UPDATE-EXIM4DEFAULTS(8)                                       System Manager's Manual                                      UPDATE-EXIM4DEFAULTS(8)

NAME

       update-exim4defaults - Manage exim4 daemon default file.

SYNOPSIS

       update-exim4defaults  [  --qflags  flags ] [ --queuerunner combined|queueonly|separate|ppp|no|nodaemon ] [ --queuetime time ] [ --commonop-
       tions options ] [ --queuerunneroptions options ] [ --smtplisteneroptions options ] [ --remove-common options ] [ --remove-queue options ] [
       --remove-smtp options ] [ --force|-f ] [ --help|-h ] [ --init ]

DESCRIPTION

       update-exim4defaults  allows one to set run parameters for the Exim daemon in /etc/default/exim4.  Its main purpose is for interaction with
       packages enhancing Exim like virus-scanners that need to change the way the exim daemon is started.

OPTIONS

       --help|-h
              Print short usage instructions and exit.

       --qflags flags
              Set qflags, special flags given to exim directly after the "-q". See exim(8) for more information.

       --queuerunner combined|queueonly|separate|ppp|no|nodaemon
              Should the init script start one daemon that listens on the smtp port for incoming connections and runs the queue at regular  inter-
              vals  (combined) , or should it start two separate daemons, one listening on the smtp port, the other running the queue (separate) ,
              or should the queue only be run by /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim4 (ppp) , or shouldn't we run the queue at all, for example if you'd  rather
              do this with cron ? Or should we only start a queuerunner (queueonly) or no daemon at all (nodaemon) ?

       --queuetime time
              In which intervals should we run the queue? This passed as option -q<qflags>time to Exim, e.g. -q30m or -qq1h.

       --commonoptions options
              Options passed both to queue-running and listening instances of Exim.

       --queuerunneroptions options
              Options only passed to the instance of Exim running the queue.

       --smtplisteneroptions options
              Options only passed to the instance of Exim listening on the SMTP port.

       --force|-f
              Without  this  option  update-exim4defaults  exits  with  an  error  if  at  least  one of the options --queuetime, --commonoptions,
              --queuerunneroptions or --smtplisteneroptions is used and the corresponding value in /etc/default/exim4 is already set to a nonempty
              value.

       --remove-common option
              Try to remove the given option from COMMONOPTIONS.

       --remove-queue option
              Try to remove the given option from QUEUERUNNEROPTIONS.

       --remove-smtp option
              Try to remove the given option from SMTPLISTENEROPTIONS.

       The  --remove-commands  cannot  be  used  at  the  same  time as any of --commonoptions, --queuerunneroptions or --smtplisteneroptions. The
       --remove-commands will additionally remove whitespace at the beginning and the end of the option and exchange multiple spaces wi  a  single
       one.

       --init create  a  default  /etc/default/exim4 file and exit immediately. Unless --force was also specified update-exim4defaults exits (suc-
              cessfully) without doing anything if /etc/default/exim4 already exists. All other options are ignored.

EXIT STATUS

       0      change was successful or nothing needed to be done.

       1      generic error: wrong options, unreadable configuration file, etc.

       2      QUEUEINTERVAL was already set.

       4      COMMONOPTIONS was already set.

       8      QUEUERUNNEROPTIONS was already set.

       16     SMTPLISTENEROPTIONS was already set.

       32     QFLAGS was already set.

       64     --remove-something failed, i.e. the value of the option was not changed.

       Exit codes 2 to 32 will be summed up, if more than one unsuccessful option was given.

FILES

       /etc/default/exim4
              The configuration file.

       /etc/init.d/exim4
              The Exim init-script.

       /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim4
              The queuerunner in this file also uses COMMONOPTIONS and QUEUERUNNEROPTIONS and does not run if QUEUERUNNER=no.

BUGS

       This manual page needs a major re-work. If somebody knows better groff than us and has more experience in writing manual pages, any patches
       would be greatly appreciated.

SEE ALSO

       exim(8), /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/

AUTHOR

       Andreas Metzler <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org>

EXIM4                                                             March 26, 2003                                           UPDATE-EXIM4DEFAULTS(8)