Jonathan Gazeley: > I've been running a postfix server on CentOS 5 for a while with no > problem. I set up a new CentOS 6 box with postfix, and basically > transplanted my configs across to the new one. The service starts, but > doesn't work properly: it doesn't accept email on 25 or 587 (TLS), but > instead this appears in the maillog: > > Jul 25 17:12:43 helios postfix/smtpd[14436]: fatal: open database > /etc/postfix/virtual.db: No such file or directory > Jul 25 17:12:44 helios postfix/master[14239]: warning: process > /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 14436 exit status 1 > Jul 25 17:12:44 helios postfix/master[14239]: warning: > /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling > > > I do have a virtual.db, though. I deleted all my *.db and recreated them > with postmap to ensure they were OK. The ownership and perms seem OK: > > [root@helios postfix]# ls -la virtual.db > -rw-r--r--. 1 root mail 12288 Jul 25 17:05 virtual.db > > SELinux is disabled on this system, so it's not an obscure issue with > security contexts and mislabelling. > > Am I missing something?
Try turning off chroot. It is a magic cure for mysterious errors. http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#no_chroot Wietse
