Package: postfix
Version: 3.10.1-1
Severity: normal
Updated postfix from some previous version. Failed to restart
afterwards:
Mar 13 18:28:45 cirrus systemd[1]: Starting postfix.service - Postfix
Mail Transport Agent (main/default instance)...
Mar 13 18:28:46 cirrus postfix[2781841]: postfix: fatal: bad numerical
configuration: message_size_limit = 150000000cyrus_sasl_config_path =
/etc/postfix/sasl
Mar 13 18:28:46 cirrus postfix[2781841]: fatal: bad numerical
configuration: message_size_limit = 150000000cyrus_sasl_config_path =
/etc/postfix/sasl
Mar 13 18:28:47 cirrus systemd[1]: postfix.service: Control process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 13 18:28:47 cirrus systemd[1]: postfix.service: Failed with result
'exit-code'.
Mar 13 18:28:47 cirrus systemd[1]: Failed to start postfix.service -
Postfix Mail Transport Agent (main/default instance).
It appears that my main.cf did not end with a carriage return, and a
new config item was appended:
root@cirrus:/etc/postfix# diff -u main.cf~ main.cf
--- main.cf~2018-02-02 12:13:18.000000000 -0800
+++ main.cf2025-03-13 18:18:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
# Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings
#delay_warning_time = 4h
-readme_directory = no
+#readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
# TLS parameters
#smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
@@ -87,4 +87,4 @@
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
###
-message_size_limit = 50000000
\ No newline at end of file
+message_size_limit = 150000000cyrus_sasl_config_path = /etc/postfix/sasl
Putting the cyrus_sasl_config_path element onto its own line fixed
things
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.6.13-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU thread; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages postfix depends on:
ii adduser 3.137
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.89
ii init-system-helpers 1.68
ii libc6 2.41-4
ii libdb5.3t64 5.3.28+dfsg2-9
ii libicu72 72.1-6
ii libnsl2 1.3.0-3+b3
ii libsasl2-2 2.1.28+dfsg1-9
ii libssl3t64 3.4.1-1
ii libtlsrpt0 0.5.0rc1-2
ii netbase 6.4
Versions of packages postfix recommends:
ii ca-certificates 20241223
ii python3 3.13.2-2
ii ssl-cert 1.1.3
Versions of packages postfix suggests:
ii bsd-mailx [mail-reader] 8.1.2-0.20220412cvs-1
ii dovecot-core [dovecot-common] 1:2.3.21.1+dfsg1-1+b1
ii jed [mail-reader] 1:0.99.20~pre.189+dfsg-1
ii libsasl2-modules 2.1.28+dfsg1-9
ii mutt [mail-reader] 2.2.13-1
pn postfix-cdb <none>
pn postfix-doc <none>
pn postfix-ldap <none>
pn postfix-lmdb <none>
pn postfix-mongodb <none>
pn postfix-mta-sts-resolver <none>
pn postfix-mysql <none>
pn postfix-pcre <none>
pn postfix-pgsql <none>
ii postfix-sqlite 3.10.1-1
ii procmail 3.24+really3.22-4
pn resolvconf <none>
pn ufw <none>
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/postfix/main.cf.proto changed:
compatibility_level = 2
command_directory = /usr/sbin
daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix/sbin
data_directory = /var/lib/postfix
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)
debugger_command =
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
ddd $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5
sendmail_path =
newaliases_path =
mailq_path =
setgid_group =
html_directory =
manpage_directory =
sample_directory =
readme_directory =
inet_protocols = ipv4
/etc/postfix/master.cf.proto changed:
smtp inet n - y - - smtpd
pickup unix n - y 60 1 pickup
cleanup unix n - y - 0 cleanup
qmgr unix n - n 300 1 qmgr
tlsmgr unix - - y 1000? 1 tlsmgr
rewrite unix - - y - - trivial-rewrite
bounce unix - - y - 0 bounce
defer unix - - y - 0 bounce
trace unix - - y - 0 bounce
verify unix - - y - 1 verify
flush unix n - y 1000? 0 flush
proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap
proxywrite unix - - n - 1 proxymap
smtp unix - - y - - smtp
relay unix - - y - - smtp
showq unix n - y - - showq
error unix - - y - - error
retry unix - - y - - error
discard unix - - y - - discard
local unix - n n - - local
virtual unix - n n - - virtual
lmtp unix - - y - - smtp
anvil unix - - y - 1 anvil
scache unix - - y - 1 scache
maildrop unix - n n - - pipe
flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient}
uucp unix - n n - - pipe
flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient)
ifmail unix - n n - - pipe
flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient)
bsmtp unix - n n - - pipe
flags=Fq. user=bsmtp argv=/usr/lib/bsmtp/bsmtp -t$nexthop -f$sender $recipient
scalemail-backend unix - n n - 2 pipe
flags=R user=scalemail argv=/usr/lib/scalemail/bin/scalemail-store ${nexthop}
${user} ${extension}
mailman unix - n n - - pipe
flags=FR user=list argv=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py
${nexthop} ${user}
-- debconf information:
* postfix/relayhost: [smtp.snurgle.org]
* postfix/root_address: chris
postfix/lmtp_retired_warning: true
postfix/mydomain_warning:
postfix/relay_restrictions_warning:
* postfix/destinations:
postfix/retry_upgrade_warning:
postfix/kernel_version_warning:
postfix/dynamicmaps_conversion_warning:
* postfix/mynetworks: 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
library-of-babel.snurgle.org
postfix/sqlite_warning:
* postfix/mailname: cirrus.snurgle.org
postfix/main_cf_conversion_warning: true
postfix/tlsmgr_upgrade_warning:
* postfix/mailbox_limit: 0
* postfix/procmail: false
postfix/rfc1035_violation: false
* postfix/main_mailer_type: Internet with smarthost
* postfix/protocols: all
* postfix/chattr: false
postfix/compat_conversion_warning: true
postfix/not_configured:
* postfix/recipient_delim: +
postfix/newaliases: false
postfix/bad_recipient_delimiter:
