N. Yaakov Ziskind:
> Uh-oh. Just upgraded a Ubuntu box to the latest and greatesti (jaunty
> jackelope), and postfix is dying all over the place:
>
> Apr 24 14:06:25 chocolate postfix/smtpd[5176]: connect from unknown[unknown]
> Apr 24 14:06:25 chocolate postfix/smtpd[5176]: lost connection after CONNECT
> from unknown[unknown]
> Apr 24 14:06:25 chocolate postfix/smtpd[5176]: disconnect from
> unknown[unknown]
> Apr 24 14:06:25 chocolate kernel: [ 1895.725677] smtpd[5176]: segfault at
> b0d12950 eip b7c560b0 esp bfd1241c error 6
> Apr 24 14:06:25 chocolate postfix/master[5141]: warning: process
> /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 5176 killed by signal 11
> Apr 24 14:06:25 chocolate postfix/master[5141]: warning:
> /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd:bad command startup -- throttling
>
> and on and on. How in the heck did I manage to shoot myself in the foot?
DLL hell. Typical causes are:
- Mixing different versions of Berkeley DB, OpenSSL, SASL, etc.
For example, Postfix was built with version X, but nsswitch.conf
functions are built with version Y.
An investigation with "ldd" usually shows what the discrepancy is.
Wietse
