[exim] Child processes don't quit when I shut down exim (exi…

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Autor: Ari Epstein
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A: exim-users
Assumpte: [exim] Child processes don't quit when I shut down exim (exim4 on debian etch)
Hi all,

I don't have clue where to start diagnosing this so any suggestions
about what to look for would be appreciated.

I've been having an odd issue with exim today. I'll start exim and it
will have processes running like these:

102       1243  0.0  0.1  45668  1936 ?        Ss   17:14   0:00 /usr/ 
sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
root      1244  0.0  0.2  45672  3624 ?        S    17:14   0:00 /usr/ 
sbin/exim4 -q
root      1973  0.0  0.1  45676  2560 ?        S    17:24   0:00 /usr/ 
sbin/exim4 -q
102       1974  0.0  0.2  45940  3600 ?        S    17:24   0:00 /usr/ 
sbin/exim4 -q


I shut it down using the Debian init script ('/etc/init.d/exim4
stop'), I expect all these to go away, but instead I see:

root      1244  0.0  0.2  45672  3624 ?        S    17:14   0:00 /usr/ 
sbin/exim4 -q
root      1973  0.0  0.1  45676  2560 ?        S    17:24   0:00 /usr/ 
sbin/exim4 -q
102       1974  0.0  0.2  45940  3600 ?        S    17:24   0:00 /usr/ 
sbin/exim4 -q


Two wierd things here:

1. Why is it showing 102 for the user when there is a corresponding
"Debian-exim" entry for that user id?
2. Why don't the child processes quit?

I have recently used the following commands with exim... was it a
mistake to use sudo?:

sudo exim -bpc
sudo exim -qf
sudo exim -qff