Viktor Dukhovni via Postfix-users:
> > So I would assume from that setting inet_interfaces to empty has the
> > same effect as setting it to all (it will listen on all interfaces)?
>
> No, it does not. Rather, it leaves zero listener addresses enabled,
> which only works if all "inet" services are disabled or all use explicit
> IP endpoints:
>
> May 05 03:43:45 amnesiac postfix/postfix-script[2812173]: starting the
> Postfix mail system
> May 05 03:43:45 amnesiac postfix/master[2812175]: fatal:
> /etc/postfix/master.cf: line 12: no valid IP address found: smtp
> May 05 03:43:47 amnesiac postfix/postfix-script[2812176]: fatal: mail
> system startup failed
>
> This is rarely what you want. I'd be inclined to require that the
> "inet_interfaces" parameter be non-empty (though it could still be
> effectively empty as a list by setting it to be a mixture of spaces and
> at least one comma).
There is code in Postfix that allows an empty inet_interfaces value.
That supports a valid use case, for example, an MTA that sends email
only.
Rather than tinkering with inet_interfaces semantics, I have
improved the error message a bit:
postfix/master[10639]: fatal: /etc/postfix/master.cf: line 79:
service definition requires valid host name or address, or
non-empty inet_interfaces setting
With master.cf line 79 containing
smtp inet n - n - 1 postscreen
The improved error message should be actionable enough.
Wietse
--- /var/tmp/postfix-3.9-20230504/src/master/master_ent.c 2021-01-08
20:19:30.000000000 -0500
+++ src/master/master_ent.c 2023-05-05 13:45:44.747539001 -0400
@@ -367,10 +367,17 @@
inet_addr_list_uniq(MASTER_INET_ADDRLIST(serv));
serv->listen_fd_count = MASTER_INET_ADDRLIST(serv)->used;
} else {
- MASTER_INET_ADDRLIST(serv) =
- strcasecmp(saved_interfaces, INET_INTERFACES_ALL) ?
- own_inet_addr_list() : /* virtual */
- wildcard_inet_addr_list(); /* wild-card */
+ if (strcasecmp(saved_interfaces, INET_INTERFACES_ALL) == 0) {
+ MASTER_INET_ADDRLIST(serv) = wildcard_inet_addr_list();
+ /* Errors, and no interface found, are fatal. */
+ } else {
+ MASTER_INET_ADDRLIST(serv) = own_inet_addr_list();
+ /* Errors are fatal, but inet_interfaces can be empty. */
+ if (MASTER_INET_ADDRLIST(serv)->used == 0)
+ fatal_with_context("service definition requires valid"
+ " host name or address, or non-empty"
+ " %s setting", VAR_INET_INTERFACES);
+ }
inet_addr_list_uniq(MASTER_INET_ADDRLIST(serv));
serv->listen_fd_count = MASTER_INET_ADDRLIST(serv)->used;
}
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