> Hi Jim! > > Yep, that's exactly what I meant, I change to directory > "/etc/init.d/" and from the root shell prompt "#" I write: > spamassassin restart > But it seems that it wants to process the file "restart", > instead of understanding the option restart. > > Thanks for your answer, > > /Hiram >
Linux shell does not run commands from the current directory, but from that PATH environment variable, which does not have current directory in it. So your command will start /usr/bin/spamassassin and not the /etc/init.d/spamassassin /usr/bin/spamassassin is the scanner for spam, and it tries to open the file given to it as a parameter, in your case: "restart". As there is no file "restart" in your current directory, it complains. You have to command "/etc/init.d/spammassassin restart" and there is no point on changing to that directory beforehand. If you have a RedHat or SuSE based Linux distro, you can also use the "service" command. "service spamassassin restart"
