On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 06:32:26PM +0600, Denis Fateyev wrote: > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Gilles Chehade <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 06:08:15PM +0600, Denis Fateyev wrote: > > > > > That would be good to have a smtpd command line option which sets a PID > > > file, or alternatively hardcoded during configure & compile (like, > > > "--with-pidfile=/var/run/smtpd.pid"). > > > > > > > Wouldn't a `smtpctl status` command (not implemented) achieve the same ? > > > > if `smtpctl status` >/dev/null; then > > echo "running" > > else > > echo "not running" > > fi > > > > Maybe, but I'm inclined to consider it only as an addition to more familiar > approaches. PIDs are widely used almost everywhere. > > > > The problem with pidfile is that we don't do that on OpenBSD, and we try > > to not diverge too much in the portable branch, unless there's no way to > > achieve the same result in a generic way. > > > > I can understand, but on the other hand openssh which has the same concept, > implements it out of box. > I think, opensmtpd should provide more specific functions for other > unix-like systems to get more popular and reflect their infrastructure > specialties. >
We have just merged pidfile support in master and portable, it will be part of next snapshot and release. It has only been tested on OpenBSD and Linux, it would be nice if people running other systems would give a try at our git code to see if it does build for them. -- Gilles Chehade https://www.poolp.org @poolpOrg -- You received this email because you are subscribed to mailing list: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send mail with subject: [[email protected]] unregister
