<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title> Postfix manual - postlogd(8) </title> </head> <body> <pre> POSTLOGD(8) POSTLOGD(8) <b>NAME</b> postlogd - Postfix internal log server <b>SYNOPSIS</b> <b>postlogd</b> [generic Postfix daemon options] <b>DESCRIPTION</b> This program logs events on behalf of Postfix programs when the maillog configuration parameter specifies a non-empty value. <b>BUGS</b> Non-daemon Postfix programs don't know that they should log to the internal logging service before they have processed command-line options and <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> parameters. These programs still log earlier events to the syslog service. If Postfix is down, the non-daemon programs <a href="postfix.1.html"><b>postfix</b>(1)</a>, <a href="postsuper.1.html"><b>postsuper</b>(1)</a>, <a href="postmulti.1.html"><b>postmulti</b>(1)</a>, and <a href="postlog.1.html"><b>postlog</b>(1)</a>, will log directly to <b>$<a href="postconf.5.html#maillog_file">maillog_file</a></b>. These programs expect to run with root privileges, for example during Postfix start-up, reload, or shutdown. Other non-daemon Postfix programs will never write directly to <b>$<a href="postconf.5.html#maillog_file">mail</a>-</b> <b><a href="postconf.5.html#maillog_file">log_file</a></b> (also, logging to stdout would interfere with the operation of some of these programs). These programs can log to <a href="postlogd.8.html"><b>postlogd</b>(8)</a> if they are run by the super-user, or if their executable file has set-gid per- mission. Do not set this permission on programs other than <a href="postdrop.1.html"><b>postdrop</b>(1)</a>, <a href="postqueue.1.html"><b>postqueue</b>(1)</a> and (Postfix >= 3.7) <a href="postlog.1.html"><b>postlog</b>(1)</a>. <b>CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS</b> Changes to <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> are picked up automatically, as <a href="postlogd.8.html"><b>postlogd</b>(8)</a> pro- cesses run for only a limited amount of time. Use the command "<b>postfix</b> <b>reload</b>" to speed up a change. The text below provides only a parameter summary. See <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>postconf</b>(5)</a> for more details including examples. <b><a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> The default location of the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> con- figuration files. <b><a href="postconf.5.html#maillog_file">maillog_file</a> (empty)</b> The name of an optional logfile that is written by the Postfix <a href="postlogd.8.html"><b>postlogd</b>(8)</a> service. <b><a href="postconf.5.html#process_id">process_id</a> (read-only)</b> The process ID of a Postfix command or daemon process. <b><a href="postconf.5.html#process_name">process_name</a> (read-only)</b> The process name of a Postfix command or daemon process. <b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_name">syslog_name</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> A prefix that is prepended to the process name in syslog records, so that, for example, "smtpd" becomes "prefix/smtpd". <b><a href="postconf.5.html#service_name">service_name</a> (read-only)</b> The <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> service name of a Postfix daemon process. <b><a href="postconf.5.html#postlogd_watchdog_timeout">postlogd_watchdog_timeout</a> (10s)</b> How much time a <a href="postlogd.8.html"><b>postlogd</b>(8)</a> process may take to process a request before it is terminated by a built-in watchdog timer. <b>SEE ALSO</b> <a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, configuration parameters syslogd(8), system logging <b>README_FILES</b> Use "<b>postconf <a href="postconf.5.html#readme_directory">readme_directory</a></b>" or "<b>postconf <a href="postconf.5.html#html_directory">html_directory</a></b>" to locate this information. <a href="MAILLOG_README.html">MAILLOG_README</a>, Postfix logging to file or stdout <b>LICENSE</b> The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. <b>HISTORY</b> This service was introduced with Postfix version 3.4. <b>AUTHOR(S)</b> Wietse Venema Google, Inc. 111 8th Avenue New York, NY 10011, USA POSTLOGD(8) </pre> </body> </html> |