Re: sendmail service

[Muhammad Rizwan Khan <rizwan nixpanel com>]

I got this script and modified a little as my requiremnet. This is very help 
full and running fine with me, if any body need it for securing his service.

First edit crontab by following command:
#crontab -e
and add following line in crontab:
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /root/send.sh

copy this script in /root/send.sh
#!/bin/sh
# see if the service if running
COUNT=`ps waux |grep -v grep|grep -c sendmail`
# if the service if running quit
if [ $COUNT != 0 ]
then
echo $COUNT " is o.k. exiting..."
# if the service is not running...
else
echo "sendmail is down on server... Restarting...."
# politely stop and start the service
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart
# e-page someone so they will know there was a problem
cat /root/problem.msg |mail -s "sendmail down on your system" 
ur_name ur_domain com
fi



On Saturday 07 February 2004 18:32, Muhammad Rizwan Khan wrote:
> Hello list!
>
> How i can assure that sendmail is running on my system, and if any time it
> fails it should restart automatically.
>
> If i add some bash script in crond, that it 'll check the status of
> sendmail after every 5 minutes and 'll restart it, if its not running.
> Is there can be any problem with this idea.
> (any body have kind of script)

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Muhammad Rizwan Khan
http://nixpanel.com
MSN ID: nixpanel hotmail com