David Powell writes: > > Wouldn't it be more correct to have sendmail create a new process > > contract when it wants to run an executable $HOME/.forward or "|" > > target in /etc/aliases? > > Yes. But I'll let you convince John to make the Solaris-specific > changes to sendmail :)
"good luck" > > I'd still, though, like to see an SMF "idle" state for on-demand > > services. I'll file an RFE on that. Having it would solve the > > problem of dhcpagent, in.mpathd, and several other daemons quite > > nicely. > > This sounds a lot like inetd; inetd doesn't use another state. Right. It's just not triggered by the same events. > I'm not saying an "idle" state would be a bad thing, but I'd argue > that inetd and idle service support should behave the same way. I completely agree with that. The states involved here and the behaviors are the same. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
