FreeBSD and MailScanner --lint

[Glenn Steen]

On 08/08/07, Mikael Syska <mikael at syska.dk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Dont knwo if this is intended to be so, but here goes ....
>
> root [/usr/local/etc/MailScanner]# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mailscanner restart
> Stopping mailscanner.
> Waiting for PIDS: 778, 778.
> Starting mailscanner.
>
> root [/usr/local/etc/MailScanner]# cat /var/run/MailScanner.pid
> 3229
>
> Then running running, with MailScanner still running:
> #MailScanner --lint
>
> Its overwriting:
> root [/usr/local/etc/MailScanner]# cat /var/run/MailScanner.pid ( yes,
> it writes MailScanner in the pid file )
> MailScanner
>
> Is this the way its supposed to be or ? I just noticed this today ...
>
Very likely not.

I just verified that it does this on Mandriva with the rpm install
method (and hence likely on any rpm-based system, perhaps barring
SuSE...).

Will have a look.

Cheers
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