'service MailScanner stop' doesn't stop MailScanner the 1st time

[Peter Peters]

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:06:10 +0200, you wrote:

>Only the 2nd 'service MailScanner stop' killed MailScanner processes. Why?
>Had I to wait a little more time (the processes were in D state)?

Yes. MS is cleaning reminants of the previous run before stopping. This
was a problem with 'service MailScanner restart' because it started MS
to soon. That is solved now by waiting a few seconds.

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