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Date:      Wed, 1 Dec 1999 03:53:51 +0200
From:      d e a t h <charon@hades.hell.gr>
To:        polarbear@asiamail.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Starting Qmail As Background Process
Message-ID:  <19991201035351.A9473@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <19991130142224.3021.cpmta@c003.sfo.cp.net>
References:  <19991130142224.3021.cpmta@c003.sfo.cp.net>

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On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 06:22:24AM -0800, polarbear@asiamail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have the following in my /etc/rc.local file,
> 
> /usr/local/bin/tcpserver 0 110 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup mydomain.com \
> /usr/local/bin/checkvpw /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir &
> 
> /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -u 1006 -g 1006 0 smtp /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd \
> 2>&1 | /var/qmail/bin/splogger smtpd 3 &
> 
> It seems that one of the above process or rather maybe both does not
> execute as a background processes upon loading at bootup. Instead
> they stay on the console, thus preventing the Login: prompt from
> being displayed.

Try using these lines in your /etc/inetd.conf file.  I have it that way
and it works like a charm for me.

-- 
Giorgos Keramidas, <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
"What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle]


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