MailScanner fails to start - Possible Dead PID

Tue Sep 19 16:44:56 UTC 2017

Thanks for all the information! I finally fixed my problem. It was the
custom functions for mailwatch that were the culprit and some permission
errors with respect to postfix. Thanks again!

John

On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 7:57 AM Shawn Iverson <iversons at rushville.k12.in.us>
wrote:

> John,
>
> Also, be sure to run a MailScanner --lint test as a root user on your
> installation to look for other possible issues.  You can also run this from
> MailWatch in the GUI under Tools and Links, if configured properly to do so.
>
> On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 7:51 AM, Shawn Iverson <
> iversons at rushville.k12.in.us> wrote:
>
>> John,
>>
>> Not being able to see anything in MailWatch is a strong indicator that
>> your MailWatch custom functions are not working properly.  Your mail log in
>> /var/log on your distribution is your friend for issues like this one and
>> may provide some clues.  For further assistance, I would encourage you to
>> reach out to MailWatch folks on their mailing list.
>>
>> Based on your log, SA cannot create the .spamassassin directory in
>> /var/spool/postfix.  Although SA/MailScanner don't need write access
>> necessarily to the /var/spool/postfix directory level, you can go ahead and
>> create /var/spool/postfix/.spamassassin directory and make the owner/group
>> postfix (Run As User in MailScanner.conf)
>>
>> Other permissions to check:
>>
>> /var/spool/postfix/incoming and /var/spool/postfix/hold  (typically owned
>> by postfix user and the web server group in a MailWatch instance)
>>
>> /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming and /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine are
>> typically owned by postfix user (Run As User in MailScanner.conf) and the
>> mtagroup group (Incoming Work Group defined in MailScanner.conf).
>>
>> The mtagroup is new in MailScanner v5 to help facilitate access for other
>> services such as virus scanners, and all of your virus scanner accounts
>> should be added as members of this group.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 4:19 PM, John Barro <john.a.barro at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the info Shawn. Net::DNS seems to be the latest version.
>>> These files aren't symlinked, they actually exist in both folders.
>>>
>>> I am making some progress. I can send mail outbound, but cannot receive
>>> any incoming mail. And no inbound or outbound mail displays in my MailWatch
>>> page. Not really sure where to go from here. I' not sure what the
>>> permissions should be :(
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> John
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 2:36 PM, Shawn Iverson <
>>> iversons at rushville.k12.in.us> wrote:
>>>
>>>> John,
>>>>
>>>> Several issues here...
>>>>
>>>> Symlink the following into your /etc/MailScanner/mcp area:
>>>>
>>>> ln -s /etc/mail/spamassassin/v310.pre /etc/MailScanner/mcp/v310.pre
>>>> ln -s /etc/mail/spamassassin/v312.pre /etc/MailScanner/mcp/v312.pre
>>>> ln -s /etc/mail/spamassassin/v320.pre /etc/MailScanner/mcp/v320.pre
>>>> ln -s /etc/mail/spamassassin/v330.pre /etc/MailScanner/mcp/v330.pre
>>>>
>>>> Check your permissions on /var/spool/postfix and make sure MailScanner
>>>> can access this area
>>>>
>>>> Net::DNS probably needs updated
>>>>
>>>> Make sure the custom functions for MailWatch are updated and present in
>>>> /usr/share/MailScanner/perl/custom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 1:51 PM, John Barro <john.a.barro at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm a bit new to this list, but I was running mailscanner 4.x and have
>>>>> upgraded to the latest release 5.0.6.
>>>>>
>>>>> The error I am receiving is:
>>>>>
>>>>> Sep 16 13:14:44 mailscanner root[26772]: MailScanner failed to start
>>>>>
>>>>> Sep 16 13:14:44 mailscanner root[26773]: Found a possible dead PID.
>>>>> Stopping all MailScanner rogue processes ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am running Debian wheezy (version 7, 64-bit) with the following:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    - MailWatch 1.26
>>>>>    - Postfix 2.96
>>>>>    - ClamAV 0.99.2
>>>>>    - SpamAssassin 3.3.2
>>>>>    - PHP 5.4.55-0+deb7u11
>>>>>    - MySQL 5.5.57-0+deb7u1
>>>>>    - BitDefender 7.141118
>>>>>    - ps -ef | grep Mail
>>>>>
>>>>> In my MailWatch status page, I see the inbound mail queue with 34
>>>>> entries and climbing. When I run tail -f /var/log/mail.log from the server,
>>>>> I can see messages coming in, virus and content scanning being done,
>>>>> completing the AV scan with clamav first, then bit defender second, starts
>>>>> the MCP check, then fails with the message above (MailScanner failed to
>>>>> start, possible dead PID, etc.)
>>>>>
>>>>> When I run MailScanner with debugging enabled, I can see the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> Sep 16 13:48:27.148 [30377] dbg: config: mkdir
>>>>> /var/spool/postfix/.spamassassin failed: mkdir
>>>>> /var/spool/postfix/.spamassassin: Permission denied at
>>>>> /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1858
>>>>>
>>>>> Sep 16 13:48:27.149 [30377] info: config: failed to parse line,
>>>>> skipping, in "/etc/MailScanner/mcp/mcp.spam.assassin.prefs.conf": use_dcc 0
>>>>>
>>>>> Sep 16 13:48:27.149 [30377] info: config: failed to parse line,
>>>>> skipping, in "/etc/MailScanner/mcp/mcp.spam.assassin.prefs.conf": use_pyzor
>>>>> 0
>>>>>
>>>>> Sep 16 13:48:27.149 [30377] info: config: failed to parse line,
>>>>> skipping, in "/etc/MailScanner/mcp/mcp.spam.assassin.prefs.conf":
>>>>> use_razor1 0
>>>>>
>>>>> Sep 16 13:48:27.149 [30377] info: config: failed to parse line,
>>>>> skipping, in "/etc/MailScanner/mcp/mcp.spam.assassin.prefs.conf":
>>>>> use_razor2 0
>>>>>
>>>>> Sep 16 13:48:27.149 [30377] info: config: failed to parse line,
>>>>> skipping, in "/etc/MailScanner/mcp/mcp.spam.assassin.prefs.conf":
>>>>> decode_attachments 1
>>>>>
>>>>> Sep 16 13:48:27.149 [30377] dbg: config: finish parsing
>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>> Sep 16 13:48:27.160 [30377] dbg: dns: Net::DNS version: 0.66
>>>>>
>>>>> Use of uninitialized value $filename in concatenation (.) or string at
>>>>> /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1208.
>>>>>
>>>>> Use of uninitialized value $filename in concatenation (.) or string at
>>>>> /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1210.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sep 16 13:48:27.160 [30377] dbg: config: read_scoreonly_config: cannot
>>>>> open "": No such file or directory
>>>>>
>>>>> Building a message batch to scan...
>>>>>
>>>>> Have a batch of 8 messages.
>>>>>
>>>>> Undefined subroutine &MailScanner::CustomConfig::SQLWhitelist called
>>>>> at /usr/share/MailScanner/perl/MailScanner/Config.pm line 170.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure where to look. Any guidance would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Director of Technology
>>>> Rush County Schools
>>>> 765-932-3901 x271 <(765)%20932-3901>
>>>> iversons at rushville.k12.in.us
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>> Rush County Schools
>> 765-932-3901 x271 <(765)%20932-3901>
>> iversons at rushville.k12.in.us
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> Rush County Schools
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> iversons at rushville.k12.in.us
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