Server has only been on 25 minutes, I rebooted it. Can you see it in this list ? Thanks for trying. -ALF
[root@mail2 log]# ps -ef UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 1 0 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/init root 2 0 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kthreadd] root 3 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [migration/0] root 4 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [ksoftirqd/0] root 5 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [stopper/0] root 6 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [watchdog/0] root 7 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [migration/1] root 8 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [stopper/1] root 9 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [ksoftirqd/1] root 10 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [watchdog/1] root 11 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [events/0] root 12 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [events/1] root 13 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [events/0] root 14 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [events/1] root 15 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [events_long/0] root 16 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [events_long/1] root 17 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [events_power_ef] root 18 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [events_power_ef] root 19 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [cgroup] root 20 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [khelper] root 21 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [netns] root 22 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [async/mgr] root 23 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [pm] root 24 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [sync_supers] root 25 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [bdi-default] root 26 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kintegrityd/0] root 27 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kintegrityd/1] root 28 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kblockd/0] root 29 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kblockd/1] root 30 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kacpid] root 31 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kacpi_notify] root 32 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kacpi_hotplug] root 33 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [ata_aux] root 34 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [ata_sff/0] root 35 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [ata_sff/1] root 36 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [ksuspend_usbd] root 37 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [khubd] root 38 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kseriod] root 39 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [md/0] root 40 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [md/1] root 41 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [md_misc/0] root 42 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [md_misc/1] root 43 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [linkwatch] root 46 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [khungtaskd] root 47 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kswapd0] root 48 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [ksmd] root 49 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [khugepaged] root 50 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [aio/0] root 51 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [aio/1] root 52 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [crypto/0] root 53 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [crypto/1] root 60 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kthrotld/0] root 61 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kthrotld/1] root 62 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [pciehpd] root 64 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kpsmoused] root 65 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [usbhid_resumer] root 66 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [deferwq] root 99 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kdmremove] root 100 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kstriped] root 133 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [ttm_swap] root 256 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [scsi_eh_0] root 257 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [scsi_eh_1] root 318 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [scsi_eh_2] root 319 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [vmw_pvscsi_wq_2] root 407 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kdmflush] root 409 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kdmflush] root 427 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [jbd2/dm-0-8] root 428 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit] root 511 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/udevd -d root 726 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [vmmemctl] root 813 511 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/udevd -d root 816 511 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/udevd -d root 817 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kdmflush] root 855 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [jbd2/sda1-8] root 856 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit] root 857 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [jbd2/dm-2-8] root 858 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit] root 916 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [kauditd] root 1153 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [flush-253:0] root 1154 2 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [flush-253:2] root 1464 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 auditd root 1498 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/rsyslogd -i /var/run/syslogd.pid -c 5 dbus 1520 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon --system root 1655 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/sshd ntp 1673 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 ntpd -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g root 1685 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot dovecot 1686 1685 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 dovecot/anvil root 1688 1685 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 dovecot/log root 1689 1685 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 dovecot/ssl-params root 1692 1685 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 dovecot/config dovecot 1721 1685 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 dovecot/auth root 1805 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/denyhosts.py --daemon --config=/etc/denyhos root 1849 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python -s /usr/sbin/osad --pid-file /var/run/osad.pid root 1877 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/stunnel root 1878 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/stunnel root 1879 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/stunnel root 1880 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/stunnel root 1881 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/stunnel root 1882 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/stunnel root 1895 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 crond root 2051 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:11 splunkd -h 127.0.0.1 -p 8089 start root 2052 2051 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 [splunkd pid=2051] splunkd -h 127.0.0.1 -p 8089 start [process-runne root 2151 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmcad root 2170 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/virt-who root 2184 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:03 python /usr/bin/goferd root 2211 2170 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/virt-who root 2213 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 rhnsd root 2227 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/rhsmcertd root 2258 1 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/ruby /usr/bin/puppet agent root 2281 1 0 16:46 tty1 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty1 root 2283 1 0 16:46 tty2 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty2 root 2285 1 0 16:46 tty3 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty3 root 2287 1 0 16:46 tty4 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty4 root 2289 1 0 16:46 tty5 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty5 root 2291 1 0 16:46 tty6 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty6 root 2455 1655 0 16:46 ? 00:00:00 sshd: root@pts/0,pts/1 root 2457 2455 0 16:46 pts/0 00:00:00 -bash root 2710 2455 0 16:48 pts/1 00:00:00 -bash root 5235 1685 0 17:10 ? 00:00:00 dovecot/auth -w root 5472 1685 0 17:12 ? 00:00:00 dovecot/auth -w root 5559 1685 0 17:13 ? 00:00:00 dovecot/auth -w root 5569 2457 0 17:13 pts/0 00:00:00 ps -ef -Angelo Fazzina Operating Systems Programmer / Analyst University of Connecticut, UITS, SSG, Server Systems 860-486-9075 -----Original Message----- From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org [mailto:owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Ben Koetter Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2017 5:02 PM To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: can't get server to start postfix 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
