Symantec Mail Security, Administration Manual

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198 Administering the system
Periodic system maintenance
Starting and stopping UNIX services
Table 10-2 describes the UNIX services of Symantec Mail Security for SMTP.
Start or stop UNIX services
Follow these procedures to start or stop UNIX services.
To start UNIX services
◆ Log in as root or use sudo to type a command of the form:
/etc/init.d/<service> start
For example:
/etc/init.d/bcc start
To stop UNIX services
◆
Log in as root or use sudo to type a command of the form:
/etc/init.d/<service> stop
For example:
/etc/init.d/bcc stop
Periodic system maintenance
System maintenance of the Symantec software should be done as part of your
regular server maintenance schedule, including the tasks below.
Backing up logs data
In general, there is no reason to store stale logs. For troubleshooting purposes,
logs that are not set to Information (which provides the most detail) have
Table 10-2 UNIX services
Service Description
bcc Serves Control Center pages via HTTP
sms_ldapsync Synchronizes user and group data from LDAP directories
smssmtp_mysql Retrieves data stored in the MySQL database
smssmtpbase Transfers configuration information between the Control Center
and each Scanner.
Smssmtpconnector Downloads updated virus definitions and antispam filters
smssmtpmta Mail transfer agent that routes email