trolled with the <b><a href="postconf.5.html#queue_directory">queue_directory</a></b> configura-
tion parameter in <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a>).
+ On Solaris systems the <b>pass</b> type is imple-
+ mented with streams sockets.
+
This feature is available as of Postfix ver-
sion 2.5.
<b>Private (default: y)</b>
- Whether or not access is restricted to the mail
- system. Internet (type <b>inet</b>) services can't be
+ Whether or not access is restricted to the mail
+ system. Internet (type <b>inet</b>) services can't be
private.
<b>Unprivileged (default: y)</b>
Whether the service runs with root privileges or as
- the owner of the Postfix system (the owner name is
+ the owner of the Postfix system (the owner name is
controlled by the <b><a href="postconf.5.html#mail_owner">mail_owner</a></b> configuration variable
in the <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> file).
- The
<a href="local.8.html"><b>local</b>(8)</a>, <a href="pipe.8.html"><b>pipe</b>(8)</a>, <a href="spawn.8.html"><b>spawn</b>(8)</a>, and <a href="virtual.8.html"><b>virtual</b>(8)</a>
+ The
<a href="local.8.html"><b>local</b>(8)</a>, <a href="pipe.8.html"><b>pipe</b>(8)</a>, <a href="spawn.8.html"><b>spawn</b>(8)</a>, and <a href="virtual.8.html"><b>virtual</b>(8)</a>
daemons require privileges.
<b>Chroot (default: y)</b>
- Whether or not the service runs chrooted to the
+ Whether or not the service runs chrooted to the
mail queue directory (pathname is controlled by the
- <b><a href="postconf.5.html#queue_directory">queue_directory</a></b> configuration variable in the
+ <b><a href="postconf.5.html#queue_directory">queue_directory</a></b> configuration variable in the
<a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> file).
Chroot should not be used with the <a href="local.8.html"><b>local</b>(8)</a>,
- <a href="pipe.8.html"><b>pipe</b>(8)</a>, <a href="spawn.8.html"><b>spawn</b>(8)</a>, and <a href="virtual.8.html"><b>virtual</b>(8)</a> daemons.
- Although the <a href="proxymap.8.html"><b>proxymap</b>(8)</a> server can run chrooted,
+ <a href="pipe.8.html"><b>pipe</b>(8)</a>, <a href="spawn.8.html"><b>spawn</b>(8)</a>, and <a href="virtual.8.html"><b>virtual</b>(8)</a> daemons.
+ Although the <a href="proxymap.8.html"><b>proxymap</b>(8)</a> server can run chrooted,
doing so defeats most of the purpose of having that
service in the first place.
The files in the examples/chroot-setup subdirectory
of the Postfix source archive show set up a Postfix
- chroot environment on a variety of systems. See
- also <a href="BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README.html">BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README</a> for issues related
+ chroot environment on a variety of systems. See
+ also <a href="BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README.html">BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README</a> for issues related
to running daemons chrooted.
<b>Wake up time (default: 0)</b>
- Automatically wake up the named service after the
- specified number of seconds. The wake up is imple-
- mented by connecting to the service and sending a
- wake up request. A ? at the end of the wake-up
- time field requests that no wake up events be sent
+ Automatically wake up the named service after the
+ specified number of seconds. The wake up is imple-
+ mented by connecting to the service and sending a
+ wake up request. A ? at the end of the wake-up
+ time field requests that no wake up events be sent
before the first time a service is used. Specify 0
for no automatic wake up.
a wake up timer.
<b>Process limit (default: $<a href="postconf.5.html#default_process_limit">default_process_limit</a>)</b>
- The maximum number of processes that may execute
+ The maximum number of processes that may execute
this service simultaneously. Specify 0 for no
process count limit.
NOTE: Some Postfix services must be configured as a
- single-process service (for example, <a href="qmgr.8.html"><b>qmgr</b>(8)</a>) and
- some services must be configured with no process
+ single-process service (for example, <a href="qmgr.8.html"><b>qmgr</b>(8)</a>) and
+ some services must be configured with no process
limit (for example, <a href="cleanup.8.html"><b>cleanup</b>(8)</a>). These limits must
not be changed.
<b>Command name + arguments</b>
- The command to be executed. Characters that are
- special to the shell such as ">" or "|" have no
- special meaning here, and quotes cannot be used to
+ The command to be executed. Characters that are
+ special to the shell such as ">" or "|" have no
+ special meaning here, and quotes cannot be used to
protect arguments containing whitespace.
- The command name is relative to the Postfix daemon
+ The command name is relative to the Postfix daemon
directory (pathname is controlled by the <b><a href="postconf.5.html#daemon_directory">dae</a>-</b>
<b><a href="postconf.5.html#daemon_directory">mon_directory</a></b> configuration variable).
- The command argument syntax for specific commands
- is specified in the respective daemon manual page.
+ The command argument syntax for specific commands
+ is specified in the respective daemon manual page.
- The following command-line options have the same
+ The following command-line options have the same
effect for all daemon programs:
- <b>-D</b> Run the daemon under control by the command
+ <b>-D</b> Run the daemon under control by the command
specified with the <b><a href="postconf.5.html#debugger_command">debugger_command</a></b> variable
in the <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> configuration file. See
<a href="DEBUG_README.html">DEBUG_README</a> for hints and tips.
<b>-o</b> <i>name</i>=<i>value</i>
Override the named <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> configuration
- parameter. The parameter value can refer to
+ parameter. The parameter value can refer to
other parameters as <i>$name</i> etc., just like in
<a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a>. See <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>postconf</b>(5)</a> for syntax.
NOTE 1: do not specify whitespace around the
- "=". In parameter values, either avoid
+ "=". In parameter values, either avoid
whitespace altogether, use commas instead of
- spaces, or consider overrides like "-o
- name=$override_parameter" with $over-
+ spaces, or consider overrides like "-o
+ name=$override_parameter" with $over-
ride_parameter set in <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a>.
- NOTE 2: Over-zealous use of parameter over-
- rides makes the Postfix configuration hard
- to understand and maintain. At a certain
- point, it might be easier to configure mul-
- tiple instances of Postfix, instead of con-
+ NOTE 2: Over-zealous use of parameter over-
+ rides makes the Postfix configuration hard
+ to understand and maintain. At a certain
+ point, it might be easier to configure mul-
+ tiple instances of Postfix, instead of con-
figuring multiple personalities via mas-
ter.cf.
- <b>-v</b> Increase the verbose logging level. Specify
+ <b>-v</b> Increase the verbose logging level. Specify
multiple <b>-v</b> options to make a Postfix daemon
process increasingly verbose.
<a href="DEBUG_README.html">DEBUG_README</a>, Postfix debugging
<b>LICENSE</b>
- The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this
+ The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this
software.
<b>AUTHOR(S)</b>
projects / thirdparty / postfix.git / commitdiff
