MASTER(5) File Formats Manual MASTER(5) (NAME) master - master Postfix (DESCRIPTION) Postfix ( ) . Postfix (daemon) . master(8) . master.cf . max_use max_idle . Postfix . Postfix local(8) pipe(8) spawn(8) inetd(8) . master.cf <> . (SYNTAX) master.cf : o <<#>> . o . . o Postfix . . . master.cf . . master.cf . <<->> . (boolean) <> <> . Service name . Service type : inet TCP/IP . host:port . ( ) . ( hosts(5) services(5)) ( IP ) . <<[]>> IPv6 . : 127.0.0.1:smtp ::1:smtp loopback 10025 TCP 10025 inet_interfaces . : 2.2 Postfix IP loopback master.cf main.cf <> main.cf . unix (UNIX-domain stream socket) . Postfix ( queue_directory main.cf ). Solaris 8 unix streams . unix-dgram (UNIX-domain datagram socket) . Postfix ( queue_directory main.cf ). fifo () FIFO ( named pipe) . Postfix ( queue_directory main.cf ). pass . ( file descriptor passing) . Postfix ( queue_directory main.cf ). Solaris 8 pass streams . 2.5 Postfix . Private (: y) Postfix ( private/ ) Postfix ( public/ ). ( inet) (private) . Unprivileged (: y) (root) Postfix ( mail_owner main.cf ). local(8) pipe(8) spawn(8) virtual(8) ( ) . Chroot (: Postfix >= 3.0: n, Postfix < 3.0: y) chroot ( queue_directory main.cf ). chroot local(8) pipe(8) spawn(8) virtual(8) . proxymap(8) chrooted . examples/chroot-setup Postfix chroot Postfix . BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README chroot . Wake up time (: 0) . wake up . wake-up time . 0 . pickup(8) qmgr(8) flush(8) (wake up timer) . Process limit (: $default_process_limit) . 0 . : Postfix ( qmgr(8)) ( cleanup(8)). . Command name + arguments . (shell) <<>>> <<|>> () . <<{>> <<}>> . Postfix ( daemon_directory ). . : -D debugger_command main.cf . DEBUG_README . -o { name = value } ( Postfix >= 3.0) main.cf. main.cf $name . postconf(5) . << >> (long form) . <<{>> <<=>> <<}>> . : /etc/postfix/master.cf: submission inet .... smtpd -o { smtpd_xxx_yyy = text with whitespace... } : Postfix . (instance) Postfix master.cf . -o name=value ( ) main.cf. main.cf $name . postconf(5) . << >> (short form) <<=>> . main.cf . : /etc/postfix/master.cf: submission inet .... smtpd -o smtpd_xxx_yyy=$submission_xxx_yyy /etc/postfix/main.cf submission_xxx_yyy = text with whitespace... : Postfix . (instance) Postfix master.cf . -v (verbose). -v Postfix . Command-line arguments that start with { Command-line arguments that contain whitespace Command-line arguments that must be empty <<{>> <<}>> (Postfix 3.0 ). <<{>> <<}>> . (SEE ALSO) master(8), process manager postconf(5), configuration parameters (README FILES) <> <> . BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README, basic configuration DEBUG_README, Postfix debugging (LICENSE) Secure Mailer . (AUTHORS) Initial version by Magnus Baeck Lund Institute of Technology Sweden 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 MASTER(5)