Public bug reported: The output in `journalctl -u postfix` is
Aug 31 17:09:24 richtercloud systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Postfix Mail Transport Agent... -- Subject: Unit postfix.service has begun start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit postfix.service has begun starting up. Aug 31 17:09:24 richtercloud postfix[15171]: * Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix Aug 31 17:09:25 richtercloud postfix[15171]: ...fail! Aug 31 17:09:25 richtercloud systemd[1]: postfix.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Aug 31 17:09:25 richtercloud systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Postfix Mail Transport Agent. -- Subject: Unit postfix.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit postfix.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. Aug 31 17:09:25 richtercloud systemd[1]: Unit postfix.service entered failed state. Aug 31 17:09:25 richtercloud systemd[1]: postfix.service failed. which doesn't contain any useful information about the reason for the failure. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: postfix 2.11.3-1ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.1.3-040103-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Aug 31 14:41:32 2015 EtcMailname: richtercloud.de Hostname: richtercloud InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-20 (132 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.2) PostconfMydomain: localdomain PostconfMyhostname: richtercloud.de PostconfMyorigin: /etc/mailname ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ResolvConf: # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN nameserver 192.168.178.1 nameserver 127.0.0.1 SourcePackage: postfix UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-24 (128 days ago) mtime.conffile..etc.postfix.post.install: 2013-03-12T04:08:14 mtime.conffile..etc.postfix.postfix.files: 2013-03-12T04:08:14 mtime.conffile..etc.postfix.postfix.script: 2013-03-12T04:08:14 ** Affects: postfix (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to postfix in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1490607 Title: Improve feedback of postfix systemd unit start failure To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postfix/+bug/1490607/+subscriptions -- 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