POSTKICK(1) General Commands Manual POSTKICK(1)
NAME
postkick - kick a Postfix service
SYNOPSIS
postkick [-c config_dir] [-v] class service request
DESCRIPTION
The postkick(1) command sends request to the specified service over a
local transport channel. This command makes Postfix private IPC acces-
sible for use in, for example, shell scripts.
Options:
-c config_dir
Read the main.cf configuration file in the named directory in-
stead of the default configuration directory.
-v Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple -v op-
tions make the software increasingly verbose.
Arguments:
class Name of a class of local transport channel endpoints, either pub-
lic (accessible by any local user) or private (administrative ac-
cess only).
service
The name of a local transport endpoint within the named class.
request
A string. The list of valid requests is service-specific.
DIAGNOSTICS
Problems and transactions are logged to the standard error stream.
ENVIRONMENT
MAIL_CONFIG
Directory with Postfix configuration files.
MAIL_VERBOSE
Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes.
CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant to this pro-
gram. The text below provides only a parameter summary. See postconf(5)
for more details including examples.
config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf config-
uration files.
application_event_drain_time (100s)
How long the postkick(1) command waits for a request to enter the
Postfix daemon process input buffer before giving up.
import_environment (see 'postconf -d' output)
The list of environment variables that a privileged Postfix
process will import from a non-Postfix parent process, or
name=value environment overrides.
queue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.
FILES
/var/spool/postfix/private, private class endpoints
/var/spool/postfix/public, public class endpoints
SEE ALSO
qmgr(8), queue manager trigger protocol
pickup(8), local pickup daemon
postconf(5), configuration parameters
LICENSE
The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
AUTHOR(S)
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
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