you have a zombie master process hanging around. Stop postfix. Get a list of all running processes and check if there's a orphaned master process hanging around. Kill it. Start postfix.
p@rick * Fazzina, Angelo <angelo.fazz...@uconn.edu>: > Hi, > All of a sudden postfix won't load ? where should I look next ? thanks. > > I tried > [root@mail2 postfix]# service postfix start > Starting postfix: [ OK ] > > > Logs show > Sep 7 16:50:47 mail2 postfix/postfix-script[3214]: starting the Postfix mail > system > Sep 7 16:50:47 mail2 postfix/master[3215]: fatal: open lock file > /var/lib/postfix/master.lock: cannot open file: Permission denied > > [root@mail2 postfix]# ls -l /var/lib/postfix/ > total 0 > -rw-r--r--. 1 postfix postfix 0 Sep 7 16:07 master.lock > > > > [root@mail2 postfix]# postconf -n > alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases > alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases > command_directory = /usr/sbin > config_directory = /etc/postfix > daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix > data_directory = /var/lib/postfix > debug_peer_level = 2 > html_directory = no > inet_interfaces = all > inet_protocols = all > mail_owner = postfix > mailbox_size_limit = 512000000 > mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix > manpage_directory = /usr/share/man > mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, appmail.uconn.edu > myhostname = mail2.uits.uconn.edu > mynetworks = 10.4.40.194 10.4.40.193 10.4.40.189 137.99.80.0/24 127.0.0.0/8 > [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 > newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix > queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix > readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.6/README_FILES > relay_domains = adm.uconn.edu $mydestination > sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.6/samples > sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix > setgid_group = postdrop > smtpd_tls_exclude_ciphers = IDEA-CBC-SHA, DES-CBC3-SHA, EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA, > RC4, aNULL > unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 > virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual > regexp:/etc/postfix/maps/subaddressing > > -Angelo Fazzina > Operating Systems Programmer / Analyst > University of Connecticut, UITS, SSG, Server Systems > 860-486-9075 > -- [*] sys4 AG https://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Schleißheimer Straße 26/MG,80333 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Marc Schiffbauer, Wolfgang Stief Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein
