Checking the list of processes running on an RH8.0 installation, I noticed: $ ps -aufxw | grep sendmail root 600 0.0 0.5 5580 1488 ? S Oct04 0:01 sendmail: accepting connections smmsp 610 0.0 0.5 4856 1292 ? S Oct04 0:00 sendmail: Queue runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue Diffing /etc/init.d/sendmail from 8.0 to 7.2 we see: < # config: /etc/mail/sendmail.cf --- > # config: /etc/sendmail.cf 41c41 < make -C /etc/mail -s --- > make -C /etc/mail -q 49,50c49,50 < daemon /usr/sbin/sendmail -bd \ < $([ -n "$QUEUE" ] && echo -q$QUEUE) --- > daemon /usr/sbin/sendmail $([ "$DAEMON" = yes ] && echo -bd) \ > $([ -n "$QUEUE" ] && echo -q$QUEUE) 54,65d53 < < if ! test -f /var/run/sm-client.pid ; then < echo -n $"Starting sm-client: " < touch /var/run/sm-client.pid < chown smmsp:smmsp /var/run/sm-client.pid < daemon --check sm-client /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-msp-queue -Ac \ < $([ -n "$QUEUE" ] && echo -q$QUEUE) < RETVAL=$? < echo < [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/sm-client < fi < 76,83d63 < if test -f /var/run/sm-client.pid ; then < echo -n $"Shutting down sm-client: " < killproc sm-client < RETVAL=$? < echo < [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/run/sm-client.pid < [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/sm-client Ultimately, my question is, "what is sm-client?" I poked around sendmail.org and the release notes for RH8 and did not find anything of help. Anyone have ideas/opinions/facts about this "client" and/or its purpose? Next, and perhaps a bit off topic, jim <gorean@attbi.com> posted to valhalla-list that he likes to start and stop services by modfiying the appropriate S/K prefix on the link in the rc directory, a practice that I have done for several years, since this allows me to do something like: # mv /etc/rc3.d/S90canna /etc/rc3.d/K90canna.i.did.this in case I ever wanted to reset my services to the default level. Aaron <akonstam@trinity.edu> responded "iNo,No,No. You stop things from running by running chkconfig". Directed to Aaron and others with an opinion, why use chkconfig (or any tool for that matter), when the other method works just as well? Unless I am missing something about how RH tracks its services modifying the link is not going to break anything and in my opinion, it makes tracking changes _much_ easier. Thanks, Pete -------------------- Pete Huckelba Stata Corporation 4905 Lakeway Drive College Station, TX 77845 (979)696-4600
