Hi Harald,
I think you can use the "XMAIL_PID_DIR" environment variable? It is
mentioned in the online XMail manual, it works for me on FreeBSD...
Greets,
Tjeerd Makel
On 5/27/2007, "Harald Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi Jeff,
>
>as far as I can see this just assigns the standard path to the .pid to a
>variable which is used for the Kill command. It does not SET the -pid
>file's location - right ?
>
>IMHO it needs to be modified in the source. Any hints Davide ?
>
>-- Harald
>
>
>Jeff Buehler wrote:
>> Hi Harald -
>>
>> It's all about the startup script on *BSD. There is no standard package
>> for Xmail (something I have thought about setting up numerous times) in
>> FreeBSD, so modifying a "default" template is not an issue. I place my
>> custom startup script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d - I believe this is at
>> least somewhat similar in the other *BSDs. It specifiers the location
>> of the .pid file - here is the script I use, pidfile being declared
>> explicitly:
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> #
>> # $FreeBSD: XMail - non-standard port
>> #
>> # PROVIDE: xmail
>> #
>> # Add the fellowing line to /etc/rc.conf.local or /etc/rc.conf
>> # to enable xmail
>> #
>> # xmail_enable (bool): Set it to "YES" to enable
>>
>> .. /etc/rc.subr
>>
>> MAIL_ROOT=3D/server/MailRoot
>> export MAIL_ROOT
>> name=3D"xmail"
>> rcvar=3D`set_rcvar`
>>
>> command=3D${MAIL_ROOT}/bin/XMail
>> command_args=3D"-B- -W- -X- -F- -Ms /server/MailRoot -MM -Qr 50 -Ql -Pl
>> -Sl -SI 127.0.0.1:25 -Ll -Mr 240 -Sr 300"
>> pidfile=3D"/var/run/XMail.pid"
>> sig_stop=3D-kill $pidfile
>>
>> # read configuration and set defaults
>> load_rc_config "$name"
>> : ${xmail_enable=3D"NO"}
>>
>> run_rc_command "$1"
>>
>> I hope that helps!
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> Harald Schneider wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> is there a way to relocate the XMail.pid file from /var/run to another
>>> location ?
>>>
>>> This would allow to use XMail as e.g. a proxy with user rights only,
>>> startable from a simple script - all files in a single folder.
>>>
>>> -- Harald
>>>
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