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<b>NAME</b><br>
slowmilt -f
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<b>SYNOPSIS</b><br>
<b>slowmilt</b> -f
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<b>DESCRIPTION</b><br>
When <b>slowmilt</b> first starts to run, it will print an error such as
the following if it cannot find its dabase files, and abort:
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slowmilt: Primary database open: /etc/mail/milter/slow/ip.db: No such file or directory
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The problem here is that its database files have not yet been created.
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In order to bootstrap <b>slowmilt</b> it needs to be run at least one
time with its <code>-f</code> command-line switch:
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% slowmilt -f
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Here, the <code>-f</code> command-line switch causes the <b>slowmilt</b> programs
two <a href="../database.html">databases</a> to be created, and for the version
of the database to be writen to it.
The <a href="v.html"><code>-v</code></a> command-line switch can also be used with
cause the success of bootstrapping to be printed:
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% slowmilt -f -v<br>
/etc/mail/milter/slow/ip.db: successfully created.<br>
/etc/mail/milter/slow/events.db: successfully created.<br>
slowmilt: succesful insert of version<br>
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Note that the <code>-f</code> command-line switch has intentionally been
made idempotent. That is, it may be used successfully even if the database
has already been created. That way, a startup script does not need to know
if this is a bootstrap situation or not. For example:
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su slowuser -c /user/sbin/slowmilt -f<br>
su slowuser -c /user/sbin/slowmilt &amp;<br>
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Here, the first line silently bootstraps the system (just in case it has
not already been bootstrapped). The second line uses the shell &amp;
operator to run <b>slowmilt</b> in the background as a daemon.
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#	Change	User	Description	Committed
#1	3998	bryan_costales	Brought the whole distribution up to V0.9 Added a huge abount of documentation. Added slowedit find Created startup scripts to launch for testing Fixed numerous bugs. Fixed a few portablity issues. Installed hooks for whitelisting and IP aliases.