Re: [Exim] question about process name

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: John Jetmore
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] question about process name
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, John Jetmore wrote:

> Short question: Is there any case in which exim re-spawns, calling itself
> w/ its true name rather than what it was called with originally?


Yes. Whenever it re-execs itself.

> running exim, the MTA was showing up in the process list as
> "/wcs/exim/bin/exim -bd -q30m" instead of "/usr/lib/sendmail -bd -q30m".


For the daemon, that will happen if you HUP it.

> I'm expecting answer of no, I just want to make sure I have my bases
> covered.


Sorry. :-(

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