teka2112
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sendmail problem: sendmail dead but subsys locked
Ive got a small server running on a linux box. Im using Apache2 to serve HT docs. Ive also got some perl 5 scripts with which im using sendmail to send various emails. Ive got a problem which surfaced recently - possibly coinsiding with rebooting the server (complete power down).
The problem is that now its not sending any mail at all.
Im still learning linux, so not knowing exactly how to troubleshoot - im having problems fixing this.
I did notice that there was no init script for sendmail in the /etc/rc.d/init.d folder. So, I added one:
#!/bin/sh
#
# sendmail This shell script takes care of starting and stopping
# sendmail.
#
# chkconfig: 2345 80 30
# description: Sendmail is a Mail Transport Agent, which is the program \
# that moves mail from one machine to another.
# processname: sendmail
# config: /etc/sendmail.cf
# pidfile: /var/run/sendmail.pid
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network
# Check that networking is up.
[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0
[ -f /usr/sbin/sendmail ] || exit 0
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
# Start daemons.
echo -n "Starting sendmail: "
daemon /usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -q1h
echo
touch /var/lock/subsys/sendmail
;;
stop)
# Stop daemons.
echo -n "Shutting down sendmail: "
killproc sendmail
echo
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/sendmail
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
status)
status sendmail
;;
*)
echo "Usage: sendmail {start|stop|restart|status }"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
I then used this to start sendmail (but how was it running prior to this script?) it started - at least it said [ OK ]...
I then checked the sendmail service status using:
[root@a500 root]# service sendmail status
sendmail dead but subsys locked
and thats what I got...
I then did a netstat:
[root@a500 root]# netstat -l
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 *:32768 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost:32769 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:32770 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:netbios-ssn *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:http *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:10000 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:squid *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost.localdom:smtp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:894 *:* LISTEN
udp 0 0 *:32768 *:*
udp 0 0 *:nfs *:*
udp 0 0 *:32770 *:*
udp 0 0 *:32771 *:*
udp 0 0 IP:netbios-ns *:*
udp 0 0 localhost.lo:netbios-ns *:*
udp 0 0 *:netbios-ns *:*
udp 0 0 IP:netbios-dgm *:*
udp 0 0 localhost.l:netbios-dgm *:*
udp 0 0 *:netbios-dgm *:*
udp 0 0 *:10000 *:*
udp 0 0 *:icpv2 *:*
udp 63936 0 *:bootpc *:*
udp 0 0 *:3401 *:*
udp 0 0 *:4827 *:*
udp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:*
udp 0 0 *:891 *:*
udp 0 0 localhost.localdoma:ntp *:*
udp 0 0 IP.client:ntp *:*
udp 0 0 localhost:ntp *:*
udp 0 0 *:ntp *:*
Active UNIX domain sockets (only servers)
Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3567 public/showq
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 5053 /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 7833 /tmp/mysql.sock
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3547 private/rewrite
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3551 private/bounce
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3555 private/defer
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3563 private/smtp
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3571 private/error
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3575 private/local
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3579 private/virtual
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3583 private/lmtp
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3587 private/cyrus
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3591 private/uucp
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3595 private/ifmail
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3599 private/bsmtp
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3659 /var/prelude/socket
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 2988 /dev/gpmctl
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3069 /tmp/.font-unix/fs-1
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3161 /var/lib/sasl/mux
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3540 public/cleanup
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3559 public/flush
I see nothing on port 25, so im assuming that sendmail is still not running. Any help here would be wonderful...
also if I try to stop sendmail with this script - it fails...
sendmail WAS working at one point. Ive made no changes in code. I have only rebooted. perhaps sendmail is just not restarting during bootup???
The script was just a try - it worked before I installed that...
Im not sure where to go exactly which log files to look at to get clues for this. Ill be happy to post the logs that pertain here if someone is interested in helping - or perhaps has heard of something like this...
Thanks
The problem is that now its not sending any mail at all.
Im still learning linux, so not knowing exactly how to troubleshoot - im having problems fixing this.
I did notice that there was no init script for sendmail in the /etc/rc.d/init.d folder. So, I added one:
#!/bin/sh
#
# sendmail This shell script takes care of starting and stopping
# sendmail.
#
# chkconfig: 2345 80 30
# description: Sendmail is a Mail Transport Agent, which is the program \
# that moves mail from one machine to another.
# processname: sendmail
# config: /etc/sendmail.cf
# pidfile: /var/run/sendmail.pid
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network
# Check that networking is up.
[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0
[ -f /usr/sbin/sendmail ] || exit 0
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
# Start daemons.
echo -n "Starting sendmail: "
daemon /usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -q1h
echo
touch /var/lock/subsys/sendmail
;;
stop)
# Stop daemons.
echo -n "Shutting down sendmail: "
killproc sendmail
echo
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/sendmail
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
status)
status sendmail
;;
*)
echo "Usage: sendmail {start|stop|restart|status
exit 1
esac
exit 0
I then used this to start sendmail (but how was it running prior to this script?) it started - at least it said [ OK ]...
I then checked the sendmail service status using:
[root@a500 root]# service sendmail status
sendmail dead but subsys locked
and thats what I got...
I then did a netstat:
[root@a500 root]# netstat -l
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 *:32768 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost:32769 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:32770 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:netbios-ssn *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:http *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:10000 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:squid *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost.localdom:smtp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:894 *:* LISTEN
udp 0 0 *:32768 *:*
udp 0 0 *:nfs *:*
udp 0 0 *:32770 *:*
udp 0 0 *:32771 *:*
udp 0 0 IP:netbios-ns *:*
udp 0 0 localhost.lo:netbios-ns *:*
udp 0 0 *:netbios-ns *:*
udp 0 0 IP:netbios-dgm *:*
udp 0 0 localhost.l:netbios-dgm *:*
udp 0 0 *:netbios-dgm *:*
udp 0 0 *:10000 *:*
udp 0 0 *:icpv2 *:*
udp 63936 0 *:bootpc *:*
udp 0 0 *:3401 *:*
udp 0 0 *:4827 *:*
udp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:*
udp 0 0 *:891 *:*
udp 0 0 localhost.localdoma:ntp *:*
udp 0 0 IP.client:ntp *:*
udp 0 0 localhost:ntp *:*
udp 0 0 *:ntp *:*
Active UNIX domain sockets (only servers)
Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3567 public/showq
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 5053 /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 7833 /tmp/mysql.sock
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3547 private/rewrite
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3551 private/bounce
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3555 private/defer
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3563 private/smtp
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3571 private/error
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3575 private/local
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3579 private/virtual
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3583 private/lmtp
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3587 private/cyrus
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3591 private/uucp
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3595 private/ifmail
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3599 private/bsmtp
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3659 /var/prelude/socket
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 2988 /dev/gpmctl
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3069 /tmp/.font-unix/fs-1
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3161 /var/lib/sasl/mux
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3540 public/cleanup
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3559 public/flush
I see nothing on port 25, so im assuming that sendmail is still not running. Any help here would be wonderful...
also if I try to stop sendmail with this script - it fails...
sendmail WAS working at one point. Ive made no changes in code. I have only rebooted. perhaps sendmail is just not restarting during bootup???
The script was just a try - it worked before I installed that...
Im not sure where to go exactly which log files to look at to get clues for this. Ill be happy to post the logs that pertain here if someone is interested in helping - or perhaps has heard of something like this...
Thanks
ASKER
here is a small chunk of my /var/log/mail/warnings file:
incase this helps...
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: private/smtp socket: malformed response
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: transport smtp failure -- see a previous warning/fatal/panic logfile record for the problem description
Feb 25 14:16:30 a500 postfix/master[1312]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtp pid 4904 killed by signal 15
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: premature end-of-input from private/smtp socket while reading input attribute name
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: private/smtp socket: malformed response
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: transport smtp failure -- see a previous warning/fatal/panic logfile record for the problem description
Feb 25 14:16:30 a500 postfix/master[1312]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtp pid 4943 killed by signal 15
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: premature end-of-input from private/smtp socket while reading input attribute name
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: private/smtp socket: malformed response
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: transport smtp failure -- see a previous warning/fatal/panic logfile record for the problem description
Feb 25 14:18:06 a500 postfix/postfix-script: warning: /var/spool/postfix/etc/loc altime and /etc/localtime differ
Feb 25 14:18:06 a500 postfix/postfix-script: warning: /var/spool/postfix/etc/hos ts and /etc/hosts differ
Feb 25 14:18:23 a500 postfix/postfix-script: warning: /var/spool/postfix/etc/loc altime and /etc/localtime differ
Feb 25 14:18:23 a500 postfix/postfix-script: warning: /var/spool/postfix/etc/hos ts and /etc/hosts differ
incase this helps...
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: private/smtp socket: malformed response
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: transport smtp failure -- see a previous warning/fatal/panic logfile record for the problem description
Feb 25 14:16:30 a500 postfix/master[1312]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtp pid 4904 killed by signal 15
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: premature end-of-input from private/smtp socket while reading input attribute name
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: private/smtp socket: malformed response
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: transport smtp failure -- see a previous warning/fatal/panic logfile record for the problem description
Feb 25 14:16:30 a500 postfix/master[1312]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtp pid 4943 killed by signal 15
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: premature end-of-input from private/smtp socket while reading input attribute name
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: private/smtp socket: malformed response
Feb 25 17:16:30 a500 postfix/nqmgr[1327]: warning: transport smtp failure -- see a previous warning/fatal/panic logfile record for the problem description
Feb 25 14:18:06 a500 postfix/postfix-script: warning: /var/spool/postfix/etc/loc
Feb 25 14:18:06 a500 postfix/postfix-script: warning: /var/spool/postfix/etc/hos
Feb 25 14:18:23 a500 postfix/postfix-script: warning: /var/spool/postfix/etc/loc
Feb 25 14:18:23 a500 postfix/postfix-script: warning: /var/spool/postfix/etc/hos
ok.. you have something running on port 25
from your netstat output:
tcp 0 0 localhost.localdom:smtp *:* LISTEN
why do u have both postfix and sendmail running?
is that a special situation where one of them is acting as
a proxy to the other or something?
to find out which one is running, try the lsof utility
if its not installed, get the rpm and install it
lsof -i tcp
should give you what binary is hooked to which port and
running under which username, great helper.
as to finding out how sendmail was running before, take
a second look in the init.d directory, the file does not
have to be named sendmail, it may not even be in init.d
at all, check your rcX.d directory, where X is your
runlevel (type runlevel to find out which runlevel u are
in right now), sendmail could also have been started
from within another script, go to the rcX.d directory
and grep -i sendmail *, should find it.
as to why the sendmail init script is giving that error,
it could be because sendmail tries to use port 25, but
finds it being used by something else (postfix?) or that
the paths in the initscript are not the same as the ones
for the running sendmail, if sendmail is running.
hope that helps
tc
-nick
from your netstat output:
tcp 0 0 localhost.localdom:smtp *:* LISTEN
why do u have both postfix and sendmail running?
is that a special situation where one of them is acting as
a proxy to the other or something?
to find out which one is running, try the lsof utility
if its not installed, get the rpm and install it
lsof -i tcp
should give you what binary is hooked to which port and
running under which username, great helper.
as to finding out how sendmail was running before, take
a second look in the init.d directory, the file does not
have to be named sendmail, it may not even be in init.d
at all, check your rcX.d directory, where X is your
runlevel (type runlevel to find out which runlevel u are
in right now), sendmail could also have been started
from within another script, go to the rcX.d directory
and grep -i sendmail *, should find it.
as to why the sendmail init script is giving that error,
it could be because sendmail tries to use port 25, but
finds it being used by something else (postfix?) or that
the paths in the initscript are not the same as the ones
for the running sendmail, if sendmail is running.
hope that helps
tc
-nick
ASKER
nick-
thanks for the input.
well, ive come to learn that postfix does start sendmail, or a binary "dummy" I guess.
I was playing around with starting it manually myself with that script I added. I realized that wasnt the right way to go, so I got rid of that script.
I checked to see that postfix is running and it is. I do a:
service postfix status
and get:
master (pid 1312) is running...
I tried emailing myself using "mail" command - it didnt go
I then checked the log files in /var/log/mail but they got no input from that manual mail try. They are packed with problems from my web scripts trying to email. mostly postfix timing out... and what I entered above...
I do have lsof - so I did a:
lsof -i tcp like you suggested and got this back:
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
portmap 818 rpc 4u IPv4 2894 TCP *:sunrpc (LISTEN)
rpc.statd 885 rpcuser 6u IPv4 2998 TCP *:32768 (LISTEN)
sshd 1090 root 3u IPv4 3230 TCP *:ssh (LISTEN)
xinetd 1111 root 5u IPv4 3243 TCP localhost:32769 (LISTEN)
rpc.rquot 1138 root 4u IPv4 3287 TCP *:894 (LISTEN)
rpc.mount 1169 root 4u IPv4 3333 TCP *:32770 (LISTEN)
master 1312 root 11u IPv4 3535 TCP localhost.localdomain:smtp (LISTEN)
proftpd 1390 nobody 0u IPv4 3724 TCP *:ftp (LISTEN)
squid 1512 squid 10u IPv4 4518 TCP *:squid (LISTEN)
miniserv. 1514 root 4u IPv4 4528 TCP *:10000 (LISTEN)
smbd 1531 root 9u IPv4 4678 TCP *:netbios-ssn (LISTEN)
httpd 1761 root 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
mysqld 1823 mysql 3u IPv4 5746 TCP *:mysql (LISTEN)
mysqld 1824 mysql 3u IPv4 5746 TCP *:mysql (LISTEN)
mysqld 1825 mysql 3u IPv4 5746 TCP *:mysql (LISTEN)
smtp 14539 postfix 11u IPv4 120044 TCP localhost.localdomain:4088 5->mta-v12 .mail.yaho o.com:smtp (SYN_SENT)
smtp 14540 postfix 11u IPv4 120053 TCP localhost.localdomain:4088 8->imv08.m ail.bellso uth.net:sm tp (SYN_SENT)
httpd 14869 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
sshd 15072 root 4u IPv4 109147 TCP 12-225-88-12.client.attbi. com:ssh->1 92.168.0.3 0:1130 (ESTABLISHED)
httpd 15256 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd 15282 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd 15283 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd 15284 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd 15285 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd 15286 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd 15287 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
smtp 15303 postfix 11u IPv4 120051 TCP localhost.localdomain:4088 6->xd.mx.a ol.com:smt p (SYN_SENT)
smtp 15304 postfix 11u IPv4 120052 TCP localhost.localdomain:4088 7->xh.mx.a ol.com:smt p (SYN_SENT)
httpd 15312 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd 15313 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
smtp 15412 postfix 11u IPv4 120042 TCP localhost.localdomain:4088 3->mta-v13 .level3.ma il.yahoo.c om:smtp (SYN_SENT)
smtp 15413 postfix 11u IPv4 120043 TCP localhost.localdomain:4088 4->mta-v21 .level3.ma il.yahoo.c om:smtp (SYN_SENT)
smtp 15457 postfix 11u IPv4 124085 TCP localhost.localdomain:4088 9->mc10.ba y6.hotmail .com:smtp (SYN_SENT)
smtp 15464 postfix 11u IPv4 124090 TCP localhost.localdomain:4089 1->mc1.law 16.hotmail .com:smtp (SYN_SENT)
smtp 15466 postfix 11u IPv4 124086 TCP localhost.localdomain:4089 0->txmx01. mgw.rr.com :smtp (SYN_SENT)
I see some entries for postfix - a few of them - no sendmail though (not sure what that means). what are the various postfix entries I wonder - is postfix trying to continue to send some of the mail thats queued up from the scripts trying to send?
Im not sure - any other ideas??
Thanks for your help :)
thanks for the input.
well, ive come to learn that postfix does start sendmail, or a binary "dummy" I guess.
I was playing around with starting it manually myself with that script I added. I realized that wasnt the right way to go, so I got rid of that script.
I checked to see that postfix is running and it is. I do a:
service postfix status
and get:
master (pid 1312) is running...
I tried emailing myself using "mail" command - it didnt go
I then checked the log files in /var/log/mail but they got no input from that manual mail try. They are packed with problems from my web scripts trying to email. mostly postfix timing out... and what I entered above...
I do have lsof - so I did a:
lsof -i tcp like you suggested and got this back:
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
portmap 818 rpc 4u IPv4 2894 TCP *:sunrpc (LISTEN)
rpc.statd 885 rpcuser 6u IPv4 2998 TCP *:32768 (LISTEN)
sshd 1090 root 3u IPv4 3230 TCP *:ssh (LISTEN)
xinetd 1111 root 5u IPv4 3243 TCP localhost:32769 (LISTEN)
rpc.rquot 1138 root 4u IPv4 3287 TCP *:894 (LISTEN)
rpc.mount 1169 root 4u IPv4 3333 TCP *:32770 (LISTEN)
master 1312 root 11u IPv4 3535 TCP localhost.localdomain:smtp
proftpd 1390 nobody 0u IPv4 3724 TCP *:ftp (LISTEN)
squid 1512 squid 10u IPv4 4518 TCP *:squid (LISTEN)
miniserv. 1514 root 4u IPv4 4528 TCP *:10000 (LISTEN)
smbd 1531 root 9u IPv4 4678 TCP *:netbios-ssn (LISTEN)
httpd 1761 root 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
mysqld 1823 mysql 3u IPv4 5746 TCP *:mysql (LISTEN)
mysqld 1824 mysql 3u IPv4 5746 TCP *:mysql (LISTEN)
mysqld 1825 mysql 3u IPv4 5746 TCP *:mysql (LISTEN)
smtp 14539 postfix 11u IPv4 120044 TCP localhost.localdomain:4088
smtp 14540 postfix 11u IPv4 120053 TCP localhost.localdomain:4088
httpd 14869 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
sshd 15072 root 4u IPv4 109147 TCP 12-225-88-12.client.attbi.
httpd 15256 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd 15282 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd 15283 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd 15284 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd 15285 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd 15286 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd 15287 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
smtp 15303 postfix 11u IPv4 120051 TCP localhost.localdomain:4088
smtp 15304 postfix 11u IPv4 120052 TCP localhost.localdomain:4088
httpd 15312 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
httpd 15313 nobody 3u IPv4 5661 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
smtp 15412 postfix 11u IPv4 120042 TCP localhost.localdomain:4088
smtp 15413 postfix 11u IPv4 120043 TCP localhost.localdomain:4088
smtp 15457 postfix 11u IPv4 124085 TCP localhost.localdomain:4088
smtp 15464 postfix 11u IPv4 124090 TCP localhost.localdomain:4089
smtp 15466 postfix 11u IPv4 124086 TCP localhost.localdomain:4089
I see some entries for postfix - a few of them - no sendmail though (not sure what that means). what are the various postfix entries I wonder - is postfix trying to continue to send some of the mail thats queued up from the scripts trying to send?
Im not sure - any other ideas??
Thanks for your help :)
I see two obvious errors from your origianl post
Feb 25 14:18:23 a500 postfix/postfix-script: warning: /var/spool/postfix/etc/loc altime and /etc/localtime differ
Feb 25 14:18:23 a500 postfix/postfix-script: warning: /var/spool/postfix/etc/hos ts and /etc/hosts differ
i guess you made some recent modification to your network
or updated some packages or something to that effect, the
end result is that you have to copy /etc/hosts and
/etc/localtime to /var/spool/postfix/etc
and then stop and start postfix
postfix includes a binary called sendmail because too many
scripts and other programs call the binary file /usr/lib/sendmail or /usr/sbin/sendmail, so postfix just
puts a minimal sendmail binary to redirect to itself.
try updating those files (hosts and localtime), restart postfix, and see what happens, if you still have problems
with the queue, it might be a good idea to stop your web
server for a bit, remove everything from the spool and
then trying to email again.
please note that postfix does not put the spooled mail
in /var/spool/mqueue like sendmail. but in multiple
directories in /var/spool/postfix, take a look
i wish i can help you more, but i dont have enough info
try to telnet to port 25 and see what happens, something
like this (keep another window open with tail -f on the
mail log)
telnet localhost 25
helo mydomain.com
mail from:<user@mydomain.com>
rcpt to:<user@otherdomain.com>
data
test
test
. (this is a dot on a line by itself to end :))
quit
good luck
-nick
Feb 25 14:18:23 a500 postfix/postfix-script: warning: /var/spool/postfix/etc/loc
Feb 25 14:18:23 a500 postfix/postfix-script: warning: /var/spool/postfix/etc/hos
i guess you made some recent modification to your network
or updated some packages or something to that effect, the
end result is that you have to copy /etc/hosts and
/etc/localtime to /var/spool/postfix/etc
and then stop and start postfix
postfix includes a binary called sendmail because too many
scripts and other programs call the binary file /usr/lib/sendmail or /usr/sbin/sendmail, so postfix just
puts a minimal sendmail binary to redirect to itself.
try updating those files (hosts and localtime), restart postfix, and see what happens, if you still have problems
with the queue, it might be a good idea to stop your web
server for a bit, remove everything from the spool and
then trying to email again.
please note that postfix does not put the spooled mail
in /var/spool/mqueue like sendmail. but in multiple
directories in /var/spool/postfix, take a look
i wish i can help you more, but i dont have enough info
try to telnet to port 25 and see what happens, something
like this (keep another window open with tail -f on the
mail log)
telnet localhost 25
helo mydomain.com
mail from:<user@mydomain.com>
rcpt to:<user@otherdomain.com>
data
test
test
. (this is a dot on a line by itself to end :))
quit
good luck
-nick
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