Annoyance

[Denis Beauchemin]

I see the same problem all the time (Red Hat 7.3).

To disconnect you just have to type "RETURN", "~" and then "."

Denis
Le jeu 12/12/2002 à 15:37, Julian Field a écrit :
> One of the first things MailScanner does is to fork itself off into the
> background.
> I'll check the code for you.
> 
> Is anyone else experiencing this problem?
> 
> At 20:30 12/12/2002, you wrote:
> >Yes, the ssh is still alive and can be viewed from a ps ax on both server
> >(originating and destination)
> >
> >If you ssh to a server, tail -f /var/log/maillog & (throws it in background)
> >and disconnect it will still spew the maillog to the screen and not
> >disconnect you from the server.
> >
> >Restarting MS does the same thing.  I looked through the /etc/init.d file
> >and didn't see anything out of the ordinary that would start a process in
> >the background so I'm wondering what/where is doing this.
> >
> >-Randy
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]
> >Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 3:29 PM
> >To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> >Subject: Re: Annoyance
> >
> >
> >At 20:03 12/12/2002, you wrote:
> > >I have noticed than when I connect to my mail server and restart
> > >MailScanner, once I disconnect it leaves the session open still. This
> > >is usually caused by me having a process still running in the
> > >background but all I did was execute /etc/init.d/MailScanner restart.
> > >
> > >Does MS leave background processes open or is it something else?
> >
> >I haven't seen this myself. Is the ssh process still alive after you have
> >disconnected, or what?
> >--
> >Julian Field
> >www.MailScanner.info
> >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
> 
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> Julian Field
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