Autor: Marc Schiffbauer Data: A: exim-users Assumpte: Re: [exim] Why does exim4 stat /boot and /proc/<pid>/mounts very
often?
* Philip Hazel schrieb am 15.12.04 um 17:09 Uhr: > On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
>
> > > Is there any reason why exim4 tries to access
> > >
> > > /
> > > /boot
> > > /proc/<pid>/mounts
> > > /dev/pts
> > >
> > > when running?
> >
> > I would guess its a side effect of the space checks done on receipt of
> > message (although that doesn't explain /boot or /dev/pts).
>
> I'm as amazed as you are. It must be a side effect of some system call,
> because not all systems have /boot. Exim certainly doesn't look at those
> directly.
>
> > Run a SMTP message receive in debug mode and see if you can see how the
> > accesses match up with exim operations.
>
> Ultimately, I guess, you may have to strace it.
which would be the best exim call to test that?
-Marc
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