Am 27.09.2014 um 16:32 schrieb Wietse Venema: > b...@bitrate.net: >> On Sep 27, 2014, at 07.48, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote: >> >>> Use "postconf -d", not "postconf -n". -n is for settings in the >>> configuration file, -d is for the built-in settings which include >>> the version, release date, and so on. >> >> this reminds me - some time long ago, i happened to notice that >> config_directory seems to be the lone exception to the postconf >> -n behavior described in postconf(1). it's not of much consequence, >> at least for me, but i was just curious why [presuming it's >> intentional]. > > I suppose your idea is to put the main.cf file in a different > location, then specify that location in the main.cf file, and not > create a chicken-and-egg problem
i suppose the question was why it is part of "postconf -n" output while it is not mentioned in "main.cf" and so should only appear in "postconf -d" [root@mail-gw:~]$ cat main.cf | grep config_directory [root@mail-gw:~]$ postconf -n | grep config_directory config_directory = /etc/postfix
