MailScanner errors.

[Erik Jakobsen]

It has been made the /var/run directory:

# ls -al /var/run
total 132
drwxr-xr-x    8 root     root         4096 Jan 16 16:33 .
drwxr-xr-x   20 root     root         4096 Jan 16 13:46 ..
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Feb 10  2003 console
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:32 crond.pid
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jan 16 16:32 dansguardian.pid
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:31 dhcpd.pid
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:32 dnsmasq.pid
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:32 httpd.pid
-rw-------    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:31 klogd.pid
-rw-------    1 postfix  postfix         5 Jan 16 16:32 MailScanner.pid
drwxrwxr-x    2 root     root         4096 Mar 13  2003 netreport
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:31 ppp0.pid
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         8192 Jan 16 16:31 pppd.tdb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:31 pppoe-adsl.pid
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:31 pppoe-adsl.pid.pppd
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:31 pppoe-adsl.pid.pppoe
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:31 pppoe-adsl.pid.start
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           10 Jan 16 16:31 ppp-ppp0.pid
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:32 privoxy.pid
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Jan 16 16:32 proftpd
-rw-r--r--    1 root     nobody          5 Jan 16 16:32 proftpd.pid
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Jan 16 16:32 samba
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Jan 26  2003 saslauthd
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jan 16 16:32 sm-client.pid
-rw-------    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:32 snort_eth0.pid
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:31 sshd.pid
drwx------    2 root     root         4096 Jan 25  2003 sudo
-rw-------    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:31 syslogd.pid
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:33 syswatch.pid
-rw-rw-r--    1 root     utmp         4224 Jan 16 17:23 utmp
-rw-------    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:33 vpnwatchd.pid
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:33 webconfig.pid
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            5 Jan 16 16:31 xinetd.pid


Julian Field wrote:
> mkdir /var/run
> then try it again.
>
> At 15:33 16/01/2004, you wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I have just reinstalled MailScanner on a new server here. I use postfix,
>> but I'm receiving the following when MailScanner shall start:
>>
>> [root at gateway /]# service MailScanner status
>> Checking MailScanner daemons:
>>          MailScanner:                                      [  OK  ]
>>          incoming sendmail: head: /var/run/sendmail.in.pid: No such
>> file or directory
>>                                                            [FAILED]
>>          outgoing sendmail: head: /var/run/sendmail.out.pid: No such
>> file or directory
>>                                                            [FAILED]
>>
>> --
>> Med venlig hilsen - Best regards.
>> Erik Jakobsen - eja at urbakken.dk.
>> Licensed radioamateur with the callsign OZ4KK.
>> SuSE Linux 8.2 Proff.
>> Registered as user #319488 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.
>
>
> --
> Julian Field
> www.MailScanner.info
> MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
>
> PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654
>

--
Med venlig hilsen - Best regards.
Erik Jakobsen - eja at urbakken.dk.
Licensed radioamateur with the callsign OZ4KK.
SuSE Linux 8.2 Proff.
Registered as user #319488 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.