Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:59:52 -1000 From: NetOpsCenter <noc@hdk5.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Postfix woes Message-ID: <4718FEA8.7050201@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <20071019054651.GA1256@remdog.net> References: <20071019054651.GA1256@remdog.net>
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Rem P Roberti wrote: > I did what you all requested and submitted my Postfix problem to the > Postfix list. The resident guru went over my maillog and sent back his > analysis which, in short, states that the problem has nothing to do with > Postfix, and that I should seek help here to get to the bottom of it > all. That reply is listed below. This is a rather strange business. > > Rem > > > > > > From: Rem P Roberti <rem@remdog.net> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Subject: [Victor.Duchovni@MorganStanley.com: Re: Boot-up weirdness] > Reply-To: > > ----- Forwarded message from Victor Duchovni <Victor.Duchovni@MorganStanley.com> ----- > > Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:44:36 -0400 > From: Victor Duchovni <Victor.Duchovni@MorganStanley.com> > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Boot-up weirdness > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 06:11:42PM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > >> Oct 18 16:39:20 bsd postfix/postfix-script[3805]: starting the Postfix >> mail system >> Oct 18 16:39:20 bsd postfix/master[3806]: daemon started -- version >> 2.4.5, configuration /usr/local/etc/postfix >> Oct 18 16:39:25 bsd postfix/postfix-script[3811]: refreshing the Postfix >> mail system >> Oct 18 16:39:25 bsd postfix/master[3806]: reload configuration >> /usr/local/etc/postfix >> > > Something runs "postfix reload" five seconds after Postfix starts. It is > not Postfix doing that, so find the start script or cron job responsible. > > >> Oct 18 16:40:40 bsd postfix/postfix-script[3937]: stopping the Postfix >> mail system >> Oct 18 16:40:40 bsd postfix/master[3806]: terminating on signal 15 >> > > Something runs "postfix stop" 85 seconds after that, it is not Postfix > doing that, so find the start script or cron job responsible. > > >> Oct 18 16:40:40 bsd postfix/postfix-script[3958]: fatal: the Postfix >> mail system is not running >> > > The code in question wants to make doubly sure that Postfix is down, > which it is. > > >> Oct 18 16:42:26 bsd postfix/postfix-script[894]: starting the Postfix >> mail system >> Oct 18 16:42:26 bsd postfix/master[895]: daemon started -- version >> 2.4.5, configuration /usr/local/etc/postfix >> > > Postfix is restarted by something on your system 106 seconds later. > > >> from=<root@bsd.remdog.net>, size=701, nrcpt=1 (queue active) >> Oct 18 16:42:28 bsd postfix/postfix-script[943]: fatal: the Postfix mail >> system is already running >> Oct 18 16:42:29 bsd postfix/postfix-script[983]: fatal: the Postfix mail >> system is already running >> > > Something is trying to start Postfix again. I am guessing you have two > Postfix start scripts fighting each other... > > >> Oct 18 17:38:44 bsd postfix/postmap[1555]: fatal: open transport.db: >> Permission denied >> > > An hour or so later, something is trying to run "postmap" or "postmap > -q", it is not Postfix doing that. Find the cron job or start script > in question. > > >> Oct 18 17:39:15 bsd postfix/postfix-script[1559]: stopping the Postfix >> mail system >> Oct 18 17:39:15 bsd postfix/master[895]: terminating on signal 15 >> Oct 18 17:39:21 bsd postfix/postfix-script[1609]: starting the Postfix >> mail system >> Oct 18 17:39:21 bsd postfix/master[1610]: daemon started -- version >> 2.4.5, configuration /usr/local/etc/postfix >> > > Postfix is restarted. > > >> Oct 18 17:39:27 bsd postfix/postfix-script[1615]: refreshing the Postfix >> mail system >> > > And reloaded for good measure. > > >> /usr/local/etc/postfix >> Oct 18 17:41:23 bsd postfix/postfix-script[1768]: stopping the Postfix >> mail system >> Oct 18 17:41:23 bsd postfix/master[1610]: terminating on signal 15 >> Oct 18 17:41:23 bsd postfix/postfix-script[1789]: fatal: the Postfix >> mail system is not running >> Oct 18 17:42:52 bsd postfix/postfix-script[894]: starting the Postfix >> mail system >> Oct 18 17:42:52 bsd postfix/master[895]: daemon started -- version >> 2.4.5, configuration /usr/local/etc/postfix >> > > This insanity has nothing to do with Postfix, if you can't find the > cron jobs, start scripts, management agents, ... that are doing this, > go back the FreeBSD list and ask for help to find them. > > Aloha, I run Postfix/Dovecot under FreeBSD 7* since Jan 2007. I had trouble with postfix by itself on FreeBSD when I first set up a mail server. I then had one of the FreeBSD gurus on the list suggest I run Dovecot to make postfix behave nicely on FreeBSD. That solved my problems. If you havent tried this FreeBSD Postfix/Dovecot based install it may work for you. Also if you are running Dovecot remember just start it in /etc/rc.conf you dont need to start postfix in there as well. If you are just running Postfix you have to start it in /etc/rc.conf ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + noc@hdk5.net + + http://internetohana.org - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* + "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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