Matt Simpson wrote:
> At 8:49 AM 4/19/07, Charles Cazabon wrote:
>> Shaya Potter <
spotter@...> wrote:
>> > (they were trying to junk all mail
>> > to a specific alias, and did #|/bin/true instead of |/bin/true)
>>
>> They should instead just put "#" in the relevant .qmail file.
>
> What's the difference between
> # and #|/bin/true (or #anyrandomcharacters)?
>
> Isn't any line beginning with # considered a comment?
>
> (I realize that #|/bin/true is probably an indication that they were
> trying to do something they didn't need to, and # would be more
> straightforward. I just don't see why anything following the # would
> cause a crash).
you're right, it was not that.
the original file also output to a file as well as the /bin/true line.
that file's permissions made it unwritable to qmail which caused the crash.
