Ticket #154: qmailboot.patch

qmail-config.xml

@@ -11 +11 @@
 echo "smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env \
 tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd" >> /etc/inetd.conf
 </userinput></screen></para>
-<para>Add:
-<userinput>sh -cf '/var/qmail/rc &'</userinput>
-to your boot scripts, so that the qmail daemons are restarted whenever
-your system reboots. Make sure you include the &.</para>
+
+<para>To automate the running of qmail, use following command to
+create the init.d script:</para> 
+
+<para><screen><userinput>
+cat &gt; /etc/rc.d/init.d/qmail &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+#!/bin/sh
+# Begin $rc_base/init.d/qmail
+
+# Based on sysklogd script from LFS-3.1 and earlier.
+# Rewritten by Gerard Beekmans  - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org
+
+source /etc/sysconfig/rc
+source $rc_functions
+
+case "$1" in
+
+        start)
+        echo "Starting Qmail..."
+        /var/qmail/rc &
+        ;;
+
+        stop)
+        echo "Stopping Qmail..."
+        killall qmail-send
+        ;;
+                
+        restart)
+        $0 stop
+        sleep 1
+        $0 start
+        ;;
+
+        *)
+        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+
+# End $rc_base/init.d/qmail
+EOF
+chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/qmail</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Create the symbolic links to this file in the relevant rc.d directory with the following commands:
+
+<screen><userinput>cd /etc/rc.d/init.d &amp;&amp;
+ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc0.d/K25qmail &amp;&amp;
+ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc1.d/K25qmail &amp;&amp;
+ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc2.d/K25qmail &amp;&amp;
+ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc3.d/S35qmail &amp;&amp;
+ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc4.d/S35qmail &amp;&amp;
+ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc5.d/S35qmail &amp;&amp;
+ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc6.d/K25qmail</userinput></screen></para>
+
 </sect3>
 
 <sect3><title>Configuring mailers to work with qmail</title>