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#
# SendMail startup/shutdown script.
#
case $1 in
    start)
        set -- `who -r`
        if [ "$9" = "S" ]               # run only during boot time
        then
            if [ -x /usr/lib/sendmail ]
            then
                if [ ! -f /etc/sendmail.pid ]
                then
                        touch /etc/sendmail.pid
                fi

                /bin/su root -c "/usr/lib/sendmail -bd -q1h" 2> /dev/null

                # *******************************************************
                # Addition Included by C.Young (----) - 07/11/2002.
                # - Advise ---- Operations via eMail that the system
                #   has been restarted.
                # - eMail sent to ---- Operations Mgr and Staff.
                # *******************************************************

                /bin/su root -c "mail -s'* EVEREST HAS BEEN REBOOTED *' \
                                 ops@????.com,dhoey@????.com.au   \
                                 < /---_stats/admin/reboot.notice "

            fi
        fi
        ;;

    stop)
        if [ -x /bin/ps -a -x /bin/kill ]
        then
            #
            # su root to set luid (required for systems with SECLUID set)
            #
            pid=`su root -c "ps -e" \
                | sed -n -e '/ sendmail$/s/^ *\([1-9][0-9]*\) .*$/\1/p'`

            if [ -n "$pid" ]
            then
                kill $pid
            fi
        fi
        ;;

    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}" >&2
        ;;
esac