Re: smtpd not starting

From: Daniel Tippmann (no email)
Date: Tue Dec 02 2003 - 12:11:03 EST


Hi again,

The box is running on Debian Linux (testing/unstable). There are three
logs: mail.err, mail.info and mail.warn in /var/log. There don't seem to
be any postfix-related outputs in any of the other (sys)logs in /var/log.

Greetz
Daniel Tippmann

(btw. sorry for html-posting. Just a bad habit :)

Tim B wrote:

> Daniel Tippmann wrote:
>
>> Hi again,
>>
>> Michael Breton wrote:
>>
>>>> Dec 1 19:47:26 ns3 postfix/master[1925]: warning: process
>>>> /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 1929 exit status 127
>>>> Dec 1 19:47:26 ns3 postfix/master[1925]: warning:
>>>> /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There is a previous error message that tells you why smtpd had trouble
>>> starting
>>>
>>> Find the error message, and you will find it.
>>>
>>>
>> I'm afraid there isn't. These two lines are the first to appear when
>> postfix ist (re)started.
>>
>>> Actually, please post "postconf -n" output instead.
>>>
>>>
>> OK postconf -n says:
>>
>> command_directory = /usr/sbin
>> config_directory = /etc/postfix
>> daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
>> debug_peer_level = 2
>> local_transport = cyrus
>> mail_owner = postfix
>> mailbox_transport = cyrus
>> mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
>> manpage_directory = /usr/local/man
>> mydestination = $myhostname localhost.$mydomain
>> myhostname = xxx.de
>> newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
>> queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
>> readme_directory = no
>> relayhost =
>> sample_directory = /etc/postfix
>> sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
>> setgid_group = postdrop
>> unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450
>>
>>
>> So long,
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>
> What platform are you running this on?
>
> see if there is /var/log/mail/errors log file. some distros break out
> info, warnings, and errors into seperate log files.
>
>
>








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