Hi, thank you for trying to help. I hope this answers your question. [root@mail6 pid]# pwd /var/spool/postfix/pid [root@mail6 pid]# ll total 4 -rw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 6 22:14 inet.smtp -rw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 3 10:00 inet.smtps -rw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 6 22:18 inet.submission -rw-------. 1 root root 33 Oct 9 11:44 master.pid -rw-------. 1 root root 0 Sep 26 11:18 unix.cleanup -rw-------. 1 root root 0 Sep 26 11:18 unix.local -rw-------. 1 root root 0 Oct 9 11:34 unix.showq -rw-------. 1 root root 0 Sep 26 11:18 unix.smtp
I have not touched this file ever. BTW. /usr/libexec/postfix/postfix-files Also config is same on working server mail5.its.uconn.edu -ANGELO FAZZINA ang...@uconn.edu University of Connecticut, ITS, SSG, Server Systems 860-486-9075 -----Original Message----- From: Marty Lee <ma...@maui-systems.co.uk> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2019 11:35 AM To: Fazzina, Angelo <angelo.fazz...@uconn.edu> Cc: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: Trying to understand error message in logs > Oct 11 11:16:08 mail6 postfix/submission/smtpd[18091]: fatal: open lock file > pid/inet.submission: cannot open file: Permission denied This would be the clue, and according to the docs, pid files are written to the queue directory by default. > queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix so - is there a directory /var/spool/postfix/pid and is it writeable by the postfix user? marty
