Bug 2567

Summary: /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail fails to start the daemon
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Ion Badulescu <ionut>
Component: sendmailAssignee: Cristian Gafton <gafton>
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Description Ion Badulescu 1999-05-05 10:49:00 UTC
It is possible to have multiple sendmail's running (to run
the queue, started by clients to send mail, etc). Because
the daemon function checks for an existing process with the
same name, it will fail to start a new sendmail daemon.

The bug appears very often on a busy mail server.

Comment 1 Cristian Gafton 1999-07-29 15:45:59 UTC
The start function is intended to be used after a stop has been issued
or on a clean bootup.