On Mon, 25 May 2009, Charlie Brady wrote: > > > ./qpsmtpd-prefork [192.168.1.50 : testlaptop : 23:12:05 2009-05-23] > > > > It certainly appears that the processes (like above) get reused, but only > > for the IP address that previously connected to it. I put the box on the > > Internet for a while and I got several (obviously spammer) connections, > > and they each left their own process behind after disconnecting. > > The processes were there before the spammer connected, and they remain > there after.
Yes, I see that now. It's just that they continue to appear as if there is still a connection, when there isn't. > I think there might be an issue here however, which is that the modified @ARGV > is not set back to pre-connection state when the peer disconnects. I agree. If there's a new version that does so, I'd like to use it. > > (I find it a bit disconcerting having all these processes hanging around.) > > You shouldn't be. You asked for persistent processes when you switched from > forkserver to prefork. Just what I was used to before, but I do understand it. I think it's just that the process 'appears' to be a connection, rather than just listening, which is disconcerting (and misleading). Thanks. J.
