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[Martyz]

Hey, anyone has some script for VPS debian 5.0, which would automatically turn on mta-server when it's off..? Please give it to me, I really need it.. :\

[Martyz]

someone?

[Zango]

you can script a cron job to check for process existance every 10 seconds or so, and boot if needed

read more about shell scripting

[Strika]

First you make a .sh script called mtawatch.sh (or whatever you like)

nano mtawatch.sh  

then paste the code in there

 #!/bin/sh 
  
mta="/home/mtaserver/" 
process=`ps uxw | grep mta-server | grep -v grep | awk '{print $11}'` 
  
if [ -z "$process" ]; then 
  
  echo "Couldn't find MTA running, restarting it." 
  cd "$mta" 
  screen -A -m -d -S mta ./mta-server 
  echo "Server Started" 
  
fi  

Edit it to your directories and stuff..

Then on the user your running mta server as, type crontab -e

In a new line, put this code

 * * * * * /home/scripts/mtawatch.sh 

Again, change it to your directories.. also don't forget to chmod +x mtawatch.sh

This script will check if the server is running every minute (minimum time for crontab), and it will start it if it isn't running.