Len Conrad:
> >> postfix/postfix-script: fatal: the Postfix mail system is not running
> >>
> >> ps auxw| egrep master
> >>
> >> ... nothing.
> >
> >So, what has changed?
> >
> > Wietse
>
> /change/ DUNNO
>
> I found that pf, packet filter was activated in rc.conf.local, but no rules
> in place. deactivated it.
>
> the machine had over 1 year uptime (it's our syslog server), but I rebooted
> anyway.
>
> no change. Master refuses quietly to stay resident.
>
> master's last maillog words are still:
>
> postfix/master[2137]: setugid: uid 0 gid 0
>
> and then silence.
Try running the master under ktrace:
ktrace /some/where/master -d
kdump
My speculation is that some library (or the master executable)
got corrupted.
Wietse
