[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > Wanting to know the proper way to start spamd at boot time. Currently I > copied the spamd perl script from /usr/sbin into the /etc/init.d/ > directory and then used chkconfig to add it to start at run levels 3 and > 5. So basically the machine is just starting spamd with no options (i.e. > "./spamd") Only problem is that doing it this way, for some reason, when > I reboot the machine I never get to a system prompt. All I see is spamd > running and then spawing child forks when it is called (I setup everything > so that Postfix integrates with spamd). My entire boot.msg file is filled > up with spamd junk... > > So, what is the proper way to start spamd with init.d??
There are numerous sample init scripts that come in the spamd sub-directory of the tarball. Pick one that suits your platform, check its options, and copy it to /etc/init.d/spamd