The provided init script does not appropriate dependency checking for proper startup: In /etc/init.d/gld depend() { need use dns before postfix } should be depend() { need net use dns mysql before postfix } need -> "net" if mysql database is not local use -> "mysql" to start AFTER local mysql database Without this and not running / reachable mysql database the daemon dies at startup and leaves you in worst case with a non functional postfix which rejects all email and this is no fun... ;-) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.setup postfix, mysql, gld 2.boot up 3.gld is not started if mysql is not running Actual Results: postfix rejects email Expected Results: proper startup of gld, functional greylisting for postfix
Created attachment 55965 [details] my init script for gld Since the startup is also time critical, I
Created attachment 55965 [details] my init script for gld Since the startup is also time critical, I´ve added a "sleep 3" to give mysql a little time to load so that gld can connect to the service. This is a bit ugly since heavy dependend on the local maschine if this is enough time to load all mysql databases... It should be replaced by a loop that checks for the mysql pid, maybe issuse a "sql ping" with connection data in gld.conf and if this succeds, fire up gld...
Okay, I've made these changes, however, I don't see the MySQL not being properly started as a problem we should have to fix in the gld init script. The MySQL init script shouldn't eend $? before it's running completely. Feel free to reopen if you still feel differently. Thanks for the fixes, Alexander!
After having time to look further into init scripts, I have to agree that the mysql init script is the place to fix that time critical startup since other applications are highly likely to be affected too... Some last thing on gld before this goes stable, a dedicated user with least priviledges for this program should be generated at install time, but I will file a new bug regarding this... (#90468)
bug referred in #c3 is bug# 90471
