Bowie Bailey <bowie_bai...@buc.com> writes: >> What I find a bit strange is that I see in the environment file: >> PIDFILE="/var/run/spamd.pid" >> >> I see in the service file: >> PIDFile=/var/run/spamd.pid >> >> And with the spamd call the pidfile is again set. Two could be removed >> in my opinion, but that is something for another day. > > That is a bit odd.
That is what I thought. ;-) > The last PIDFILE command will take precedence. And I would guess > that the --pidfile option on the spamd call would override the > variable. That would be expected behaviour. > As long as they all point to the same place, it really doesn't > matter. They do. > If you change the location of the pidfile, you should double-check > on the next update to make sure it doesn't get changed back if the > service file is overwritten. I do not see a reason to override it. But I am going to ask why it is there three times. -- Cecil Westerhof Senior Software Engineer LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof
