MailScanner errors.

Erik Jakobsen eja at URBAKKEN.DK
Sat Jan 17 06:43:06 GMT 2004


I added the line to my /etc/postfix/main.cf, and it seems to work now.

"alternate_config_directories = /etc/postfix.in"

Erik Jakobsen wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:57:10 +0000, Julian Field
> <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> wrote:
>
>
>>At 16:57 16/01/2004, you wrote:
>>
>>>Then it must be the sendmail.in.pid and the sendmail.out.pid that lacks,
>>>but I'm not using sendmail ?.
>>
>>Have you set the correct MTA in /etc/sysconfig/MailScanner? That controls
>>which MTA the MailScanner init.d script will start up.
>>
>
>
> Oh no. I have overseen that in the postfix instruction.
>
> But there seems to be a problem now with sending mails according to this
> sample of /var/log/maillog, which I have tried to send once before:
>
> Jan 16 19:13:01 gateway spamd[5340]: clean message (0.0/5.0) for filter:100
> in 0.9 seconds, 938 bytes.
> Jan 16 19:13:01 gateway postfix/postdrop[5349]: error: untrusted
> configuration directory name: /etc/postfix.in
> Jan 16 19:13:01 gateway postfix/postdrop[5349]: fatal: specify
> "alternate_config_directories = /etc/postfix.in" in /etc/postfix/main.cf
> Jan 16 19:13:02 gateway postfix/sendmail[5348]: warning: premature
> end-of-input from /usr/sbin/postdrop -r while reading input attribute name
> Jan 16 19:13:02 gateway postfix/sendmail[5348]: fatal: eja at urbakken.dk(100):
> unable to execute /usr/sbin/postdrop -r: Success
> Jan 16 19:13:03 gateway postfix/pipe[5337]: 1D93EC045: to=<oh2bns at sral.fi>,
> relay=ccfilter, delay=3, status=bounced (service unavailable. Command
> output: postdrop: error: untrusted configuration directory name:
> /etc/postfix.in postdrop: fatal: specify "alternate_config_directories =
> /etc/postfix.in" in /etc/postfix/main.cf sendmail: warning: premature
> end-of-input from /usr/sbin/postdrop -r while reading input attribute name
> sendmail: fatal: eja at urbakken.dk(100): unable to execute /usr/sbin/postdrop
> -r: Success )
>
>
>
>
>>>Erik Jakobsen wrote:
>>>
>>>>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.
>>>
>>>--
>>>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.



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