MASTER(8)MASTER(8)NAMEmaster - master Cyrus process
SYNOPSISmaster [ -l listen queue ] [ -p pidfile ] -d [ -D ]
DESCRIPTION
Master is the process that controls all of the Cyrus pro-
cesses. This process is responsible for creating all
imapd, pop3d, lmtpd and sieved child processes. This pro-
cess also initializes the Berkeley DB code and performs
scheduled cleanup/maintenance.
If this process dies, then no new sessions will be
started.
It kills itself and all child processes when it receives a
SIGTERM.
OPTIONS-l listen queue backlog
Increase the listen queue backlog. By default, the
listen queue is set to 32. On systems with a high
connection rate, it may be desirable to increase
this value. refer to listen(2) for details.
-p pidfile
Use pidfile as the pidfile. If not specified,
defaults to /var/run/cyrus-master.pid
-d Start in daemon mode (run in background and discon-
nect from controlling terminal).
-D Don't close stdin/stdout/stderr. Primiarly useful
for debugging.
CONFIGURATION
Upon execution, master reads its configuration information
out of the cyrus.conf(5) file.
Master rereads its configuration file when it receives a
hangup signal, SIGHUP. Services and events may be added,
deleted or modified when the configuration file is reread.
Any active services removed from the configuration file
will be allowed to run until completion.
NOTES
The environment variable CYRUS_VERBOSE can be set to log
additional debugging information. Setting the value to 1
results in base level logging. Setting it higher results
in more log messages being generated.
FILES
/etc/cyrus.conf, /etc/imapd.conf, /var/run/cyrus-mas-
ter.pid
SEE ALSOcyrus.conf(5), imapd.conf(5), imapd(8), pop3d(8),
lmtpd(8), timsieved(8), idled(8)CMU Project Cyrus MASTER(8)
