Fourhundred Thecat:
> > On 2019-11-12 13:08, Wietse Venema wrote:
> >
> > Fourhundred Thecat:
> >> If I am using simplest possible setup (single instance, no chroot), and
> >> I don't delete queue directories, can I simply skip postfix-script and
> >> post-install and start master directly from /etc/init.d/postfix, ie ?
> >>
> >> /usr/lib/postfix/sbin/master &
> >>
> >> What exactly will I miss ?
> >
> > This is not supported. Only the postfix+postfix-script start/stop/etc
> > sequence is supported.
>
> fair enough.
>
> I am not so much looking for support with non-standard solutions. I am
> just trying to understand the logic behind the startup process.
Because people screw up and set insecure permissions like making
everything owned by Postfix.
Because people screw up and shut down the system uncleanly. Postfix
startup scripts can repair some of the damage, and if it can't, it
will prevent Postfix from running, instead of making the probkem
worse.
Because people screw up the upgrade process and copy an old
config over the new one, thereby missing critical settings.
And so on.
Wietse
