Dear knowledgeable ones,
I have just installed postfix and have some teething problems. This
message keeps being displayed:
Aug 13 15:41:20 p2aa-app046 postfix/master[4555]: warning: process
/usr/lib/postfix/smtp pid 5394 exit status 1
Aug 13 15:41:20 p2aa-app046 postfix/master[4555]: warning:
/usr/lib/postfix/smtp: bad command startup -- throttling
The mail server should just forward all email to its mail replay, which
I set in the main.cf as :
relayhost = 10.123.12.6
Perhaps the smtpd is not installed correctly : Above it states that
/usr/lib/postfix/smtp is a bad command, which is surprising because this
does exist:
# ls -l /usr/lib/postfix/smtp*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 92780 Feb 23 2009 /usr/lib/postfix/smtp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 154432 Feb 23 2009 /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd
The mailq is not decreasing.
*The results of Postfinger are below:
# ./postfinger
postfinger - postfix configuration on Fri Aug 13 16:03:42 CEST 2010
version: 1.30
Warning: postfinger output may show private configuration information,
such as ip addresses and/or domain names which you do not want to show
to the public. If this is the case it is your responsibility to modify
the output to hide this private information. [Remove this warning with
the --nowarn option.]
--System Parameters--
mail_version = 2.5.6
hostname = p2aa-app046
uname = Linux p2aa-app046 2.6.27.19-5-pae #1 SMP 2009-02-28 04:40:21
+0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
--Packaging information--
looks like this postfix comes from RPM package: postfix-2.5.6-1.14
--main.cf non-default parameters--
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
biff = no
canonical_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/canonical
daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix
debug_peer_level = 9
delay_warning_time = 1h
html_directory = /usr/share/doc/packages/postfix-doc/html
inet_interfaces = localhost
inet_protocols = all
mailbox_size_limit = 0
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
masquerade_exceptions = root
message_strip_characters = \0
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain
myhostname = p2aa-app046.internal.lan
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/packages/postfix-doc/README_FILES
relayhost = 10.123.12.6
relocated_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/relocated
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/packages/postfix-doc/samples
sender_canonical_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sender_canonical
setgid_group = maildrop
smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks#,reject_unauth_destination
smtpd_sender_restrictions = hash:/etc/postfix/access
transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport
virtual_alias_domains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
--master.cf--
smtp inet n - n - - smtpd
pickup fifo n - n 60 1 pickup
cleanup unix n - n - 0 cleanup
qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 qmgr
rewrite unix - - n - - trivial-rewrite
bounce unix - - n - 0 bounce
defer unix - - n - 0 bounce
trace unix - - n - 0 bounce
verify unix - - n - 1 verify
flush unix n - n 1000? 0 flush
proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap
smtp unix - - n - - smtp
relay unix - - n - - smtp
-o fallback_relay=
showq unix n - n - - showq
error unix - - n - - error
discard unix - - n - - discard
local unix - n n - - local
virtual unix - n n - - virtual
lmtp unix - - n - - lmtp
anvil unix - - n - 1 anvil
scache unix - - n - 1 scache
maildrop unix - n n - - pipe
flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/local/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient}
cyrus unix - n n - - pipe
user=cyrus argv=/usr/lib/cyrus/bin/deliver -e -r ${sender} -m
${extension} ${user}
uucp unix - n n - - pipe
flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$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=foo argv=/usr/local/sbin/bsmtp -f $sender $nexthop
$recipient
procmail unix - n n - - pipe
flags=R user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/procmail -t -m /etc/procmailrc
${sender} ${recipient}
retry unix - - n - - error
proxywrite unix - - n - 1 proxymap
-- end of postfinger output --
For debugging purposes I added this to the main.cf:
debugger_command =
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/bin;
(strace -p $process_id 2>&1 | logger -p mail.info) & sleep 5
And added the -D to smptd and did a 'postfix reload', but it did not
actually do anything :( Worth a try.
I know that it is a Friday, but can anyone shed some light on this problem?
Best wishes, S.
