Hello there, I have a problem with 'postfix'... When I perform a /etc/init.d/postfix restart it 'fails' on the shutdown and starts up 'ok'... If I perform a restart quickly again it stops 'OK' and starts 'OK'... If however I leave it for a minute, the shutdown 'fails'. Now the crazy thing is that I have two systems configured almost identically. They are both DELL GX620’s running FC4 and are both fully up to date. One is configured as a webserver and postfix works fine. The other is configured as an ‘Asterisk PBX’ box and I am having trouble. I wish I knew what I am doing wrong…? Phil
fatal: bind 127.0.0.1 port 25: Address already in use Hmmm... Feb 20 15:59:18 asterisk2 postfix/postfix-script: stopping the Postfix mail system Feb 20 15:59:19 asterisk2 postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system Feb 20 15:59:19 asterisk2 postfix/master[28371]: fatal: bind 127.0.0.1 port 25: Address already in use Any ideas... Phil
It seems that if you stop Postfix it doesn't release 127.0.0.1 fast enough before Postfix is started again. Can you post the restart section of /etc/init.d/postfix?
Check to see if postfix is still listening... Code: netstat -an | grep 25 if you still see a port open then kill the process Code: ps -ef|grep postfix then restart postfix Code: /etc/init.d/postfix start
Restart every day I see one daily stop and start, at 23:59:01 Code: (/var/log/syslog) Mar 2 23:59:01 localhost postfix/postfix-script: stopping the Postfix mail system Mar 2 23:59:01 localhost postfix/master[4382]: terminating on signal 15 Mar 2 23:59:01 localhost postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system Mar 2 23:59:01 localhost postfix/master[17122]: daemon started -- version 2.2.4, configuration /etc/postfix I think that is some ISPConfig cron script: Code: $ sudo crontab -l -u root |grep 59 59 23 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/ftp_logs.php &> /dev/null 59 23 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/mail_logs.php &> /dev/null 59 23 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/cleanup.php &> /dev/null Maybe mail_logs.php?
Yes, that's right. ISPConfig rotates the mail log at that time to generate the mail traffic statistics, and therefore Postfix has to be restarted.
Is that a necessity? I have some problems with ISPC / syslog / logrotate interfering each other with the mail logs, especially since trying to get pflogsumm (following your own tutorial) to mail me meaningful statistics, but all I get is the 'rubbish' out of what's been logged between the runs of mail_logs.php and the run of the syslog cron job / logrotate. See more detailed description http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?p=77524#post77524 It's like shooting yourself in the foot...
