Subj : Re: Getting email
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Gryphon
Date : Sat Jul 02 2005 10:08 pm

On 07-02-05, Angus Mcleod said...
 
AM>   Re: Re: Getting email
AM>   By: Gryphon to Digital Man on Fri Jul 01 2005 23:18:00
AM> 
AM>  > DM>         netstat -ap | grep smtp
AM>  > 
AM>  >Results:
AM>  > 
AM>  > tcp        0     0 localhost:smtp      *:*  LISTEN    18450/master
AM>  > unix    2      [ ACC ]  STREAM LISTENING 208669 18450/master private/sm
AM>  > unix    2      [ ACC ]  STREAM LISTENING 208717 18459/master private/bs
AM>  > 
AM>  > Does that tell you anything?
AM> 
AM> (See, that's why I like  "netstat -ap | grep smtp | grep ^tcp" better.)
AM>              ^^^^^^^^^^^
AM> The last two lines don't matter.  The one beginning with "tcp" tells you 
AM> that something called "master" is listening on the smtp port on localhost.
AM> What is "master"?  Try
AM> 
AM> 	ps -ef | grep 18450
AM> 
AM> to see what the full command lineis for PID 18450.  

 /usr/lib/postfix/master

Gryphon, aka Darryl Perry
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