Fail to start postfix

[likwid]

Seems like sendmail is already running, which means port 25 is already used. Try stopping sendmail, then starting postfix.

[satimis]

Hi adrenaline,

I got my problem fixed by running 'grep fatal /var/log/maillog'. It will indicate the source of mistake, simple and straightforward. Postfix is now running.

One thing I could not resolve. I took >15 min. to fix the problem. Many long lines on /etc/postfix/main.cf were pushed to another line causing a break. Why they did not continue on another line?

Anyway tks again for your support.


B.R.
satimis

[likwid]

Because of the editor you were using. In vim you need to do :set nowrap

[satimis]

Hi likwid,

Because of the editor you were using. In vim you need to do :set nowrap

That is after pressing "i" and before typing started, type :nowrap [Enter] to turn word wrap on. Is there a way setting it permanent?

satimis

[likwid]

No, this is before you hit i, when you're in command mode. To make it permanent you need to add set nowrap to your ~/.vimrc or /etc/vimrc.

[satimis]

No, this is before you hit i, when you're in command mode. To make it permanent you need to add set nowrap to your ~/.vimrc or /etc/vimrc.

Hi likwid,

I got it done both as root and user. ".vimrc" did not exist. I created them with only one line on each files

set nowrap

Tks

B.R.
satimis

[adrenaline]

No, this is before you hit i, when you're in command mode. To make it permanent you need to add set nowrap to your ~/.vimrc or /etc/vimrc.

Great tip.

thanks

[rjcroasdale]

Hi all

six years later and guess what...i got a similar problem,

I run postfix and dovecot, not sendmail (sendmail is not running i checked after reading this thread), the only errors in the log are as follows;

Mar 10 02:00:56 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6873]: stopping the Postfix mail system
Mar 10 02:00:56 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6876]: waiting for the Postfix mail system to terminate
Mar 10 02:00:57 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6879]: waiting for the Postfix mail system to terminate
Mar 10 02:00:58 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6882]: waiting for the Postfix mail system to terminate
Mar 10 02:00:59 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6885]: waiting for the Postfix mail system to terminate
Mar 10 02:01:00 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6888]: waiting for the Postfix mail system to terminate
Mar 10 02:01:01 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6890]: warning: stopping the Postfix mail system with force
Mar 10 02:01:01 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6895]: fatal: the Postfix mail system is already running
Mar 10 02:02:24 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6917]: stopping the Postfix mail system
Mar 10 02:02:24 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6920]: waiting for the Postfix mail system to terminate
Mar 10 02:02:25 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6923]: waiting for the Postfix mail system to terminate
Mar 10 02:02:26 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6926]: waiting for the Postfix mail system to terminate
Mar 10 02:02:27 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6929]: waiting for the Postfix mail system to terminate
Mar 10 02:02:28 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6932]: waiting for the Postfix mail system to terminate
Mar 10 02:02:29 SYSTEMNAME postfix/postfix-script[6934]: warning: stopping the Postfix mail system with force

Anyone know why postfix wont STOP!

[rjcroasdale]

why not lets all talk about nubs for a minute;
[SOLVED]
turned selinux off using setenforce 0 and postfixed finally stopped!

(then re-enabled selinux with setenforce 1)

bb for now