Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:53:58 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> To: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely5.cicely.de> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc crontab Message-ID: <200102161853.f1GIrwv00539@earth.backplane.com> References: <peter@FreeBSD.org> <200102160018.f1G0I2106462@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <20010216191041.B32780@cicely5.cicely.de> <200102161821.f1GILOL99128@earth.backplane.com> <20010216194325.B32928@cicely5.cicely.de>
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:On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 10:21:24AM -0800, Matt Dillon wrote: :> I would recommend splitting the -bd and -q options in rc.conf ... :> sendmail shouldn't be running both from the same process instance anyway. :> (this from my experience running sendmail at BEST, at home, at Backplane, :> etc...). Simply have two rc.conf variables for sendmail: :> :> sendmail_enable="YES" :> sendmail_flags="-bd" :> :> sendmailq_enable="YES" # suggest you leave this on even if :> sendmailq_flags="-q30m" # the sendmail daemon is turned off. :> :> Then get rid of the period entry for sendmail, it violates the rc.conf :> configuration methodology in a very bad way. This way when people :> upgrade, they will automatically get the queue-run code even if their :> original rc.conf turned off the daemon. The only mod they have to make :> to truely turn sendmail off is to add sendmailq_enable="NO". : :With this you can't rely on the pid file because they share the same. :I've learned not to use it because it wasn't cofigureable in older :sendmail versions but others may still make use of it. : :-- :B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de :ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de Not an issue. Just use -O PidFile=... to specify a different pid file for the sendmailq. -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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