On Sat, 28 Feb 2004, John Andersen stated: > On Saturday 28 February 2004 14:54, ebk wrote: >> #I added spamd to startup scripts >> # /etc/rc.d/rc.local > > wrong wrong wrong... > > The only way to kill that is to find its pid and kill it. > Use "top"
Errrr, what's wrong with ps -o pid -C spamd | xargs kill anyway? >> I added this in there >> /usr/bin/spamd -a -c -d > > This is undoubtedly the wrong way to do that... Well, I'm using spamd -a -d -H -i 192.168.14.14 -A 192.168.14.1 and, well, it works, flawlessly. Not everyone uses /etc/rc.d-style init scripts, you know. >> what is the restart or stop command? >> right from the prompt >> when I try to start it it says running already > > What distro are your running? How can you come here > and ask for help "right from the prompt" without supplying > this BASIC information?? That's peculiar, I'll grant. > Failing that... > You can always take the windows way out and reboot... Ick. SA's unexpectedly robust against major system problems, btw: I accidentally deleted all of /dev the other day, yet SA just kept running. (clamav segfaulted. :) ) -- `note to the crown prosecution service: Machine guns dont have a 'stun' setting.' --- mjw
