Bug 77903 - sendmail start-up script doesn't not use "DAEMON" variable
Summary: sendmail start-up script doesn't not use "DAEMON" variable
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: sendmail
Version: 8.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Florian La Roche
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-11-15 00:28 UTC by Trevor Curtis
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:48 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-11-15 00:28:59 UTC

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Description Trevor Curtis 2002-11-15 00:28:51 UTC 
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Description of problem:
In the /etc/init.d/sendmail, the script does not use the "DAEMON" varible when
starting the sendmail daemon:

daemon /usr/sbin/sendmail -bd /

To me, this would suggest that the "-bd" would be used regardless of the value
of DAEMON.

The result is that the value of DAEMON in /etc/sysconfig/sendmail never gets
used, and sendmail always run in DAEMON "mode".


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
(n/a)
	

Actual Results:  Sendmail always runs with "-bd" invoked.

Expected Results:  The script should read the DAEMON variable (from
/etc/sysconfig/sendmail) and apply it appropriately. 

something like this:
daemon /usr/sbin/sendmail $([ "$DAEMON" = yes ] && echo -bd) \
                                  $([ -n "$QUEUE" ] && echo -q$QUEUE)


Additional info:
Comment 1 Florian La Roche 2002-11-19 07:38:46 UTC 
http://people.redhat.com/laroche/sendmail-8.12.6-3 has this fixed. Please reopen
if that does not work for you.

greetings,

Florian La Roche
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