postfix: Process did not exit cleanly

[Scott Silva]

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Rocky McCamey wrote:
> Drew Marshall wrote:
>
>>On Tue, January 18, 2005 23:20, Rocky McCamey said:
>>
>>
>>>Drew Marshall wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Can you 'postfix stop' then 'postfix start' from the command line and
>>>>check any log entries or comments at the command line.
>>>>
>>>>Drew
>>>>
>>>>
>>>this is the postfix and mailscanner being stopped and restarted, well it
>>>shows it being started but it doesnt show it stopping.  i dont know if
>>>it should, when i do stop it i can tell you there arent any postfix or
>>>mailscanner processes running when i do a ps aux.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Which OS are you using? I assume one based on RPM using the 'service'
>>command? If so can you stop MailScanner and Postfix using 'service' then
>>start just Postfix using the commands above from the command line and
>>check the logs.
>>
>>Drew
>>
>>
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> I am using gentoo as my os, running the 2.6 kernel.  When I start
> postfix by itself, I get no errors, but as soon as I start MailScanner I
> start to get that error agian.  So im guessing that it would be somthing
> with MailScanner??  I am at my wits end here i have tried remerging
> postfix, my MailScanner ebuild, even tried on a different server, and i
> get the same error.
Is the following set properly in mailscanner.conf file;

# User to run as (not normally used for sendmail)
# If you want to change the ownership or permissions of the quarantine or
# temporary files created by MailScanner, please see the "Incoming Work"
# settings later in this file.
#Run As User = mail
#Run As User = postfix
Run As User =

# Group to run as (not normally used for sendmail)
#Run As Group = mail
#Run As Group = postfix
Run As Group =


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