Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 10:37:51 -0700 From: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.COM> To: gfoster@gfoster.com, xiyuan@www.haplink.co.cn Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can I redirect mail to other directory? Message-ID: <199605161737.KAA16620@saguaro.flyingfox.com>
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Glen Foster <gfoster@gfoster.com> writes: > Kick all your users off the system, then do this (as root) > > kill -9 `cat /var/run/sendmail.pid` > cd /var > mv -f mail/* /usr/spool/mail > rm -rf mail > ln -s /usr/spool/mail mail > chmod 755 /usr/spool/mail > /usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -q30m Why kill -9? Do you have actual experience with sendmail not responding to a SIGTERM, or do you just believe that programs should never be given a chance to shut down cleanly :-)? Jim Shankland Flying Fox Computer Systems, Inc.
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