Postfix question
Bob McClure Jr
robertmcclure at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 30 18:26:59 UTC 2004
On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 11:17:40AM -0700, Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob McClure Jr [mailto:robertmcclure at earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:12 AM
> > To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> > Subject: Re: Postfix question
> >
> > 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 Grace happens.
>
> They aren't hard links, editing one, doesn't show up as a change in the
> other.
No, I know they are not. Sorry, I should have clarified. When
Postfix is installed, those files are simply copied by the
installation script. What I should have said is that they _could_
(maybe) be made hard links.
> So the question becomes, does postfix modify in anyway, those files
> under postfix/etc.
Not that I know of. But an upgrade of the Postfix RPM might modify
them. Don't know about that.
Cheers,
--
Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net http://www.bobcatos.com
Grace happens.
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