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From: Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid>
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Subject: (retract - wrong group) Re: long uptimes and mountd port
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 08:38:19 +0000
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Sorry -- wrong group!!!!

On 05/03/2025 08:37, Mike Scott wrote:
> Just a thought... I've just had to stop and restart an rpi-based server 
> after an uptime of 454 days (not an issue with fbsd - we just had to 
> shut the power off)
> 
> It restarted properly except dovecot didn't appear. Which raises a 
> couple of questions:
> 
> 1. When packages are upgraded, the program's not automatically 
> restarted, and this can lead to an accumulation of issues that may only 
> appear long after the upgrade is forgotten. Something like apt does 
> restart the program, IIRC, which seems a much better idea.
> 
> 2. Unhelpfully, dovecot didn't say what was up. 'service start dovecot' 
> just exited quietly with status 89. Not helpful; only starting it 
> manually with appropriate options did I get the error message.
> 
> 3. The issue was actually with mountd, which had suddenly decided to use 
> port 993/imaps. Weird!! At least it was easily fixed (-p 992).
> 
> But kudos for the uptime!
> 


-- 
Mike Scott
Harlow, England