http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%2Fetc%2Fpostfix%2Fvirtual.db%3A+No+such+file+or+directory&l=1
You need to execute "postmap /etc/postfix/virtual" after editing the file. On 4 July 2013 20:48, Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com> wrote: > On an Ubuntu Server 12.04 machine, I've set up an email forwarder for > a specific address in /etc/postfix/virtual: exam...@mydomain.com > postfix-t...@dotancohen.com > > The address postfix-t...@dotancohen.com works and receives mail. When > I send mail to exam...@mydomain.com I get this in the logs: > > warning: hash:/etc/postfix/virtual is unavailable. open database > /etc/postfix/virtual.db: No such file or directory > warning: hash:/etc/postfix/virtual lookup error for "exam...@mydomain.com" > warning: 705B58190E: virtual_alias_maps map lookup problem for > exam...@mydomain.com -- deferring delivery > > Why might postfix be unable to find the /etc/postfix/virtual file? > > $ ls -la > total 96 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 4 08:46 . > drwxr-xr-x 102 root root 4096 Jun 24 06:23 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 274 Jun 24 06:23 dynamicmaps.cf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1549 Jul 4 08:46 main.cf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5531 Jun 24 06:23 master.cf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19707 Feb 20 20:03 postfix-files > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8729 Feb 20 20:03 postfix-script > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26498 Feb 20 20:03 post-install > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 20 20:03 sasl > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43 Jul 4 08:27 virtual > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 130 Jul 4 08:26 vmailbox > > $ cat virtual > exam...@mydomain.com post-t...@dotancohen.com > > $ cat main.cf | grep virtual > virtual_mailbox_domains = mydomain.com > virtual_mailbox_base = /var/mail/vhosts > virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/vmailbox > virtual_minimum_uid = 100 > virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 > virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 > virtual_alias_domains = fastupfront.com > virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual > # virtual_alias_maps = /etc/postfix/virtual # I tried without the > 'hash:' prefix as well. > > Note that mydomain.com is anonymized. In fact, the domain name that is > used in the files is a real domain name that does have its A and MX > records pointed to the IP address of this server, and serving webpages > with Apache works. The DNS records were changed last week, so I know > that they have propagated. > > -- > Dotan Cohen > > http://gibberish.co.il > http://what-is-what.com > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > -- [image: View my profile on LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/gliderflyer>
_______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
