Fail to start postfix

[satimis]

Hi folks,

CentOS 4.4 server amd64

Failed to start postfix

# /etc/init.d/postfix start

Starting postfix:                                          [FAILED]

# /etc/init.d/saslauthd restart

Stopping saslauthd:                                        [  OK  ]
Starting saslauthd:                                        [  OK  ]

Pls advise where to check and how to fix the problem. TIA


B.R.
satimis

[likwid]

Well you have to figure out what the problem is first. I would check /var/log/messages and /var/log/maillog

[satimis]

Well you have to figure out what the problem is first. I would check /var/log/messages and /var/log/maillog

Hi likwid,

# cat /var/log/messages | tail

......
Apr  6 21:23:39 host postfix: postfix start failed
Apr  6 21:30:54 host saslauthd[4954]: server_exit     : master exited: 4954
Apr  6 21:30:54 host saslauthd: saslauthd shutdown succeeded
Apr  6 21:30:54 host saslauthd[5607]: detach_tty      : master pid is: 5607
Apr  6 21:30:54 host saslauthd[5607]: ipc_init        : listening on socket: /va
r/run/saslauthd/mux
Apr  6 21:30:54 host saslauthd: saslauthd startup succeeded
Apr  6 21:31:11 host postfix: postfix stop failed
Apr  6 21:31:12 host postfix: postfix start failed
Apr  6 21:32:51 host su(pam_unix)[5651]: session opened for user root by satimis
(uid=500)

satimis

[likwid]

So what's before postfix start failed?

[satimis]

So what's before postfix start failed?

Hi likwid,

In the course of building server I ran;

http://www.satimis.com/postfixadmin/admin/ on browser and can't find it.

Then I checked postfix with;
# /etc/init.d/postfix restart
[Fail]

and found it was not running. I googled around unable to find a solution and leaving it there. Then continued and latter came to testing with following commands

etc/init.d/mysql.server start
/etc/init.d/saslauthd start
/etc/init.d/courier-authlib start
/etc/init.d/courier-imap start
/etc/init.d/postfix start

# /etc/init.d/mysql.server start
command NOT found.

# ls /etc/init.d/ | grep mysql.server
No printout

# /etc/init.d/saslauthd start

Starting saslauthd: saslauthd[5498] :detach_tty      : Cannot start saslauthd
saslauthd[5498] :detach_tty      : Another instance of saslauthd is currently running
                                                           [FAILED]

# /etc/init.d/courier-authlib restart

Stopping Courier authentication services:/etc/authlib/authdaemonrc: line 122: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
/etc/authlib/authdaemonrc: line 124: syntax error: unexpected end of file
 authdaemond
Starting Courier authentication services:/etc/authlib/authdaemonrc: line 122: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
/etc/authlib/authdaemonrc: line 124: syntax error: unexpected end of file
 authdaemond

# /etc/init.d/courier-imap restart

Stopping Courier-IMAP server: imap imap-ssl pop3 pop3-ssl
Starting Courier-IMAP server: imap imap-ssl pop3 pop3-ssl

# /etc/init.d/postfix restart

Shutting down postfix:                                     [FAILED]
Starting postfix:                                          [FAILED]

That was the story.


B.R.
satimis

[likwid]

I meant in the log, what happens before the line that says starting postfix failed.

[satimis]

I meant in the log, what happens before the line that says starting postfix failed.

....
Apr  6 20:59:33 host postfix: postfix reload failed
Apr  6 21:21:54 host saslauthd[5499]: detach_tty      : could not lock pid file /var/run/saslauthd/saslauthd.pid: Resource temporarily unavailable
Apr  6 21:21:54 host saslauthd[5498]: detach_tty      : Cannot start saslauthd
Apr  6 21:21:54 host saslauthd[5498]: detach_tty      : Another instance of saslauthd is currently running
Apr  6 21:21:54 host saslauthd: saslauthd[5498] :detach_tty      : Cannot start saslauthd
Apr  6 21:21:54 host saslauthd: saslauthd[5498] :detach_tty      : Another instance of saslauthd is currently running
Apr  6 21:21:54 host saslauthd: saslauthd startup failed
Apr  6 21:23:38 host postfix: postfix stop failed
Apr  6 21:23:39 host postfix: postfix start failed

[adrenaline]

Check /var/log/messages

Don't worry about sasl yet Get post fix running and we can address sasl later.

[satimis]

Hi adrenaline,

Check /var/log/messages

Pls see above postings. Tks. It will be difficult to post the whole file here because of its size.

# cat /var/log/maillog | tail

Apr  6 21:23:38 host sendmail[5563]: alias database /etc/aliases rebuilt by sati
mis
Apr  6 21:23:38 host sendmail[5563]: /etc/aliases: 78 aliases, longest 10 bytes,
 802 bytes total
Apr  6 21:23:38 host postfix[5564]: fatal: /etc/postfix/main.cf, line 587: missi
ng '=' after attribute name: "local_recipient_maps" setting in"
Apr  6 21:31:10 host postfix[5617]: fatal: /etc/postfix/main.cf, line 587: missi
ng '=' after attribute name: "local_recipient_maps" setting in"
Apr  6 21:31:11 host sendmail[5620]: alias database /etc/aliases rebuilt by sati
mis
Apr  6 21:31:11 host sendmail[5620]: /etc/aliases: 78 aliases, longest 10 bytes,
 802 bytes total
Apr  6 21:31:11 host postfix[5621]: fatal: /etc/postfix/main.cf, line 587: missi
ng '=' after attribute name: "local_recipient_maps" setting in"
Apr  6 22:28:38 host authdaemond: Bad line in /etc/authlib/authdaemonrc: authpip
e"
Apr  6 22:41:49 host authdaemond: Bad line in /etc/authlib/authdaemonrc: authpip
e"
Apr  6 22:44:13 host authdaemond: Bad line in /etc/authlib/authdaemonrc: authpip
e"

Others noted with tks.

B.R.
satimis

[adrenaline]

All you have to do is tail -f and it will start to tail the log last 10 lines I believe and then stays active.

If you tail -100 /var/log/messages this will give you the last 100 and so on

It looks to me like you don't have post fix configured right, but I use sendmail so I can't be much help.