postfix: Process did not exit cleanly

Rocky McCamey rocky at LWORLD.NET
Wed Jan 19 20:44:09 GMT 2005


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Scott Silva wrote:

> 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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user and group are set to postfix in the mailscanenr.conf

-Rocky

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