Hey Jason,

> 
> S80postfix -> ../init.d/postfix
> 
> Which I understand starts postfix with a priority of 80.

It's not exactly a priority, it just serves to control the order
that services are started.

> 
> But where im confused is how come there is no kill for postfix? To my 
> understanding I thought there would be a kill option as well in case the 
> machine goes down or a reboot. Is that wrong in assuming?
> 

When the machine is shutting down it changes to run level 6 
Look in that directory instead.

> Secondly, I have two other programs that I would like to start up on boot: 
> amavisd-new and clamav. I was thinking that I could just put symlinks into 
> the rc3.d directory and put them as the following:
> 
> S81clamav -> ../init.d/clamd
> S82amavisdnew -> ../init.d/amavisdnew
> 
> That should start both of those process right after postfix, right?
> 
> However, what happens when I reboot or shutdown lets say?
> This is where im confused?


check out the "chkconfig" command, it will help you administer these
directories.

Cheers,
Sean


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