueue
flush -- same as doqueue
hup -- same as reload
HELP
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|doqueue|flush|reload|stat|pause|cont|cdb|queue|help}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0
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This is not a "how to" guide to address a FAQ, so I am moving it to the general Open Source Disucssion area...

* thread moved *

You never know, but try changing the interpreter to

#!/bin/bash

Make sure it is the utmost absolute first line.


Also try running the script this way, just to see:

# sh /var/qmail/bin/qmailctl
or
# source /var/qmail/bin/qmailctl

If of course your shell is bash.
I find this to be a very strange problem, this script sounds fine -- it probably just has a malformed shebang line...

One ressource that was particularily useful when I first installed qmail:

http://www.lifewithqmail.com

I now set it up almost blindly -- to the point where I gave myself a challenge and installed it with vpopmail and courrier-*.

Looks like /bin/sh does not exist.

On most standard linux installs it points to /bin/bash, check with ls -al /bin/sh, and if needed ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh