[Exim] eximon with ssh

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Author: Frank Elsner
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To: exim-users
Subject: [Exim] eximon with ssh
I've encountered a strange problem when using "eximon" with "ssh":

frank: /home/frank<2> ssh exim@??? /opt/exim/bin/eximon
Waiting for forwarded connections to terminate...
The following connections are open:
X11 connection from mail.zrz.tu-berlin.de port 33182
frank: /home/frank<3>

The forwarded X11 connection is dropped before the "eximon.bin" is using it,
because "eximon" contains the statement
                                        exec ${EXIMON_BINARY} $* &


Removing the "&" solves the problem.

BTW, Why "exec" and "&", what does this mean ?

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