Hi, > That's why i said it may be useful to have a simple > "dispatcher/wrapper" which only is started to call "postfix start" and > keeps running to keep upstart happy and calls "postfix stop/restart" > when advised to do so by upstart. With this the supported way of > starting/stopping is possible *and* upstart could be used without > problems. The only problem to solve is the non-terminating behaviour > required by upstart, all other startup work can be done as usual > behind the scene.
my upstart-postfix python script works. It does call "/usr/sbin/postfix start" and loops. So this is a very simple form of making upstart happy and also starting/stopping postfix as expected. That postfix must not be started directly by calling master should also be documented in the master man page, as people like me (and my idea was based on Apple's practise, like they DO START postfix with launchctl on Mac OS X Server edition). Anyways. If someone likes to help me doing further coding on the python code, he/she is welcome. @Andreas: Du bist doch aus Deutschland? Kannst mich gerne mal anschreiben; vielleicht finden wir beide eine gute Lösung. Danke Best wishes Christian -- Roessner-Network-Solutions Bachelor of Science Informatik Nahrungsberg 81, 35390 Gießen F: +49 641 5879091, M: +49 176 93118939 USt-IdNr.: DE225643613 http://www.roessner-network-solutions.com