Re: postconf with symlinked files

2016-12-11 Thread Bill Cole
On 8 Dec 2016, at 3:49, Hajo Locke wrote: What is the reason for this behvaiour? It assures that main.cf is always a complete consistent file, not a mix of blocks from old and new versions due to a half-completed rewriting of the file. The Postfix master process can spawn new short-lived ser

Re: postconf with symlinked files

2016-12-08 Thread Wietse Venema
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 SUPPORTE

postconf with symlinked files

2016-12-08 Thread 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. This behaviour is documented here: http://www.postfix.org/postconf.1.html Wha