NAME

freeze − freeze sendmail configuration file on a cluster

SYNOPSIS

/etc/freeze [ sendmail options ...]

DESCRIPTION

On a cluster, the sendmail frozen configuration file, /usr/lib/sendmail.fc, is a context-dependent file; freeze runs /usr/lib/sendmail -bz on each currently active cnode of the cluster in such a way that mail from any of the client cnodes appears as if it originated on the server cnode.  This causes replies to all messages from the cluster to be directed to the server cnode, since only the server runs the sendmail daemon.  On a stand-alone host, freeze simply execs /usr/lib/sendmail −bz. 

freeze must be run by the super-user.  Any arguments to freeze are appended to the sendmail command run on each cnode. 

DIAGNOSTICS

freeze issues an error message if it is run by other than the super-user.  Other error messages may be output by remsh or sendmail. 

RETURN VALUE

If it is run by other than the super-user, freeze returns 1.  Otherwise it returns the result of /usr/lib/sendmail -bz on the local host. 

WARNINGS

freeze neither refreezes nor removes frozen configuration files belonging to inactive cnodes in the /usr/lib/sendmail.fc+ CDF directory. 

AUTHOR

freeze was developed by HP. 

FILES

/etc/freeze freeze command object code

/usr/lib/sendmail.cf default sendmail configuration file

/usr/lib/sendmail.fc default frozen configuration file

SEE ALSO

cnodes(1), remsh(1), sendmail(1m), cdf(4). 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 9.10: April 1995