Postfix question

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 09:30:01AM -0700, Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> Under a directory
> 
> /var/spool/postfix/etc  
> 
> There are files such as hosts, resolv.conf, etc.  Which are supposed to
> be copies of the /etc files.
> 
> Why aren't these files just links to /etc so it would always test ok,
> and if those files changed, postfix would change automatically (minus
> having to run reload).

They might possibly be hard links, but only if /etc and
/var/spool/postfix/etc are on the same filesystem.  A symlink won't
work in the chroot environment.  But some editors or change processes
will break hard links, so that may not even work.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
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