Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-06-03 Thread Wietse Venema
Jos Chrispijn: [ Charset windows-1252 converted... ] > On 3-6-19 13:09, Wietse Venema wrote: > > postmap hash:/postfix/tables/spamtrap what is this? > > # spamtrap 180711 > partmaps@?? DISCARD > > in main.cf > check_recipient_access? hash:/postfix/tables/spamtrap, > > I adde

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-06-03 Thread Jos Chrispijn
On 3-6-19 13:09, Wietse Venema wrote: postmap hash:/postfix/tables/spamtrap what is this? # spamtrap 180711 partmaps@   DISCARD in main.cf check_recipient_access  hash:/postfix/tables/spamtrap, I added this some time ago referring to http://postfix.1071664.n5.nabble.com/N

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-06-03 Thread Wietse Venema
Jos Chrispijn: > Hi Jan, > > On 30-5-19 14:47, Jan Ceuleers wrote: > > Jos, what I think everybody is trying to tell you is that your cron job > > has swept the problem under the rug, for now, but that it is still there. > > Yes, I noted, thanks for that. > > What I have done is running this bat

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-06-03 Thread Jos Chrispijn
Hi Jan, On 30-5-19 14:47, Jan Ceuleers wrote: Jos, what I think everybody is trying to tell you is that your cron job has swept the problem under the rug, for now, but that it is still there. Yes, I noted, thanks for that. What I have done is running this batch after a Postfix or Dovecot upda

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-05-30 Thread Jan Ceuleers
On 30/05/2019 14:41, Jos Chrispijn wrote: > On 30-5-19 14:25, Wietse Venema wrote: >> Again, this confirms my suspicion that the system has gotten messed >> up. Postfix has been around for decennia and it does not require >> restarts to stay functional. > > Ok, thanks y'all for helping out. Everyth

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-05-30 Thread Jos Chrispijn
On 30-5-19 14:25, Wietse Venema wrote: Again, this confirms my suspicion that the system has gotten messed up. Postfix has been around for decennia and it does not require restarts to stay functional. Ok, thanks y'all for helping out. Everything is fine now. /jos -- With both feet on the grou

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-05-30 Thread Wietse Venema
Jos Chrispijn: > On 30-5-19 13:50, Wietse Venema wrote: > > On a sane system (LINUX included), Postfix can run without ever > > needing a baby sitter cronjob. > OK - never experienced this issue but only for the last few weeks. What has changed? Not Postfix as far as I can tell. > > What I suspe

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-05-30 Thread Jos Chrispijn
On 30-5-19 13:50, Wietse Venema wrote: On a sane system (LINUX included), Postfix can run without ever needing a baby sitter cronjob. OK - never experienced this issue but only for the last few weeks. What I suspected was an effed-up system; your need to run a baby sitter cronjob confirms my su

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-05-30 Thread Wietse Venema
Jos Chrispijn: > Wietse, does this match the cause you expected it to be? On a sane system (LINUX included), Postfix can run without ever needing a baby sitter cronjob. What I suspected was an effed-up system; your need to run a baby sitter cronjob confirms my suspicion. Are you running Postfix

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-05-30 Thread Jos Chrispijn
On 30-5-19 12:52, @lbutlr wrote: On 30 May 2019, at 02:39, Jos Chrispijn wrote: Where did that come from? (It doesn't exist on my system). Amongst others (updating tables), this is now standard on my Postfix upgrade batch. I don't know about you, but new aliases and postalias and postmap are t

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-05-30 Thread @lbutlr
On 30 May 2019, at 02:39, Jos Chrispijn wrote: > A friend advised me to run /postfix/update and it looks as if this did the > trick. Part of that file contains: > > newaliases > postalias hash:/etc/aliases > postfix reload > postfix flush Wher e did that come from? (It doesn't exist on my syst

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-05-30 Thread Jos Chrispijn
On 29-5-19 19:21, Jos Chrispijn wrote: Interesting that you ask, as I just checked postfix after a restart and it all goes well again. Decided to restart from cron every 12 hours, but I guess that is just symptom suppression A friend advised me to run /postfix/update and it looks as if this di

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-05-29 Thread Jos Chrispijn
On 23-5-19 14:27, Wietse Venema wrote: It is also possible that your kernel can't handle the exclusive lock request because it is running out of kernel resources. How often are you restarting/reloading Postfix? I have some supicions, but let's hear from you first. Interesting that you ask, as I

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-05-23 Thread Wietse Venema
Jos Chrispijn: > On 22-5-19 13:11, Wietse Venema wrote: > > postscreen needs exclusive access to the btree file, and some other > > program other program already has access to the file (exclusive or > > non-exclusive). That could be another postscreen, or postmap, or > > some other program. > > As

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-05-23 Thread Jos Chrispijn
On 22-5-19 13:11, Wietse Venema wrote: postscreen needs exclusive access to the btree file, and some other program other program already has access to the file (exclusive or non-exclusive). That could be another postscreen, or postmap, or some other program. As far as I know there are no other

Re: Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-05-22 Thread Wietse Venema
Jos Chrispijn: > Dear team, > > I get this error messages in my logfile more frequently: > > May 21 21:23:51 kernel: May 21 21:23:51 > postfix/postscreen[77391]: fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache: > unable to get exclusive lock: Resource temporarily unavailable postscreen n

Postscreen - fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache

2019-05-22 Thread Jos Chrispijn
Dear team, I get this error messages in my logfile more frequently: May 21 21:23:51 kernel: May 21 21:23:51 postfix/postscreen[77391]: fatal: btree:/var/db/postfix/postscreen_cache: unable to get exclusive lock: Resource temporarily unavailable Can you tell me what exactly goes wron