--- Arvind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if i run this command > > su - amavis /usr/sbin/amavisd
> su amavis > > $ /usr/sbin/amavisd > > then it works perfectly. >From what I understand su - amavis /usr/sbin/amavis will emulate a proper login sequence in terms of setting environment variables and terminal setup and then pass /usr/sbin/amavis to the default shell with the -c option. Now "-c" in turn tells the shell to read the commands from the file instead of from the terminal. I am assuming somehow the '-c" option also disables the shell's capabilities to change the interpretor for the file from bash to perl using the "#!/usr/bin/perl" sequence. Mithun __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bringing you mounds of caffeinated joy >>> http://thinkgeek.com/sf <<< _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
