Hajo Locke: > Hello, > > since some days we use postfix 3.1.0 > We have some failoversystems and use a main.cf which is symlinked into a > drbd-area. > When using postconf to change a main.cf parameter, symlink is replaced > by regular file.
Sorry, symlinked configuration files are NOT SUPPORTED. > This behaviour is documented here: http://www.postfix.org/postconf.1.html > > What is the reason for this behvaiour? A symlinked file may have some > advantages. In our case it spares editing the main.cf after failover, > because main.cf always fits to current master-server (myhostname, > relayhost). Please, use proper configuration management tools (look into things like Puppet/Chef) or use rsync. Wietse
