No output from /etc/init.d/postfix

Hi,

Postfix isn't starting at all on boot, and when I try to start it manually:

Code:

root@****:~# /etc/init.d/postfix
root@****:~# /etc/init.d/postfix start

..no output at all.



How can I fix this?


Thanks

 

Have you checked /var/log/syslog and /var/log/messages for errors?

 

This is the output from various logs:

Code:

root@****:/var/log# cat syslog | grep postfix
root@****:/var/log# cat messages | grep postfix
root@****:/var/log#

[i.e. no output]

 

What is the output of

Code:

ps aux | grep postfix

Also there should be at least

Code:

case "$1" in
    start)

within your /etc/init.d/postfix file.

 

This is the output:

Code:

root@clarity:~# ps aux | grep postfix
root      2681  0.0  0.0   7216   980 ?        Ss   Nov11   0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -a pam -c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r -n 5
root      2682  0.0  0.0   7216   540 ?        S    Nov11   0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -a pam -c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r -n 5
root      2683  0.0  0.0   7216   360 ?        S    Nov11   0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -a pam -c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r -n 5
root      2684  0.0  0.0   7216   360 ?        S    Nov11   0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -a pam -c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r -n 5
root      2685  0.0  0.0   7216   360 ?        S    Nov11   0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -a pam -c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r -n 5
root     26396  0.0  0.0   2844   692 pts/0    R+   13:09   0:00 grep postfix

..and I have this in /etc/init.d/postfix:

Code:

case "$1" in
    start)

I can post the whole file if you want me to



Thanks

 

Any errors in your mail log? Which distribution are you using?

 

Most of /var/log/mail.log is like this:

Code:

Nov 14 02:16:34 ******** pop3d-ssl: Connection, ip=[::ffff:***.***.***.***]
Nov 14 02:16:34 ******** pop3d-ssl: web*_***: chdir(/path/to/web*_***) failed!!
Nov 14 02:16:34 ******** pop3d-ssl: error: No such file or directory
Nov 14 02:16:34 ******** pop3d-ssl: LOGIN FAILED, user=web*_***, ip=[::ffff:***.***.***.***]
Nov 14 02:16:34 ******** pop3d-ssl: authentication error: No such file or directory

I'm on Debian 4.0, and I used your ISPConfig guide to get it up and running



Thanks,
James.

 

I don't remember any guide where I used pop3d-ssl... Are you sure you followed it as close as possible?
Are there any Postfix errors in your mail log? What's in /etc/postfix/main.cf?

 

Thanks for your reply, falko.

I used this [Perfect Etch Setup] guide.

This is my /etc/postfix/main.cf:

Code:

# See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version


# Debian specific:  Specifying a file name will cause the first
# line of that file to be used as the name.  The Debian default
# is /etc/mailname.
#myorigin = /etc/mailname

smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)
biff = no

# appending .domain is the MUA's job.
append_dot_mydomain = no

# Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings
#delay_warning_time = 4h

# TLS parameters
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key
smtpd_use_tls = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache

# See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for
# information on enabling SSL in the smtp client.

myhostname = clarity.k3o.co.uk
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
#mydestination = clarity.k3o.co.uk, clarity.k3o.co.uk.k3o.co.uk, localhost.k3o.c                                                                                                                     o.uk.k3o.co.uk, localhost
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
inet_protocols = all
smtpd_sasl_local_domain =
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,rejec                                                                                                                     t_unauth_destination
smtpd_tls_auth_only = no
smtp_use_tls = yes
smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
smtpd_tls_received_header = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom

virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtusertable

mydestination = /etc/postfix/local-host-names

There doesn't seem to be any errors in the mail log either:

Code:

root@server:~# cat /var/log/mail.log | grep postfix
root@server:~#

 

These simptoms sure are unusual.
Have you tried reinstalling postfix?
I had a problem one time when not all files got installed because of a bad deb download.

Try to reinstall postfix by running:

Code:

apt-get clean
apt-get install --reinstall postfix

Hope this helps!

 

I reinstalled Postfix and now it all seems to be functioning properly.

Thanks!

 

Any time!