[Mimedefang] Stop/restart leaves mimedefang processes

[Björn Wiberg]

Hi!

I'm running MIMEDefang 2.31 on a Debian box (using it together with
sendmail 8.12.9). Using the init script supplied with MIMEDefang, it seems
that three "mimedefang"  processes are left running after issuing the
"stop" command (or "restart" command) to the init script:

root at reserv:~/bin# /etc/init.d/mimedefang.sh start
Starting mimedefang-multiplexor:                            [  OK  ]
Starting mimedefang:                                        [  OK  ]
root at reserv:~/bin# pstree
init-+-6*[agetty]
..
     |-mimedefang---mimedefang---mimedefang
     |-mimedefang-mult---2*[mimedefang.pl]
..

Looks OK...

root at reserv:~/bin# /etc/init.d/mimedefang.sh stop
Shutting down mimedefang:                                   [  OK  ]
Shutting down mimedefang-multiplexor:                       [  OK  ]
root at reserv:~/bin# pstree
init-+-6*[agetty]
..
     |-mimedefang---mimedefang---mimedefang
..

These ones shouldn't be left over after performing "stop"?

root at reserv:~/bin# killall mimedefang
root at reserv:~/bin# killall mimedefang-multiplexor
root at reserv:~/bin# /etc/init.d/mimedefang.sh start
Starting mimedefang-multiplexor:                            [  OK  ]
Starting mimedefang:                                        [  OK  ]
root at reserv:~/bin# /etc/init.d/mimedefang.sh restart
Shutting down mimedefang:                                   [  OK  ]
Shutting down mimedefang-multiplexor:                       [  OK  ]
Starting mimedefang-multiplexor:                            [  OK  ]
Starting mimedefang:                                        [  OK  ]
root at reserv:~/bin# pstree
init-+-6*[agetty]
..
     |-2*[mimedefang---mimedefang---mimedefang]
     |-mimedefang-mult---2*[mimedefang.pl]
..

root at reserv:~/bin# /etc/init.d/mimedefang.sh restart
Shutting down mimedefang:                                   [  OK  ]
Shutting down mimedefang-multiplexor:                       [  OK  ]
Starting mimedefang-multiplexor:                            [  OK  ]
Starting mimedefang:                                        [  OK  ]
root at reserv:~/bin# pstree
init-+-6*[agetty]
..
     |-3*[mimedefang---mimedefang---mimedefang]
     |-mimedefang-mult---2*[mimedefang.pl]
..

Obviously, on each restart, the number of "mimedefang" processes grows.
Has anyone else stumbled across this? Perhaps I've overlooked something
simple.

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
Björn

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Björn Wiberg (Bjorn.Wiberg at data.slu.se)