You have been subscribed to a public bug by Robie Basak (racb): Postfix frequently fails to start after security updates to the ca- certificates package because upgrading the latter sometimes leaves dangling symlinks behind. If that happens, the /etc/init.d/postfix script aborts.
# handle files in subdirectories (cd "$ca_path" && find . -name '*.pem' -print0 | cpio -0pdL --quiet "$dest_dir") 2>/dev/null || (log_failure_msg failure copying certificates; exit 1) The usual fix on a high level is "dpkg-reconfigure --priority=high ca- certificates"; however, I would propose to change the find command as follows: # handle files in subdirectories (cd "$ca_path" && find . -name '*.pem' -not -xtype l -print0 | cpio -0pdL --quiet "$dest_dir") 2>/dev/null || (log_failure_msg failure copying certificates; exit 1) This would then skip printing broken symbolic links, and prevent cpio from choking on them. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: postfix 2.9.6-1~12.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-19.33~precise1-generic 3.11.10.5 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Apr 9 20:20:17 2014 EcryptfsInUse: Yes MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=de_DE:de:en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: postfix UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-11-01 (523 days ago) ** Affects: postfix (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise -- Postfix fails to start, "failure to copy certificates" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1305232 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to the bug report. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs