On 12/23/2012 7:17 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> You can chase these with something like: >> >> # postconf -n | while read parameter equal value; do >> default_value=`postconf -d $parameter 2>&1`; >> if [ "$value" = "$default_value" ]; then >> echo "NOTICE: Useless setting: $parameter = $value"; >> fi; >> done >> > > I have been running this against the base Centos 6 install that has > a main.cf with lots of comments and a few parameter lines. > > postconf -n shows about 20 parameters, and when I compare these > against postconf -d only 9 of them are different.
That sounds about right. A basic postfix install needs only a few non-default settings. > parameters like mailq_path is now /usr/bin/mailq.postfix and the > default is /usr/bin/mailq sounds reasonable. > I look at the script and I am not able to tell what is wrong; can > you help me get it right? I think this is a real useful tool. It's unclear what problem you are having. Please explain. -- Noel Jones
