On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 21:02 +0000, Ray wrote: > Karsten Bräckelmann <guenther <at> rudersport.de> writes: > > > On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 16:12 +0000, Ray wrote: > > > Is there a feature like PostFix's `postconf` to display the currently > > > parsed > > > and calculated config? > > > > That pretty much equals your local.cf, no? > > No, the currently effective config is not equal to my local.cf (even for > postconf -n equivalency) because, as you say, users can change their > user_prefs. > Bystander's and sometime sysadmin's comment:
I can see a use for a 'postconf -n' equivalent in larger installations which permit users to change their own prefs. This hypothetical tool would be run in the user's login environment to report his SA environment, i.e. the parameters and local rules in force after configuration changes set by files in /etc/mail/spamassassin have been overrridden by the content of files in the user's .spamassassin directory. Asking a user to run the tool and mail its output to the mail admin may often be faster and more accurate than visiting said user or phoning him to get this information. The support time saved may well make writing the tool worthwhile. Martin
