[jledhead]

centos might not split up the log file then. how about

tail /var/log/mail.log

if that still doesn't work then try

ls /var/log/mail*

and see what files you do have. I didn't see any real problems with your main.cf is why I want to see logs.

[raulb]

# tail /var/log/mail.log
tail: cannot open `/var/log/mail.log' for reading: No such file or directory
[root@chromacars postfix]# ls /var/log/mail*
/var/log/maillog  /var/log/maillog.1  /var/log/maillog.2

/var/log/mail:
statistics

[raulb]

# tail /var/log/maillog
Jun 11 13:11:57 chromacars sendmail[29351]: alias database /etc/aliases rebuilt by raul
Jun 11 13:11:57 chromacars sendmail[29351]: /etc/aliases: 76 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 765 bytes total
Jun 11 13:11:57 chromacars postfix[29352]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = all inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 11 13:13:12 chromacars postfix[29400]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 11 13:13:13 chromacars sendmail[29402]: alias database /etc/aliases rebuilt by raul
Jun 11 13:13:13 chromacars sendmail[29402]: /etc/aliases: 76 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 765 bytes total
Jun 11 13:13:13 chromacars postfix[29403]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 11 14:00:47 chromacars sendmail[29812]: alias database /etc/aliases rebuilt by raul
Jun 11 14:00:47 chromacars sendmail[29812]: /etc/aliases: 76 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 765 bytes total
Jun 11 14:00:47 chromacars postfix[29813]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory

[jledhead]

is sendmail still installed?

rpm -e sendmail

I think

[raulb]

rpm -e sendmail
error: Failed dependencies:
        sendmail = 8.13.8-2.el5 is needed by (installed) sendmail-cf-8.13.8-2.el5.i386

Thats wierd I swore I had it installed or am I wrong about this?
I just checked in webmin and it says the sendmail server is running.
I also did a yum update for sendmail and I have the latest updates

# yum install sendmail
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
updates                   100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
addons                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Nothing to do

[raulb]

Now webmin seems to think something is wrong with the mapping and told me to fix this

#
#  Aliases in this file will NOT be expanded in the header from
#  Mail, but WILL be visible over networks or from /bin/mail.
#
#	>>>>>>>>>>	The program "newaliases" must be run after
#	>> NOTE >>	this file is updated for any changes to
#	>>>>>>>>>>	show through to sendmail.
#

# Basic system aliases -- these MUST be present.
mailer-daemon:	postmaster
postmaster:	root

# General redirections for pseudo accounts.
bin:		root
daemon:		root
adm:		root
lp:		root
sync:		root
shutdown:	root
halt:		root
mail:		root
news:		root
uucp:		root
operator:	root
games:		root
gopher:		root
ftp:		root
nobody:		root
radiusd:	root
nut:		root
dbus:		root
vcsa:		root
canna:		root
wnn:		root
rpm:		root
nscd:		root
pcap:		root
apache:		root
webalizer:	root
dovecot:	root
fax:		root
quagga:		root
radvd:		root
pvm:		root
amanda:		root
privoxy:	root
ident:		root
named:		root
xfs:		root
gdm:		root
mailnull:	root
postgres:	root
sshd:		root
smmsp:		root
postfix:	root
netdump:	root
ldap:		root
squid:		root
ntp:		root
mysql:		root
desktop:	root
rpcuser:	root
rpc:		root
nfsnobody:	root

ingres:		root
system:		root
toor:		root
manager:	root
dumper:		root
abuse:		root

newsadm:	news
newsadmin:	news
usenet:		news
ftpadm:		ftp
ftpadmin:	ftp
ftp-adm:	ftp
ftp-admin:	ftp
www:		webmaster
webmaster:	root
noc:		root
security:	root
hostmaster:	root
info:		postmaster
marketing:	postmaster
sales:		postmaster
support:	postmaster


# trap decode to catch security attacks
decode:		root

# Person who should get root's mail
#root:		marc

[jledhead]

rpm -e means uninstall

sendmail=MTA
postfix=MTA

your don't want both. so if you are going to use postfix, uninstall sendmail.

/etc/init.d/sendmail stop

rpm -e sendmail-cf
rpm -e sendmail

/etc/init.d/postfix stop
/etc/init.d/postfix start

tail /var/log/maillog

[raulb]

ok i stoped sendmail but I cant get postfix to start or stop now

# /etc/init.d/postfix stop
Shutting down postfix:                                     [FAILED]
[root@chromacars raul]# /etc/init.d/postfix start
Starting postfix:                                          [FAILED]
[root@chromacars raul]# tail /var/log/maillog
Jun 12 04:02:03 chromacars sendmail[4972]: m5C822Wf004972: from=root, size=1956, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200806120802.m5C822Wf004972@chromacars.net>, relay=root@localhost
Jun 12 04:02:03 chromacars sendmail[5220]: m5C823gZ005220: from=<root@chromacars.net>, size=2208, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200806120802.m5C822Wf004972@chromacars.net>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=chromacars.net [127.0.0.1]
Jun 12 04:02:03 chromacars sendmail[4972]: m5C822Wf004972: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=31956, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (m5C823gZ005220 Message accepted for delivery)
Jun 12 04:02:03 chromacars sendmail[5223]: m5C823gZ005220: to=<root@chromacars.net>, ctladdr=<root@chromacars.net> (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=32414, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
Jun 12 11:11:03 chromacars postfix[9229]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 12 11:11:04 chromacars postfix[9231]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 12 11:13:49 chromacars postfix[9443]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 12 11:13:50 chromacars postfix[9445]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 12 13:31:28 chromacars postfix[10677]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 12 13:31:37 chromacars postfix[10685]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
[root@chromacars raul]#

[jledhead]

this sounds like your install is messed up, how did you install postfix?

I would suggest

rpm -e postfix
rm -rf /etc/postfix
OR to be safe
mv /etc/postfix /etc/postfix.backup

it should also remove startup script but

rm /etc/init.d/postfix

probably couldn't hurt. then

yum install postfix

and then try to start it up again

[raulb]

I had used webmin to install it i believe
when i did a

# yum install postfix
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
addons 951 B 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Nothing to do



Thats wierd it wont let me download or update it. I did a general yum update and got the same thing.