>The init script uses 'retry' for 30 seconds to kill the processes. If
>they don't die on the first signal, they get signalled again, and so on
>until they actually do die. This had to be done because I had seen
>several heavily loaded systems where the milter processes wouldn't
>actually die. The error message is obnoxious, but so far harmless. Do
>you actually see any milter processes left after the init script exits?

I don't believe that there are any milter processes after the init script
exits.  I have written init scripts in the past for slackware and found that
you need to pause before reloading the milter after doing a "killall"
(usually about 3 seconds is OK) - I guess what you describe is a similar
thing.  Maybe I'll just revert back to the default init script - it sounds
safer (even if it is a bit ugly).  Its much less likely to break when I
upgrade the clamav package.

My mail server is only going to be for a small office - I don't think that
"heavily loaded" applies here.  Would it be feasible to change the 30-second
timeout, or should I just leave well alone?





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