On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 02:30:59PM -0500, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > either. Right now the problem is easy to understand: half of the time on > Gentoo, the startup "OK" is meaningless. Everyone knows this, and > figures out how to deal with it quickly: > > backup2 ~ # /etc/init.d/postfix stop > * Stopping postfix (/etc/postfix)... [ !! ] > * ERROR: postfix failed to stop
You get this error because your system thinks postfix is running because the init script exited successfully because postfix start exited successfully (but postfix bailed out with wrong configuration). With postfix status check added, the init script, hence your system, would work as expected and you won't be getting the above or similar errors, i.e. there would be no need for the zap & start workaround. Downside: It would take ~1sec more to start up postfix *for everyone* - one has to wait a bit before running postfix status after postfix start. So, yes it is not a clear cut decision but for different reasons. This is getting really off topic. -- Eray Aslan
