Re: Mail system is down

On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 10:06:02PM -0500, Ken Wright wrote: > On Mon, 2022-01-03 at 20:50 -0500, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 08:02:20PM -0500, Ken Wright wrote: > > > > > $ sudo chmod g+s /usr/sbin/postdrop > > > $ ls -la /usr/sbin/postdrop > > > -r-xr-sr-x 1 postfix post

Re: Mail system is down

Ken Wright: > On Tue, 2022-01-04 at 07:30 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Ken Wright: > > > Okay, I ran sudo postfix set-permissions.? It ran with no trouble > > > whatsoever; no errors, warnings, nothing.? Still getting the exact > > > same messages in mail.log. > > > > Then your file system is m

Re: Mail system is down

On Tue, 2022-01-04 at 07:30 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > Ken Wright: > > Okay, I ran sudo postfix set-permissions.  It ran with no trouble > > whatsoever; no errors, warnings, nothing.  Still getting the exact > > same messages in mail.log. > > Then your file system is mounted with 'nosuid' optio

Re: Mail system is down

Am 04.01.2022 um 16:25 schrieb Wietse Venema: Alex JOST: Am 04.01.2022 um 02:02 schrieb Ken Wright: $ sudo chmod g+s /usr/sbin/postdrop $ ls -la /usr/sbin/postdrop -r-xr-sr-x 1 postfix postdrop 22808 Sep 7 02:58 /usr/sbin/postdrop Wietse, is this what's expected? AFAICT you are lacking writ

Re: Mail system is down

Alex JOST: > Am 04.01.2022 um 02:02 schrieb Ken Wright: > > $ sudo chmod g+s /usr/sbin/postdrop > > $ ls -la /usr/sbin/postdrop > > -r-xr-sr-x 1 postfix postdrop 22808 Sep 7 02:58 /usr/sbin/postdrop > > > > Wietse, is this what's expected? > > AFAICT you are lacking write permission for the user

Re: Mail system is down

Am 04.01.2022 um 02:02 schrieb Ken Wright: $ sudo chmod g+s /usr/sbin/postdrop $ ls -la /usr/sbin/postdrop -r-xr-sr-x 1 postfix postdrop 22808 Sep 7 02:58 /usr/sbin/postdrop Wietse, is this what's expected? AFAICT you are lacking write permission for the user. -- Alex JOST

Re: Mail system is down

Ken Wright: > On Mon, 2022-01-03 at 20:50 -0500, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 08:02:20PM -0500, Ken Wright wrote: > > > > > $ sudo chmod g+s /usr/sbin/postdrop > > > $ ls -la /usr/sbin/postdrop > > > -r-xr-sr-x 1 postfix postdrop 22808 Sep? 7 02:58 /usr/sbin/postdrop > > > >

Re: Mail system is down

On Tue, 2022-01-04 at 15:32 +1100, raf wrote: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 07:22:24PM -0500, Ken Wright > wrote: > > > On Tue, 2022-01-04 at 08:32 +1100, raf wrote: > > > Actually, if you are still getting > > > "/usr/lib/postfix/sbin/0: No such file or directory" > > > messages (with new timestamps

Re: Mail system is down

On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 08:02:20PM -0500, Ken Wright wrote: > On Mon, 2022-01-03 at 19:45 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Ken Wright: > > > On Tue, 2022-01-04 at 08:32 +1100, raf wrote: > > > > Actually, if you are still getting > > > > "/usr/lib/postfix/sbin/0: No such file or directory" > > >

Re: Mail system is down

On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 07:22:24PM -0500, Ken Wright wrote: > On Tue, 2022-01-04 at 08:32 +1100, raf wrote: > > Actually, if you are still getting > > "/usr/lib/postfix/sbin/0: No such file or directory" > > messages (with new timestamps), that must mean that you > > didn't reload postfix after

Re: Mail system is down

On Mon, 2022-01-03 at 20:50 -0500, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 08:02:20PM -0500, Ken Wright wrote: > > > $ sudo chmod g+s /usr/sbin/postdrop > > $ ls -la /usr/sbin/postdrop > > -r-xr-sr-x 1 postfix postdrop 22808 Sep  7 02:58 /usr/sbin/postdrop > > > > Wietse, is this what's

Re: Mail system is down

On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 08:02:20PM -0500, Ken Wright wrote: > $ sudo chmod g+s /usr/sbin/postdrop > $ ls -la /usr/sbin/postdrop > -r-xr-sr-x 1 postfix postdrop 22808 Sep 7 02:58 /usr/sbin/postdrop > > Wietse, is this what's expected? The expected permissions are recorded in the "postfix-files"

Re: Mail system is down

On 1/3/22 20:02, Ken Wright wrote: $ sudo chmod g+s /usr/sbin/postdrop $ ls -la /usr/sbin/postdrop -r-xr-sr-x 1 postfix postdrop 22808 Sep 7 02:58 /usr/sbin/postdrop Wietse, is this what's expected? That looks exactly correct to me. -- Phil Stracchino Babylon Communications ph...@ca

Re: Mail system is down

On Mon, 2022-01-03 at 19:45 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > Ken Wright: > > On Tue, 2022-01-04 at 08:32 +1100, raf wrote: > > > Actually, if you are still getting > > > "/usr/lib/postfix/sbin/0: No such file or directory" > > > messages (with new timestamps), that must mean that you > > > didn't relo

Re: Mail system is down

Ken Wright: > On Tue, 2022-01-04 at 08:32 +1100, raf wrote: > > Actually, if you are still getting > > "/usr/lib/postfix/sbin/0: No such file or directory" > > messages (with new timestamps), that must mean that you > > didn't reload postfix after fixing master.cf. You need > > to do that. Reload P

Re: Mail system is down

On Tue, 2022-01-04 at 08:32 +1100, raf wrote: > Actually, if you are still getting > "/usr/lib/postfix/sbin/0: No such file or directory" > messages (with new timestamps), that must mean that you > didn't reload postfix after fixing master.cf. You need > to do that. Reload Postfix and see if those

Re: Mail system is down

On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 03:14:32PM +1100, raf wrote: > On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 11:03:08PM -0500, Ken Wright > wrote: > > > On Mon, 2022-01-03 at 14:50 +1100, raf wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 09:32:53PM -0500, Ken Wright > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Just checked my mail logs.  Do any of

Re: Mail system is down

Ken Wright: > On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 21:59 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Ken Wright: > > > On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 19:40 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > > Sorry, I mis-typed 'postqueue'. > > > > > > > > Try this instead. > > > > > > > > Here is what happens on my system. > > > > > > > > As root

Re: Mail system is down

On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 11:03:08PM -0500, Ken Wright wrote: > On Mon, 2022-01-03 at 14:50 +1100, raf wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 09:32:53PM -0500, Ken Wright > > wrote: > > > > > Just checked my mail logs.  Do any of these help anyone? > > > > > > kwright:~$ tail /var/log/mail.log > >

Re: Mail system is down

On Mon, 2022-01-03 at 14:50 +1100, raf wrote: > On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 09:32:53PM -0500, Ken Wright > wrote: > > > Just checked my mail logs.  Do any of these help anyone? > > > > kwright:~$ tail /var/log/mail.log > > [...] > > kwright:~$ tail /var/log/mail.err > > Jan  2 21:15:34 grace master[

Re: Mail system is down

On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 09:32:53PM -0500, Ken Wright wrote: > Just checked my mail logs. Do any of these help anyone? > > kwright:~$ tail /var/log/mail.log > [...] > kwright:~$ tail /var/log/mail.err > Jan 2 21:15:34 grace master[79805]: fatal: master_spawn: exec > /usr/lib/postfix/sbin/0: No

Re: Mail system is down

On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 21:59 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > Ken Wright: > > On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 19:40 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > Sorry, I mis-typed 'postqueue'. > > > > > > Try this instead. > > > > > > Here is what happens on my system. > > > > > > As root: > > > > > > # chmod g-s /usr/

Re: Mail system is down

Ken Wright: > Just checked my mail logs. Do any of these help anyone? > > kwright:~$ tail /var/log/mail.log > Jan 2 21:23:31 grace postfix/postdrop[58322]: warning: > mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/914822.58322: Permission denied Yes, that is because I made a mistake in my first comman

Re: Mail system is down

Ken Wright: > On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 19:40 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Sorry, I mis-typed 'postqueue'. > > > > Try this instead. > > > > Here is what happens on my system. > > > > As root: > > > > # chmod g-s /usr/sbin/postqueue > > # ls -l /usr/sbin/postqueue > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root postdrop

Re: Mail system is down

postfix/postqueue[80723]: fatal: Queue report unavailable - mail system is down Jan 2 21:23:04 grace master[81109]: fatal: master_spawn: exec /usr/lib/postfix/sbin/0: No such file or directory Jan 2 21:24:05 grace master[81158]: fatal: master_spawn: exec /usr/lib/postfix/sbin/0: No such file or

Re: Mail system is down

On Mon, 2022-01-03 at 13:02 +1100, raf wrote: > Note: The errors above are due to copying and pasting > the command prompt ("wzv$") and the strace output (i.e. > connect...) along with the commands themselves. Your > shell was trying to execute those things as though they > were shell commands, but

Re: Mail system is down

On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 08:10:06PM -0500, Ken Wright wrote: > On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 19:40 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Sorry, I mis-typed 'postqueue'. > > > > Try this instead. > > > > Here is what happens on my system. > > > > As root: > > > > # chmod g-s /usr/sbin/postqueue > > # ls -l

Re: Mail system is down

On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 19:40 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > Sorry, I mis-typed 'postqueue'. > > Try this instead. > > Here is what happens on my system. > > As root: > > # chmod g-s /usr/sbin/postqueue > # ls -l /usr/sbin/postqueue > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root postdrop 60072 Dec 23 18:08 /usr/sbin/postque

Re: Mail system is down

Sorry, I mis-typed 'postqueue'. Try this instead. Here is what happens on my system. As root: # chmod g-s /usr/sbin/postqueue # ls -l /usr/sbin/postqueue -rwxr-xr-x 1 root postdrop 60072 Dec 23 18:08 /usr/sbin/postqueue # chmod 777 /var/spool/postfix/public # ls -ld /var/spool/postfix/public /

Re: Mail system is down

On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 18:37 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > Here is what happens on m system. > > As root: > > # chmod g-s /usr/sbin/postdrop > # ls -l /usr/sbin/postdrop > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root postdrop 44472 Dec 23 18:08 /usr/sbin/postdrop For some reason, there is no write permission on postdrop, f

Re: Mail system is down

John Fawcett: > On 03/01/2022 00:37, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Here is what happens on m system. > > As root: > > > > # chmod g-s /usr/sbin/postdrop > > # ls -l /usr/sbin/postdrop > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root postdrop 44472 Dec 23 18:08 /usr/sbin/postdrop > > # chmod 777 /var/spool/postfix/public > > # ls

Re: Mail system is down

On 03/01/2022 00:37, Wietse Venema wrote: Here is what happens on m system. As root: # chmod g-s /usr/sbin/postdrop # ls -l /usr/sbin/postdrop -rwxr-xr-x 1 root postdrop 44472 Dec 23 18:08 /usr/sbin/postdrop # chmod 777 /var/spool/postfix/public # ls -ld /var/spool/postfix/public /var/spool/post

Re: Mail system is down

On 03/01/2022 00:06, Ken Wright wrote: On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 17:30 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: Ken Wright: On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 16:01 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: Does it also fail when run as root? In that case, ??? # strace -e connect postqueue -p |&grep showq Otherwise, some temporary hac

Re: Mail system is down

Ken Wright: > On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 17:30 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Ken Wright: > > > On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 16:01 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > > Does it also fail when run as root? In that case, > > > > > > > > ??? # strace -e connect postqueue -p |&grep showq > > > > > > > > Otherwise

Re: Mail system is down

On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 17:30 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > Ken Wright: > > On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 16:01 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > Does it also fail when run as root? In that case, > > > > > > ??? # strace -e connect postqueue -p |&grep showq > > > > > > Otherwise, some temporary hack is nee

Re: Mail system is down

Kenneth Irving: > > On Sun, 2 Jan 2022, Ken Wright wrote: > > > On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 16:01 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > >> Does it also fail when run as root? In that case, > >> > >> ??? # strace -e connect postqueue -p |&grep showq > >> > >> Otherwise, some temporary hack is needed. > >> > >>

Re: Mail system is down

Ken Wright: > On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 16:01 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Does it also fail when run as root? In that case, > > > > ??? # strace -e connect postqueue -p |&grep showq > > > > Otherwise, some temporary hack is needed. > > > > As root, disdable file permissions: > > > > # chmod 777

Re: Mail system is down

On Sun, 2 Jan 2022, Ken Wright wrote: On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 16:01 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: Does it also fail when run as root? In that case,     # strace -e connect postqueue -p |&grep showq Otherwise, some temporary hack is needed. As root, disdable file permissions: # chmod 777 /var/s

Re: Mail system is down

On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 16:01 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > Does it also fail when run as root? In that case, > >     # strace -e connect postqueue -p |&grep showq > > Otherwise, some temporary hack is needed. > > As root, disdable file permissions: > > # chmod 777 /var/spool/postfix/public > # c

Re: Mail system is down

Ken Wright: > On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 11:16 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Ken Wright: > > > On Sat, 2022-01-01 at 18:50 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > > Ken Wright: > > > > > > > > > > I did a quick Google search, and ran sudo apparmor_status. > > > > > There don't appear to be any postfix-rela

Re: Mail system is down

On Sun, 2022-01-02 at 11:16 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > Ken Wright: > > On Sat, 2022-01-01 at 18:50 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > Ken Wright: > > > > > > > > I did a quick Google search, and ran sudo apparmor_status. > > > > There don't appear to be any postfix-related programs listed. > > >

Re: Mail system is down

On 1/2/22 17:16, Wietse Venema wrote: Ken Wright: On Sat, 2022-01-01 at 18:50 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: Ken Wright: I did a quick Google search, and ran sudo apparmor_status. There don't appear to be any postfix-related programs listed. Then that leaves the cron related profiles. None o

Re: Mail system is down

Ken Wright: > On Sat, 2022-01-01 at 18:50 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Ken Wright: > > > > > > I did a quick Google search, and ran sudo apparmor_status. There > > > don't appear to be any postfix-related programs listed. > > > > Then that leaves the cron related profiles. > > None of those e

Re: Mail system is down

On Sat, 2022-01-01 at 18:50 -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > Ken Wright: > > > > I did a quick Google search, and ran sudo apparmor_status.  There > > don't appear to be any postfix-related programs listed. > > Then that leaves the cron related profiles. None of those either.

Re: Mail system is down

; > > errors, > > > > ? but when AppArmor returns a different error code such as EPERM, > > > > ? postqueue will just say "mail system is down" (it does not try > > > > ? to evaluate every possible error code). > > > > > > AppAr

Re: Mail system is down

mor returns a different error code such as EPERM, > > >   postqueue will just say "mail system is down" (it does not try > > >   to evaluate every possible error code). > > > > AppArmor 2.13.3 is installed, but I'm not familiar with it.  How > >

Re: Mail system is down

Ken Wright: > > Is the postqueue command subject to AppArmor reduced privileges? > > The postqueue command will log EACES (Permission denied) errors, > > but when AppArmor returns a different error code such as EPERM, > > postqueue will just say "mail sys

Re: Mail system is down

ave an ellipsis in the fifth column; does that mean "doesn't matter"? > Is the postqueue command subject to AppArmor reduced privileges? >   The postqueue command will log EACES (Permission denied) errors, >   but when AppArmor returns a different error code such as EPERM

Re: Mail system is down

Ken Wright: > What a way to start the new year! > > I got the following message in /var/log/mail.err this morning: > > Jan 1 01:34:03 grace postfix/postqueue[1684046]: fatal: Queue report > unavailable - mail system is down postqueue will log this when it is unable to con

Mail system is down

What a way to start the new year! I got the following message in /var/log/mail.err this morning: Jan 1 01:34:03 grace postfix/postqueue[1684046]: fatal: Queue report unavailable - mail system is down Naturally, I checked, and both Postfix and Dovecot are running. Can anyone translate this for