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OS is ubuntu 14.04 64-bit, installed on Mac Mini with the Macintosh installer package. uname -s > Linux linus 3.16.0-53-generic #72~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 6 18:17:23 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux postfix version is 2.11.0 /var/spool/postfix/etc/resolv.con is empty on reboot. I have tried the following remedy from : http://serverfault.com/questions/661621/why-do-i-have-to-manually-copy-etc-services-and-etc-resolv-conf-into-var-spoo First : sudo mv S20postfix S90postfix for /etc/rc2.d I then found that /var/spool/postfix/etc/resolv.conf had correct nameserver and search values about 2 reboots out of 3 when that doesn't work, I use the following: sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /var/spool/postfix/etc/resolv.conf sudo service postfix restart Which fixes the problem, but needs to be done after every reboot when /var/spool/postfix/etc/resolv.conf is empty (I determined that ubuntu in graphic mode is using runlevel 2) by tim@linus:~$ runlevel N 2 So I am currently looking for a permanent remedy for this problem Could it be as simple as configuring postfix to use /etc/resolv.conf instead of /var/spool/postfix/etc/resolv.conf ? If so, what would be the configuration setting? thanks -- Tim http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
