Comment 0 for bug 266104

The startup script "/etc/init.d/mailman" starts
mailman with
a command of the general form "mailmanctl -s -q start"

"-s" causes mailmanctl to start agaim, regardless of
whether
or not another copy is already running. Changing init
levels in RH can generate many, many running daemons.

Attached is a patch to mailmanctl that tests if the owner
of the lock file is still alive, before actually
starting up.

[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=996792&group_id=103&atid=100103]