On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 07:03:04AM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > /etc/postfix/master.cf: > > 1.2.3.4:25 inet n - n - 1 whatever > > > > # postfix stop > > # postfix start > > # tail -3 /var/log/maillog > > Mar 6 06:53:25 tail postfix/master[60082]: terminating on signal 15 > > Mar 6 06:53:28 tail postfix/postfix-script[4760]: starting the Postfix > > mail system > > Mar 6 06:53:28 tail postfix/master[4761]: fatal: bind 1.2.3.4 port 25: > > Can't assign requested address > > Also: > > # postfix status > postfix/postfix-script: the Postfix mail system is not running
# grep 1.2.3.4 /etc/postfix/master.cf 1.2.3.4:25 inet n - n - - smtpd # postfix start postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system # echo $? 0 # tail -n2 /var/log/everything/current Mar 06 14:31:45 [postfix/postfix-script] starting the Postfix mail system Mar 06 14:31:45 [postfix/master] fatal: bind 1.2.3.4 port 25: Cannot assign requested address The return code of zero from postfix start trips the init script. OP should run "/etc/init.d/postfix zap" to return postfix to stopped state, correct master.cf and start postfix again. This is arguably no different from any number of configuration errors resulting in a non working setup. In any case, bugs.gentoo.org or a gentoo mailing list is probably the correct place for this discussion. -- Eray Aslan
