i played around and i got truss output
su-2.05# truss /var/qmail/bin/qmail-start
__sysctl(0xbfbffa94,0x2,0x2805b928,0xbfbffa90,0x0,0x0) = 0 (0x0)
mmap(0x0,32768,0x3,0x1002,-1,0x0) = 671469568 (0x2805d000)
geteuid() = 0 (0x0)
getuid() = 0 (0x0)
getegid() = 0 (0x0)
getgid() = 0 (0x0)
open("/var/run/ld-elf.so.hints",0,00) = 3 (0x3)
read(0x3,0xbfbffa74,0x80) = 128 (0x80)
lseek(3,0x80,0) = 128 (0x80)
read(0x3,0x28061000,0x37) = 55 (0x37)
close(3) = 0 (0x0)
access("/usr/lib/libc.so.4",0) = 0 (0x0)
open("/usr/lib/libc.so.4",0,027757775354) = 3 (0x3)
fstat(3,0xbfbffabc) = 0 (0x0)
read(0x3,0xbfbfea8c,0x1000) = 4096 (0x1000)
mmap(0x0,614400,0x5,0x2,3,0x0) = 671502336 (0x28065000)
mmap(0x280e2000,20480,0x3,0x12,3,0x7c000) = 672014336 (0x280e2000)
mmap(0x280e7000,81920,0x3,0x1012,-1,0x0) = 672034816 (0x280e7000)
close(3) = 0 (0x0)
sigaction(SIGILL,0xbfbffb14,0xbfbffafc) = 0 (0x0)
sigprocmask(0x1,0x0,0x2805b85c) = 0 (0x0)
sigaction(SIGILL,0xbfbffafc,0x0) = 0 (0x0)
sigprocmask(0x1,0x2805b820,0xbfbffb3c) = 0 (0x0)
sigprocmask(0x3,0x2805b830,0x0) = 0 (0x0)
chdir(0x8048e1e) = 0 (0x0)
umask(0x3f) = 18 (0x12)
su-2.05#
i hope that'd help..
On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Charles Cazabon wrote:
> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 10:19:03 -0600
> From: Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: qmail wouldn't start
>
> alexus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > su-2.05# csh -cf '/var/qmail/rc &'
> [...]
> > any ideas why it wouldn't start qmail?
>
> No. strace/truss it and find out.
>
> Charles
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