Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:23:31 -0400 From: Greg Larkin <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> To: Vinzstyle <vinzstyle@free.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Postfix doesn't start Message-ID: <4AC9F353.3000808@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200910042041.32454.vinzstyle@free.fr> References: <200910042041.32454.vinzstyle@free.fr>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Vinzstyle wrote: > Hi, > > I installed Postfix with PCRE support from the ports collection, but I get this > error when I try to start it : > > Oct 4 20:22:09 mail postfix/postfix-script[47114]: starting the Postfix mail > system > Oct 4 20:22:09 mail postfix/master[47115]: fatal: open lock file > /var/db/postfix/master.lock: cannot open file: Permission denied > > [root@mail /]# ls -ld /var/db/postfix/ > drwx------ 2 postfix wheel 512 Oct 4 20:16 /var/db/postfix/ > > The "mail_owner" directive is set to "postfix" in main.cf > > Is there some things to set up after the "make install" ? Did I miss something > ? > > I'm running FreeBSD-7.2-RELEASE, and Postfix(-2.5.6,1) is started inside a > jail. > > Thanks for your help :) Hi there, Whenever I run into problems like this and I can't easily resolve them, I turn to truss (http://bit.ly/yipvq) or strace (http://bit.ly/1oXQ4v) so I can see exactly what's happening to cause the permission denied message. If you want, post output from those tools back here, and I'm sure someone can help you narrow the problem down. Cheers, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. http://twitter.com/sourcehosting/ - Follow me, follow you -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFKyfNS0sRouByUApARAloSAJ4m2N1prTe0UiabVrlkTytmcd9jqACeO2hm DO3gs2YDX/bWYNhJnsdV+1Y= =QtfE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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