Date: 28 Jun 2002 21:54:30 +0200 From: Simon J Mudd <sjmudd@pobox.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD4.6 & postfix-1.1.11,1 Message-ID: <86hejni3gp.fsf@unicorn.ea4els.ampr.org> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEBGCEAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEBGCEAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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barbish@a1poweruser.com ("Joe & Fhe Barbish") writes:
> I had FBSD4.5 & postfix-1.1.9,1 working great.
ok.
> When I upgraded to FBSD4.6 with it's new version of sendmail I also
> upgraded the postfix port to the current version 1.1.11,1.
How did you upgrade?
> The postfix options in the main.cf changed a great deal. Looks like
> it has been reconfigured to support jails. I have been unable to get
> postfix to accept mail sent from an LAN machine to post too an FBSD
> user account.
Do you have a copy of the old config files? /etc/postfix/master.cf and
/etc/postfix/main.cf (at least)
> The account barbish was added using PW and I can logon to the
> FBSD box using it. I an not using an local LAN DNS server.
If you use Postfix it is recomendable to use a local DNS
server. You'll notice the difference in performance.
> Here is the postfix log file for a test I ran.
>
> Jun 27 16:18:22 gateway postfix/smtpd[729]: connect from unknown[10.0.10.6]
> Jun 27 16:18:22 gateway postfix/smtpd[729]: 6BFA469: client=unknown[10.0.10.6]
> Jun 27 16:18:22 gateway postfix/cleanup[730]: 6BFA469: message-id=<MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGEEBFCEAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
> Jun 27 16:18:22 gateway postfix/smtpd[729]: disconnect from unknown[10.0.10.6]
> Jun 27 16:18:22 gateway postfix/qmgr[723]: 6BFA469: from=<barbish@a1poweruser.com>, size=750, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> Jun 27 16:18:22 gateway postfix/local[732]: 6BFA469: to=<barbish@a1poweruser.com>, relay=local, delay=0, status=bounced (cannot
> access mailbox /var/spool/mail/barbish for user barbish. cannot create file
> exclusively: No such file or directory)
It appears that postfix can't write to /var/spool/mail/barbish
Permissions problem? or wrong directory? My (hand installed) postfix
uses spool_directory = /var/mail
$ postconf | grep spool
mail_spool_directory = /var/mail
queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
> Jun 27 16:18:22 gateway postfix/cleanup[730]: B387B14B: message-id=<20020627201822.B387B14B@smtp.a1poweruser.com>
> Jun 27 16:18:22 gateway postfix/qmgr[723]: B387B14B: from=<>, size=2538, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> Jun 27 16:18:22 gateway postfix/local[732]: B387B14B: to=<barbish@a1poweruser.com>, relay=local, delay=0, status=bounced (cannot
> access mailbox /var/spool/mail/barbish for user barbish. cannot create file
> exclusively: No such file or directory)
Same problem.
> Here is the main.cf file
It's *MUCH BETTER* if you post the output of postconf -n which shows
the configuration parameters which have been changed from their
default values. This way we can see what "is different".
[snip]
Up to here you've hardly touched anything.
> # The mail_spool_directory parameter specifies the directory where
> # UNIX-style mailboxes are kept. The default setting depends on the
> # system type.
> #
> #mail_spool_directory = /var/mail
> mail_spool_directory = /var/spool/mail
??? FreeBSD's mail spool is normally in /var/mail. Have you changed
it to /var/spool/mail for a reason? My /var/spool has no mail
subdirectory or link to /var/mail.
Simon
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