Len Conrad:
>
> Had a power failure on a linux RHEL and postfix. disk got messed up a little
> bit but linux seemed to fix it up. all apps and services are running except
> postfix.
>
> I've had this problem before on another machine, and it was permissions.
>
> postfix set-permissions
>
> ... doesn't solve it
>
> postfix -vvv start
>
> ... gives a ton of stuff in maillog and ends with
>
> Nov 18 20:57:00 xxx.xxx.xxx postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail
> system
>
> but of course postfix is running, no master, no postfix processes
>
> ... nothing looks different from "postfix -vvv start" maillog on machine
> where postfix does run.
>
> nothing in dmesg, nothing in system log, nothing more I can think of to coax
> postfix to tell why it won't start.
>
> suggestions?
Yes. Does the problem change when you turn off SELINUX, APPARMOR
and similar crap?
Wietse
