HAKNER J: > > > > >>> I'd appreciate it if someone could verify that this will run the > > > > >>> master daemon with PID 1, and that 'postfix stop' in the container > > > > >>> will stop the master daemon. If it doesn't, then Linux does weird > > > > >>> stuff with PID 1 processes. > > Correct. The Linux kernel doesn't allow you to send a signal to pid 1 > that would cause its termination. pid 1 is normally the init process, > and terminating it essentially renders the system useless.
That may be so, but why does the lame Linux kernel silently ignore the kill() call instead of properly returning an error. Wietse