Hi, >> > I have a fedora15 server with amavisd-new-2.6.6-1 and >> > spamassassin-3.3.2-7 and occasionally amavisd just exits >> > and has to be restarted. > >> > Apr 20 10:38:33 mail amavis[8442]: >> > logging initialized, log level 2, syslog: amavis.mail >> > Apr 20 10:38:33 mail amavis[8442]: >> > Valid PID file (younger than sys uptime 14 6:55:00) > >> The second event looks loks like a normal restart: the process >> 17612 is shutting down, while the new 8442 is starting. >> Something is sending a restart signal to amavisd, perhaps >> some cron job or a log file rotator. > > P.S.: > > if the new starting process (like the 8442 from your log) > does not come up but fails during a start, a possible reason > is that some files (like a config file or DKIM keys file) is > too strongly protected, so a start as root succeeds, but a > start with reduced privileges fails.
After your suggestions, I'm really thinking it's due to an unreliable "service amavisd reload" on fedora15, and instead amavisd existing and not being restarted. I will look for this next time it happens. Thanks again, Alex
