More tasks started then wanted..

[Julian Field]

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At 12:50 07/10/2004, you wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>ok..i guess i found out some Problem.
>
>In my MailScanner.conf i told MailScanner just to start 2 Children
>
>Max Children = 2
>
>
>but..after i started MailScanner, i see the following in the Mail-Log:
>
>Oct  7 13:45:19 marcel MailScanner[955]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner
>version 4.34.8 starting...
>Oct  7 13:45:23 marcel MailScanner[957]: Using locktype = posix
>Oct  7 13:45:23 marcel MailScanner[957]: Creating hardcoded struct_flock
>subroutine for linux (Linux-type)
>Oct  7 13:45:29 marcel MailScanner[959]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner
>version 4.34.8 starting...
>Oct  7 13:45:34 marcel MailScanner[961]: Using locktype = posix
>Oct  7 13:45:34 marcel MailScanner[961]: Creating hardcoded struct_flock
>subroutine for linux (Linux-type)
>Oct  7 13:45:40 marcel MailScanner[960]: Using locktype = posix
>Oct  7 13:45:40 marcel MailScanner[960]: Creating hardcoded struct_flock
>subroutine for linux (Linux-type)
>Oct  7 13:45:43 marcel MailScanner[955]: Using locktype = posix
>Oct  7 13:45:43 marcel MailScanner[955]: Creating hardcoded struct_flock
>subroutine for linux (Linux-type)
>Oct  7 13:45:50 marcel MailScanner[963]: Using locktype = posix
>Oct  7 13:45:50 marcel MailScanner[963]: Creating hardcoded struct_flock
>subroutine for linux (Linux-type)
>Oct  7 13:45:54 marcel MailScanner[959]: Using locktype = posix
>Oct  7 13:45:54 marcel MailScanner[959]: Creating hardcoded struct_flock
>subroutine for linux (Linux-type
>
>As you noticed i tried to change the lock-type into posix and no longer
>flock, as i used it before..
>
>then i tried the following:
>
>marcel:/etc/init.d # ps -aef | grep MailS
>root       954     1  0 13:45 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl
>-I/usr/lib/MailScanner /usr/sbin/MailScanner
>/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
>root       955   954  1 13:45 ?        00:00:01 /usr/bin/perl
>-I/usr/lib/MailScanner /usr/sbin/MailScanner
>/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
>root       957   955  0 13:45 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl
>-I/usr/lib/MailScanner /usr/sbin/MailScanner
>/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
>root       959   954  1 13:45 ?        00:00:01 /usr/bin/perl
>-I/usr/lib/MailScanner /usr/sbin/MailScanner
>/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
>root       960   955  0 13:45 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl
>-I/usr/lib/MailScanner /usr/sbin/MailScanner
>/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
>root       961   959  0 13:45 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl
>-I/usr/lib/MailScanner /usr/sbin/MailScanner
>/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
>root       963   959  0 13:45 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl
>-I/usr/lib/MailScanner /usr/sbin/MailScanner
>/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
>
>
>as you can see, there are more tasks then those 2 i wanted and i stated in
>the config-file..
>
>any ideas for that problem?
>
>Greetings
>
>Marcel
>
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