Len Conrad:
>
> >Wietse Venema:
> >> Len Conrad:
> >> > main.cf:
> >> >
> >> > check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10023,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > but postfix ain't happy:
> >> >
> >> > Nov 26 15:23:02 mgw1 postfix/smtpd[92264]: fatal: host/service
> >> > localhost/10023 not found: hostname nor servname provided, or not known
> >>
> >> Postfix does not translate 127.0.0.1 (in main.cf) into localhost
> >> (in the logging).
> >
> >In case people haven't noticed: his main.cf quote says 127.0.0.1
> >but the Postfix logs say localhost.
> >
> >With 127.0.0.1 in main.cf, Postfix would not have had problems
> >connecting to the policy daemon.
>
> Until this case, I've always used to avoid name resolution:
>
> check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10023,
>
> ... as seen in my original post.
>
> system resolves localhost:
>
> ping localhost
> PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.068 ms
>
> but replacing 127.0.0.1 in policy statement with localhost fixed nothing. It
> was the etc/hosts added to /var/spool/postfix that fixed it. This stinks,
> but I don't know why.
>
You SHOULD have used 127.0.0.1 in main.cf, but you used "localhost"
and that is what broke things.
Wietse
