Nice reload of config with sendmail

[James Gray]

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Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 	What is the less disturbing way to reload the MS/Sendmail config on a
> server?
> 
> send a HUP to all sendmail process, then do a '/etc/init.d/MailScanner
> reload'?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ugo

"init 6" usually does the trick ;)

Personally, I just HUP the MS parent[1] (which kills all the kids before
spawning a new brood of rug-rats) and "killall -HUP sendmail".  I put
all that in a bash script and dumped it in /root/bin/mail-reload.sh

Cant reach that network ATM otherwise I'd send you a copy.

Cheers,

James

[1] egrep + sed is your friend with this one.
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