How to install cacti without sendmail

[wilcoK]

I try to install cacti 1.21 on a centos6 server which doesn't have sendmail installed (it uses exim). During the install, the installation stalls on page 5 when no sendmail path is available. This path cannot be left blanc, even when sendmail is not mandatory.

Is there a way to disable sendmail berfore installation?

Or, is there a way to install cacti with exim as mail agent?

Many thanks,
Wilco

[netniV]

tbh, as long as you reference a valid file, I don't think it actually checks that sendmail is really the sendmail executable.

[wilcoK]

Thanks netniV,

Sure I tried that (see screenshots).

When using a fake sendmail path, the check is green, but when clicking Next, the error remains and nothing happens. So I guess there is a real check.

Thanks,
Wilco

[netniV]

OK, when I had this issue, I had to make sendmail optional. To do that, edit include/global_settings.php and then locate path_sendmail. add a subentry for optional and set it to true.

see this commit for more info:
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/6 ... f328b6f200

[wilcoK]

Thank you netniV,

In include/global_settings.php I added one line in array 'settings_sendmail_path':
'install_optional' => true,

And the installation went on. Problem solved.

Best regards,
Wilco