MailScanner on boot

[Information Services]

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Well it looks like the problem is resolved.  Thanks for all your help.
 Next time I need to look in the config file right away, but I can say
this...I better understand how Mailscanner-mrtg works.  Again, thanks
for taking the time to help me through this issue.

Casey

On 10/10/05, Information Services <lbcadmin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes,
> I am running MailScanner-mrtg (the most current stable version
> 0.10.00-1).  I have gone to /etc/cron.d on my CentOS 4.1 system, and
> commented out all lines in:
>
> mailscanner-mrtg.crond
> mrtg
>
> --time lapse while doing some research---
>
> Looking in /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner-mrtg...I found this:
>
> # MAILSCANNER SETTINGS
> # --------------------
>
> # We can restart MailScanner if the number of MailScanner processes
> # goes below this number. Change to 0 if you don't want us to restart.
> Restart Threshhold = 1
>
> # The script to run to restart MailScanner
> Restart MailScanner = /etc/rc.d/init.d/MailScanner restart
>
> # MailScanner lock file
> # This file is created by the MailScanner init script when MailScanner is
> # stopped. MSMRTG will look for this file and if it exists will not
> # attempt to restart MailScanner
> MailScanner Off File = /var/lock/subsys/MailScanner.off
>
> ---------------------------
>
> The part that I recognized right away was the Restart Threshold,
> because that is what the /var/log/messages keeps saying.  Now, I can
> see how, if I change this to 0, then my problem will more than likely
> go away (something I will try after this email is sent).  Of course,
> there are the two following commands that should already be working,
> and from what I can gather, they are working just fine until I reboot.
>  It is the rebooting that gets me in trouble.  The
> /var/lock/subsys/MailScanner.off is no longer there when the system
> reboots, and this allows mailscanner-mrtg to use the 'Restart
> Threshold.'  So since this is the case, I guess what I need to do is
> move everything back that I have changed, and give it a try.  Now,
> earlier, there was a post to this topic, that said mailscanner-mrtg
> 0.10.00-1 was supposed to resolve this problem.  Is the problem
> resolved or is it my system that is not working properly?
>
> On 10/10/05, Alex Neuman van der Hans <alex at nkpanama.com> wrote:
> > Information Services wrote:
> >
> > >I ran service MailScanner stop, and made sure the MailScanner.off was
> > >in /var/lock/subsys/, and then rebooted.  Upon rebooting, and checking
> > >the /var/lock/subsys/ directory, the MailScanner.off was no longer
> > >there.  And then checking the /var/log/maillog I see this:
> > >
> > >Oct 10 08:35:03 wks-lin8 MailScanner-MRTG[3015]: Number of MailScanner
> > >processes below threshold, restarting MailScanner
> > >
> > >My question now is....is the MailScanner.off supposed to be there upon a reboot?
> > >
> > >On 10/7/05, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>Information Services spake the following on 10/7/2005 12:52 PM:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>You were right...MailScanner-mrtg looks like it is causing the
> > >>>problem...here is what I just got from my log
> > >>>
> > >>>Oct  7 14:45:03 wks-lin8 MailScanner-MRTG[2873]: Number of MailScanner
> > >>>processes below threshold, restarting MailScanner
> > >>>
> > >>>I guess I don't understand how MailScanner-MRTG is restarting when I
> > >>>commented out all the lines in cron.d files.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>That was supposed to be fixed in 0.10.00-1.
> > >>I think it looks for the same file that MailScanner generates when you
> > >>run service MailScanner stop.
> > >>/var/lock/subsys/MailScanner.off
> > >>To quote the changelog "Now will not restart MailScanner if MailScanner
> > >>was shut down using its init script."
> > >>So if you stop MailScanner from it's init script, and then reboot, does
> > >>it still restart?
> > >>You might need to restore some of the changes you have made.
> > >>--
> > >>
> > >>/-----------------------\           |~~\_____/~~\__  |
> > >>| MailScanner; The best |___________ \N1____====== )-+
> > >>| protection on the net!|                   ~~~|/~~  |
> > >>\-----------------------/                      ()
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> > You're running something else, in this case, "mailscanner-mrtg", which
> > is doing the deleting/restarting, probably.
> >
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