NAME

pmx-service - Interface for PureMessage services running on remote servers.


SYNOPSIS

 pmx-service [options] [command] [servicename]


DESCRIPTION

The pmx-service command is used to stop, start and check the status of PureMessage services running on remote machines. It is similar to the pmx control program, but while both pmx and pmx-service can be used to manipulate local services, only pmx-service can be used to manipulate remote services.

OPTIONS

The following options are recognized:

--host hostname
Specify a remote hostname or host alias. If the host alias is not configured in the servergroups.conf configuration file, you are prompted for connection parameters and authentication information. If the information provided is correct, you have the option of adding the configuration to the servergroups.conf configuration file.

--group groupname
Similar to the --host option, --group sends a query to the hosts that are members of the specified group, according to the group configuration in the servergroups.conf file.

--network
Similar to --group option, --network sends a query to all hosts configured in the servergroups.conf file.

COMMANDS

The following commands are recognized:

status
Request status information. If the service type is not specified (as described below), the status is shown for all services.

start
Sends a start request to the specified service.

stop
Sends a stop request to the specified service.

restart
Sends a restart request to the specified service.

SERVICES

The following service types are recognized:

milter
The server-side mail filtering control service.

smtp
The mail transfer agent (MTA) service.

http
The HTTP service for the PureMessage Manager.

httpd
The HTTP service for the End User Web Interface.


FILES

etc/servergroups.conf


SEE ALSO

the pmx manpage


COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Sophos Group. All rights reserved. Sophos and PureMessage are trademarks of Sophos Plc and Sophos Group.