Postfix question

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 11:17:40AM -0700, Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob McClure Jr [mailto:robertmcclure at earthlink.net] 
> > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:12 AM
> > To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> > Subject: Re: Postfix question
> > 
> > On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 09:30:01AM -0700, Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> > > Under a directory
> > > 
> > > /var/spool/postfix/etc
> > > 
> > > There are files such as hosts, resolv.conf, etc.  Which are 
> > supposed 
> > > to be copies of the /etc files.
> > > 
> > > Why aren't these files just links to /etc so it would 
> > always test ok, 
> > > and if those files changed, postfix would change 
> > automatically (minus 
> > > having to run reload).
> > 
> > They might possibly be hard links, but only if /etc and 
> > /var/spool/postfix/etc are on the same filesystem.  A symlink 
> > won't work in the chroot environment.  But some editors or 
> > change processes will break hard links, so that may not even work.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > -- 
> > Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
> > robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com Grace happens.
> 
> They aren't hard links, editing one, doesn't show up as a change in the
> other.

No, I know they are not.  Sorry, I should have clarified.  When
Postfix is installed, those files are simply copied by the
installation script.  What I should have said is that they _could_
(maybe) be made hard links.

> So the question becomes, does postfix modify in anyway, those files
> under postfix/etc.  

Not that I know of.  But an upgrade of the Postfix RPM might modify
them.  Don't know about that.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
Grace happens.