Re: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-06-17 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 10:04:15PM -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: > ok, I'm willing, but I haven't the faintest idea what setting it up manually > means. I presume some settings in main.cf, but postconf -d shows 979 things > to choose from. suggestions? Intro: http://www.postfix.org/SOHO_README

Re: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-06-17 Thread Gary Aitken
On 6/16/20 10:39 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Gary Aitken wrote: ... For future reference it is also possible to use dpkg to remove postfix ignoring the dependency and then install it again satisfying the dependency. dpkg --purge --force-depends postfix ...verify /etc/postfix/ and other locations are

Re: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-06-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Scott Kitterman wrote: > Those are both good points, but it's also worth noting that typically > submission requires SMTP Auth which you will have to configure manually after > doing the above. Right. But there are many good guides on the net available that describe setting up SMTP Auth in deta

Re: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-06-16 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 12:39:06 AM EDT Bob Proulx wrote: > It resulted in this configuration entry. > > root@turmoil:~# postconf relayhost > relayhost = smtp.proulx.com:587 > > And so it is possible to use that Debian specific installation > option. Any more details here should be o

Re: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-06-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Gary Aitken wrote: > Wietse Venema wrote: > > Perhaps you're better of with > > - uninstall Postfix > > - reinstall Postfix > > > > and only after doing that edit Postfix config files. > > A simple uninstall and reinstall of postfix could not be used, as the > uninstall > would remove another pack

Re: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-06-16 Thread Gary Aitken
On 6/16/20 9:49 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: On Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:36:27 PM EDT Gary Aitken wrote: It is using default mail port, 25; I need port 465 or 587 because it's my understanding google blocks everything on port 25. During the setup, I was not (I don't think) given the option of spe

Re: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-06-16 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:36:27 PM EDT Gary Aitken wrote: > It is using default mail port, 25; I need port 465 or 587 because it's my > understanding google blocks everything on port 25. > During the setup, I was not (I don't think) given the option of specifying > smtps or the port. There's no

Re: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-06-16 Thread Gary Aitken
On 6/12/20 12:26 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: Gary Aitken: I had previously edited main.cf to set sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail setgid_group = postdrop $ sudo postfix check postfix: fatal: bad string length 0 < 1: mailq_path = Not sure what mailq_path should be set to... /var/spool/po

Re: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-06-12 Thread Wietse Venema
Gary Aitken: > I had previously edited main.cf to set >sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail >setgid_group = postdrop > > $ sudo postfix check > postfix: fatal: bad string length 0 < 1: mailq_path = > > Not sure what mailq_path should be set to... /var/spool/postfix/ ? http://www.postfix.or

Re: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-06-12 Thread Gary Aitken
I apologize for the interruption in this thread, fires to put out so slow getting back to this. On Sunday, May 31, 2020 4:31:23 PM EDT Gary Aitken wrote: On 5/31/20 11:34 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: I'm new to postfix and trying to administer a debian google-compute box, also new to me (

Re: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-05-31 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Sunday, May 31, 2020 4:31:23 PM EDT Gary Aitken wrote: > On 5/31/20 11:34 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > >> I'm new to postfix and trying to administer a debian > >> google-compute box, also new to me (coming from fbsd). So lots of > >> opportunities for learning... > >> > >> I modified /

Re: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-05-31 Thread Gary Aitken
On 5/31/20 11:34 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: I'm new to postfix and trying to administer a debian google-compute box, also new to me (coming from fbsd). So lots of opportunities for learning... I modified /etc/crontable to fire off some backup stuff (a shell script that does a "gcloud c

Re: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-05-31 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 31.05.20 10:40, Gary Aitken wrote: Subject: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group =" 16.04 is ubuntu version I'm new to postfix and trying to administer a debian google-compute box, also new to me (coming from fbsd). So lots of

Re: setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-05-31 Thread Wietse Venema
Gary Aitken: > Hi all, > > I'm new to postfix and trying to administer a debian google-compute > box, also new to me (coming from fbsd). So lots of opportunities > for learning... > > I modified /etc/crontable to fire off some backup stuff (a shell > script that does a "gcloud compute disks snap

setup issue -- debian /ubuntu 16.04.1 "bad string length 0 < 1: setgid_group ="

2020-05-31 Thread Gary Aitken
Hi all, I'm new to postfix and trying to administer a debian google-compute box, also new to me (coming from fbsd). So lots of opportunities for learning... I modified /etc/crontable to fire off some backup stuff (a shell script that does a "gcloud compute disks snapshot ...". Cron logs attemp