Re: empty pid files
On 22/02/2021 14:07, Wietse Venema wrote: Dominic Raferd: I used to run postfix chrooted but no longer do so. |find /var/spool/postfix -type f -ls| shows a list of files in /var/spool/postfix/pid/ with names inet.* and unix.*, all very old and zero-length. Is this a hangover from running postfix chrooted? Can I remove them all? You can delete these files safely only after Postfix is stopped. It also shows a few files in /var/spool/postfix/defer, some a few days old others much older. |postqueue -p| reports 'Mail queue is empty'. Question ditto. Answer ditto. Wietse Thanks Wietse. Most of (or perhaps all) the pid files were recreated anyway when, or shortly after, postfix restarted.
Re: empty pid files
Dominic Raferd: > I used to run postfix chrooted but no longer do so. > > |find /var/spool/postfix -type f -ls| > > shows a list of files in /var/spool/postfix/pid/ with names inet.* and > unix.*, all very old and zero-length. Is this a hangover from running > postfix chrooted? Can I remove them all? You can delete these files safely only after Postfix is stopped. > It also shows a few files in /var/spool/postfix/defer, some a few days > old others much older. |postqueue -p| reports 'Mail queue is empty'. > Question ditto. Answer ditto. Wietse
Re: empty pid files
On 22/02/2021 08:19, Dominic Raferd wrote: I used to run postfix chrooted but no longer do so. |find /var/spool/postfix -type f -ls| shows a list of files in /var/spool/postfix/pid/ with names inet.* and unix.*, all very old and zero-length. Is this a hangover from running postfix chrooted? Can I remove them all? It also shows a few files in /var/spool/postfix/defer, some a few days old others much older. |postqueue -p| reports 'Mail queue is empty'. Question ditto. I should have said there is also a non-zero and newish file |/var/spool/postfix/pid/master.pid| which I presume should stay.
