From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 30 19: 7:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from athserv.otenet.gr (athserv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAEB314E7B for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 19:07:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from localhost.hell.gr (patr530-a047.otenet.gr [195.167.115.47]) by athserv.otenet.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id FAA29636 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 1999 05:07:30 +0200 (EET) Received: (qmail 11273 invoked by uid 1001); 1 Dec 1999 01:53:52 -0000 Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 03:53:51 +0200 From: d e a t h To: polarbear@asiamail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting Qmail As Background Process Message-ID: <19991201035351.A9473@hades.hell.gr> Reply-To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr References: <19991130142224.3021.cpmta@c003.sfo.cp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <19991130142224.3021.cpmta@c003.sfo.cp.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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, "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message