I did what you all requested and submitted my Postfix problem to the
Postfix list. The resident guru went over my maillog and sent back his
analysis which, in short, states that the problem has nothing to do with
Postfix, and that I should seek help here to get to the bottom of it
all. That reply is listed below. This is a rather strange business.
Rem
From: Rem P Roberti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:
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Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: Boot-up weirdness]
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----- Forwarded message from Victor Duchovni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:44:36 -0400
From: Victor Duchovni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Boot-up weirdness
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 06:11:42PM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote:
Oct 18 16:39:20 bsd postfix/postfix-script[3805]: starting the Postfix
mail system
Oct 18 16:39:20 bsd postfix/master[3806]: daemon started -- version
2.4.5, configuration /usr/local/etc/postfix
Oct 18 16:39:25 bsd postfix/postfix-script[3811]: refreshing the Postfix
mail system
Oct 18 16:39:25 bsd postfix/master[3806]: reload configuration
/usr/local/etc/postfix
Something runs "postfix reload" five seconds after Postfix starts. It is
not Postfix doing that, so find the start script or cron job responsible.
Oct 18 16:40:40 bsd postfix/postfix-script[3937]: stopping the Postfix
mail system
Oct 18 16:40:40 bsd postfix/master[3806]: terminating on signal 15
Something runs "postfix stop" 85 seconds after that, it is not Postfix
doing that, so find the start script or cron job responsible.
Oct 18 16:40:40 bsd postfix/postfix-script[3958]: fatal: the Postfix
mail system is not running
The code in question wants to make doubly sure that Postfix is down,
which it is.
Oct 18 16:42:26 bsd postfix/postfix-script[894]: starting the Postfix
mail system
Oct 18 16:42:26 bsd postfix/master[895]: daemon started -- version
2.4.5, configuration /usr/local/etc/postfix
Postfix is restarted by something on your system 106 seconds later.
from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=701, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Oct 18 16:42:28 bsd postfix/postfix-script[943]: fatal: the Postfix mail
system is already running
Oct 18 16:42:29 bsd postfix/postfix-script[983]: fatal: the Postfix mail
system is already running
Something is trying to start Postfix again. I am guessing you have two
Postfix start scripts fighting each other...
Oct 18 17:38:44 bsd postfix/postmap[1555]: fatal: open transport.db:
Permission denied
An hour or so later, something is trying to run "postmap" or "postmap
-q", it is not Postfix doing that. Find the cron job or start script
in question.
Oct 18 17:39:15 bsd postfix/postfix-script[1559]: stopping the Postfix
mail system
Oct 18 17:39:15 bsd postfix/master[895]: terminating on signal 15
Oct 18 17:39:21 bsd postfix/postfix-script[1609]: starting the Postfix
mail system
Oct 18 17:39:21 bsd postfix/master[1610]: daemon started -- version
2.4.5, configuration /usr/local/etc/postfix
Postfix is restarted.
Oct 18 17:39:27 bsd postfix/postfix-script[1615]: refreshing the Postfix
mail system
And reloaded for good measure.
/usr/local/etc/postfix
Oct 18 17:41:23 bsd postfix/postfix-script[1768]: stopping the Postfix
mail system
Oct 18 17:41:23 bsd postfix/master[1610]: terminating on signal 15
Oct 18 17:41:23 bsd postfix/postfix-script[1789]: fatal: the Postfix
mail system is not running
Oct 18 17:42:52 bsd postfix/postfix-script[894]: starting the Postfix
mail system
Oct 18 17:42:52 bsd postfix/master[895]: daemon started -- version
2.4.5, configuration /usr/local/etc/postfix
This insanity has nothing to do with Postfix, if you can't find the
cron jobs, start scripts, management agents, ... that are doing this,
go back the FreeBSD list and ask for help to find them.
