postfix / apache reload commands keep hangig

Hello all,

i have a tricky problem with one ISPConfig2 installation out of 15..

I have the following issue: All changes to the System I make (create user, alter etc), that require postfix (or other services) to be stopped and started, fail. The /root/ispconfig/scripts/writeconfig.php script keeps running because the "/bin/sh -e /etc/init.d/postfix stop" keeps hangig in the processlist, and i have no clue why.

Code:

root     32072  0.0  0.0   3756  1188 ?        S    15:00   0:00 sh -c /etc/init.d/postfix stop &> /dev/null
root     32073  0.0  0.0   3928  1480 ?        S    15:00   0:00 /bin/sh -e /etc/init.d/postfix stop

They stay in the processlist until i kill them manually. And the writeconf process (which is parent), keeps running until then, too:

Code:

root     31996  0.1  0.6  21784 14060 ?        S    15:00   0:00 /root/ispconfig/php/php -q /root/ispconfig/scripts/writeconf.php

If i execute that command manually, it runs like charme, and i return to the shell:

Code:

root@largedownloads:~# /bin/sh -e /etc/init.d/postfix stop
 * Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix                                                                                                                                      [ OK ]

I see the following in /home/adminispconfig/ispconfig/ispconfig.log:

Code:

20.08.2009 - 15:00:33 => INFO - Signalfile Set: insert
20.08.2009 - 15:00:38 => INFO - USER: 
web45_XXX:x:10491:10045:XXX:/var/www/web45/user/web45_XXX:/bin/false
20.08.2009 - 15:00:38 => INFO - /root/ispconfig/scripts/lib/config.lib.php, Line 664: cp -fr /root/ispconfig/isp/user_standard_index.html_de /var/www/web45/user/web45_XXX/web/index.html
20.08.2009 - 15:00:38 => INFO - /root/ispconfig/scripts/lib/config.lib.php, Line 720: setquota -u web45_XXX 0 0 0 0 -a &> /dev/null
20.08.2009 - 15:00:38 => INFO - /root/ispconfig/scripts/lib/config.lib.php, Line 721: setquota -T -u web45_XXX 604800 604800 -a &> /dev/null
20.08.2009 - 15:00:38 => INFO - /root/ispconfig/scripts/lib/classes/ispconfig_procmail.lib.php, Line 60: cp -f /root/ispconfig/isp/conf/forward.master /var/www/web45/user/web45_XXX/.forward
20.08.2009 - 15:00:38 => INFO - maildirmake /var/www/web45/user/web45_XXX/Maildir &> /dev/null, Line 110: maildirmake /var/www/web45/user/web45_XXX/Maildir &> /dev/null
20.08.2009 - 15:00:39 => INFO - chown web45_XXX:web45 /var/www/web45/user/web45_XXX/.spamassassin
20.08.2009 - 15:00:39 => INFO - /root/ispconfig/scripts/lib/classes/ispconfig_postfix.lib.php, Line 137: cp -fr /etc/postfix/local-host-names /etc/postfix/local-host-names~
20.08.2009 - 15:00:40 => INFO - /root/ispconfig/scripts/lib/classes/ispconfig_postfix.lib.php, Line 284: cp -fr /etc/postfix/virtusertable /etc/postfix/virtusertable~
20.08.2009 - 15:00:40 => INFO - /root/ispconfig/scripts/lib/classes/ispconfig_postfix.lib.php, Line 289: postmap hash:/etc/postfix/virtusertable
20.08.2009 - 15:00:40 => INFO - /root/ispconfig/scripts/lib/config.lib.php, Line 1268: cp -fr /etc/apache2/vhosts/Vhosts_ispconfig.conf /etc/apache2/vhosts/Vhosts_ispconfig.conf~

Now i kill that stuck process, then i get a

Code:

20.08.2009 - 15:16:05 => WARN - /root/ispconfig/scripts/lib/classes/ispconfig_system.lib.php, Line 755: WARNING: could not /etc/init.d/postfix stop &> /dev/null

then ispconfig tries to start postfix, and the same happens again, that init script to start the mailserver keeps hanging, i have to kill it and start manually.

Has anyone ever had such a problem?

The System is like 15 otgher ISPConfig Installation i have running without a problem. The machine is a 32bit Ubuntu LTS / Hardy running on a XEN 3.2.1 paravirtualized host - like my other installations.

greetings and thanks in advance.

 

It's:

root@largedownloads:~# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

and in the File it's:

export PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

should be ok?

 

both run without a problem.

and, it's not a postfix specific problem... if i change sth to website configs, and apache needs to be restarted, the same effect happens on the apache2 init scripts..

 

no,

syslog is clean..

i'm really wondering, i mean, i'm not a noob, and got a similar setup running on approx 15 other machines without a problem..

 

I just traced it a bit down to:

Code:

function smtp_restart(){
  global $mod, $go_info;
  $dist_init_scripts = $mod->system->server_conf["dist_init_scripts"];
  if($go_info["server"]["smtp_restart"] == 1){
    $mod->system->daemon_init($mod->system->server_conf["server_mta"], "stop");
    $mod->system->daemon_init($mod->system->server_conf["server_mta"], "start");
  } else {
    $mod->system->daemon_init($mod->system->server_conf["server_mta"], "restart");
  }
}

what makes the difference there to stop/start and restart? where is $go_info["server"]["smtp_restart"] set?

 

wrong path.. that ain't the problem..

i'm stuck now. any other solutio except setting up an all new machine and migrate the data?