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Alexander Kotelnikov <sacha@giotto.sj.ru> writes:

>>>>>> On Tue, 03 Sep 2002 11:26:00 +0200
>>>>>> "KG" =3D=3D Kai Gro=DFjohann <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE> wr=
ote:
> KG>=20
> KG> Alexander Kotelnikov <sacha@giotto.sj.ru> writes:
>>> imap: Opening IMAP connection with `ssh -q %s /usr/sbin/imapd'...
> KG>=20
> KG> Can you run this command from the shell with no controlling terminal?
>
> Actually, I do not understand the question.
>
> I am able to run the command throm shell. But I am not able to run it,
> for instance, with cron. Simple way to replroduce the problem is to
> put /dev/null on the command's stdin while running it from shell.

Yes, I meant whether it is possible to run

    ssh -q %s /usr/sbin/imapd </dev/null
                              ^^^^^^^^^^

I underlined the important part, and the %s needs to be replaced with
something else, of course.

Now here is my reasoning:

It does not work to let "ssh -q ... /usr/sbin/imapd" read from
/dev/null, probably because the command needs some input.  The need
for input doesn't go away by letting it run under Emacs, so you
shouldn't be surprised that letting Emacs (and thus, sshd) read from
/dev/null doesn't work, either.

Or am I misunderstanding something?

kai
--=20
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