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Subject: Re: policy-weight -spawn $csock error after power out reboot
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> --On Saturday, October 17, 2009 05:15:30 -0500 David Southwell
> 
> <david@vizion2000.net> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > FreeBSD dns1.vizion2000.net 7.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Thu
> > Aug 20 12:54:34 BST 2009
> > david@dns1.vizion2000.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64 [on intel
> > quad]
> >
> > Following an abrupt power system failure and a system reboot this server
> > now gets this error in maillog:
> >
> >   postfix/policyd-weight[9622]: warning: cache_query: $csock couln't be
> > created: connect: No such file or directory, calling spawn_cache()
> >
> > No other problems. Just in case it was due to a retained. pid I deleted
> > the .pid file followed by a normal shutdown and reboot - but am still
> > getting the same problem.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any guidance
> 
> It doesn't look like anyone has answered this.  That warning message is
>  normal to see at startup but should not persist.
> 
> The solution is to rm -fr /tmp/.policyd-weight, then restart
>  policyd-weight. Policyd-weight will then recreate that dir and recreate
>  its socket as well as the other files and dirs that go there.
> 
Thanks

I found that .. and my script now clears /tmp/.policy-weight if it it exists 
before policyd-weight is started.!!

Thanks

David