Annoyance

[Randy Herban]

Nope, just standard ssh from one linux to another.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Kercher [mailto:mike at CAMAROSS.NET]
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 4:09 PM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Annoyance


Are you running screen by chance?


-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
Of Andrew Hoying
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 2:48 PM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Annoyance


I see it as well, I've just ignored it though. It has happened for every
version of MailScanner I've ran for the past year or so.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Field" <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: Annoyance


> 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
>
> --
> Julian Field
> www.MailScanner.info
> MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
>