From: Rob Foehl (rwfloonybin.net)
Date: Tue Sep 02 2003 - 11:29:29 CDT

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On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, John wrote:

> Thank you for your reply. This does help out. Do you
> think that installing the RPM is needed for I do have (at
> least I think I do) the package already installed. I ran
> "/usr/sbin/postfix start" and the program did start. Now,
> I have not had the chance to test it or even check it out
> to see what user it is running as (still have to figure
> out how to do that) but perhaps all that I may need is
> that simple startup script?
>
> I can always put a line in the rc.local to start the
> script as well. (again, saving the install of the
> RPM).... Or do you think that simply installing the RPM
> will solve the problem and any in the future? If that is
> the case, what is the location of Simon's RPM Website with
> the instructions? (or is it off of the Redhat Website?)

You're on the right track. Avoid the RPM, just add postfix start to your
rc.local, or create another script in init.d to run postfix
start/stop/restart and run chkconfig on that script when you're finished.

-Rob

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