LuKreme:
> On 4-Mar-2009, at 09:22, Wietse Venema wrote:
> > Charles Marcus:
> >> Dovecot has added two lines of text to the beginning output of
> >> dovecot
> >> -n that could possibly save some time with troubleshooting...
> >>
> >> It adds the version on the first line, and OS/platform info on the
> >> second line, like so:
> >>
> >> # 1.1.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> >> # OS: Linux 2.6.23-gentoo-r9 x86_64 Gentoo Base System release
> >> 1.12.11.1
> >>
> >> Maybe postfix could do the same with postconf -n output?
> >
> > No. The output has a defined "name = value" format. Adding
> > cruft would break bazillions of scripts that rely on it.
>
> version=2.4.2
> uname=FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE
The "postconf -n" command lists known parameters that are
explicitly specified in main.cf.
If you want a fingerprinting tool, don't mess up postconf.
Wietse
