Because we are using so many different distro's and installations I just thought I would create a new thread. I am running a Web server, mail server, and DHCP server on Fedora 12. I configured it based on Falko's the Perfect Server but did not install ISPConfig. As of now I am running three domains on the Apache server. My mail Postfix/Dovecot mail server was running fine until I tried to configure Postfix for virtual domains. This is the primary tutorial I was using to configure Postfix for virtual domains. http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_postfix_virtual_hosting here is my config file for postfix queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix command_directory = /usr/sbin daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix data_directory = /var/lib/postfix mail_owner = postfix inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases debugger_command = PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin ddd $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5 debug_peer_level = 2 sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix setgid_group = postdrop html_directory = no manpage_directory = /usr/share/man sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.5/samples readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.5/README_FILES smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,rejec t_unauth_destination mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::1]/128 smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtp_use_tls = yes smtpd_use_tls = yes smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt 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 myhostname = localhost virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/vhosts virtual_mailbox_base = /var/spool/vmail virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/vmaps virtual_uid_maps = static:1000 virtual_gid_maps = static:1000 virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postix/valias ...and here is my the log entries from /var/log/maillog I am only including the entries from the last postfix reload Jul 2 13:33:10 web postfix/postfix-script[26458]: refreshing the Postfix mail system Jul 2 13:33:11 web postfix/master[26229]: reload -- version 2.6.5, configuration /etc/postfix Jul 2 13:33:39 web postfix/smtpd[26466]: fatal: open database /etc/postix/valias.db: No such file o Jul 2 13:33:40 web postfix/master[26229]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 26466 exi Jul 2 13:33:40 web postfix/master[26229]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup It appears that the addition of virtual domains is not jiving with the smtpd and I am not sure how to fix it. Thanks. Bill
ls output of /etc/postfix [root@web ~]# ls -la /etc/postfix total 248 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 2010-07-02 13:32 . drwxr-xr-x. 110 root root 12288 2010-06-27 12:13 .. -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 18849 2009-09-16 08:38 access -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 11681 2009-09-16 08:38 canonical -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 9904 2009-09-16 08:38 generic -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 18287 2009-09-16 08:38 header_checks -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 107 2010-04-01 15:23 local-host-names -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27937 2010-07-02 13:32 main.cf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27859 2010-06-20 09:33 main.cf.old -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 5113 2009-09-16 08:38 master.cf -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 6816 2009-09-16 08:38 relocated drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 2010-03-07 14:18 ssl -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 12500 2009-09-16 08:38 transport -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-07-02 12:37 valias -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12288 2010-07-02 13:09 valias.db -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 63 2010-07-02 12:17 vhosts -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12288 2010-07-02 12:17 vhosts.db -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 12494 2009-09-16 08:38 virtual -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 163 2010-06-20 09:14 virtusertable -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 12288 2010-06-20 09:15 virtusertable.db -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181 2010-07-02 12:33 vmaps -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12288 2010-07-02 12:11 vmaps.db Thanks for a quick reply, Bill
Do you have Code: virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postix/valias in your main.cf? Should be Code: virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/post[COLOR="Red"]f[/COLOR]ix/valias
Thanks Falko I was afraid it would be something simple, didn't think it would be a typo though. I have been using your tutorials since Fedora 9 and they are always flawless. I have learned a lot about Linux from this site really appreciate everything you have to offer. Postfix is working and accepting emails, now I will work on getting the Dovecot configuration correct. Thanks for your help. Bill
