SPAWN(8) System Manager's Manual SPAWN(8) (NAME) spawn - Postfix (SYNOPSIS) spawn [generic Postfix daemon options] command_attributes... (DESCRIPTION) spawn(8) (stream socket) TCP UNIX-domain master.cf inet unix . (spawn) . transport_time_limit (: command_time_limit) transport master.cf . SIGKILL . spawn(8) master.cf (process limit) . (COMMAND ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX) master.cf . : user=username () user=username:groupname username . (root) . groupname (group ID) username . argv=command... () . . (shell meta characters) . "{" "{" "}" . "{" "}" . : argv=/bin/sh -c { shell syntax here } (DIAGNOSTICS) spawn(8) . syslogd(8) postlogd(8) . (SECURITY) spawn(8) (root) . . spawn(8) (data-driven) . (CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS) main.cf spawn(8) . "postfix reload" . . postconf(5) . transport master.cf . (RESOURCE AND RATE CONTROL) transport_time_limit ($command_time_limit) command_time_limit transport master.cf . (MISCELLANEOUS) config_directory ( 'postconf -d' ) main.cf master.cf Postfix. daemon_timeout (18000s) Postfix (watchdog) . export_environment ( 'postconf -d' ) Postfix Postfix . ipc_timeout (3600s) . mail_owner (postfix) Postfix Postfix . max_idle (100s) Postfix . max_use (100) Postfix . process_id (-) (PID) Postfix. process_name (-) Postfix. queue_directory ( 'postconf -d' ) Postfix. syslog_facility (mail) syslog Postfix. syslog_name ( 'postconf -d' ) syslog "smtpd" "prefix/smtpd" . Postfix 3.3 : service_name (-) master.cf Postfix. (SEE ALSO) postconf(5), configuration parameters master(8), process manager postlogd(8), Postfix logging syslogd(8), system logging (LICENSE) Secure Mailer . (AUTHORS) Wietse Venema IBM T.J. Watson Research P.O. Box 704 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA Wietse Venema Google, Inc. 111 8th Avenue New York, NY 10011, USA SPAWN(8)