J. Echter: > Am 22.06.2015 um 21:16 schrieb Wietse Venema: > > J. Echter: > >> Jun 22 10:26:38 mule postfix/smtp[6901]: fatal: unknown service: smtp/tcp > > Wietse: > >> It was unable to query the services(5) database via the mechanism > >> specified in nsswitch.conf. > > J. Echter: > >> nsswitch.conf says: > >> services: files > > This means the nsswitch system library cannot open /etc/services (or > > /var/spool/postfix/etc/services if chroot is turned on). > > > > Wietse > Hi, > > what would be the cause if mailboxes are full and smtp doesnt start up well?
I suspect that the file system was messed up. A missing services file may only be one of many other problems. > As you see i had this error and as i added services to chroot /etc it > wanted to deliver directly to the mx but didn't use my relay seettings? I suspect that the missing services file was not the ONLY problem. Wietse