Update postfix mail server failed

justkeny2k · 12-26-2006, 02:51 AM

I want update postfix from current version(2.3.3) to 2.3.5. The update process is normally and no error occur.

But, i saw error in maillog:

Quote:

Dec 21 22:00:50 localhost postfix/master[19676]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 20386 exit status 127
Dec 21 22:00:50 localhost postfix/master[19676]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling

And telnet localhost 25:

Quote:

Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.

Stopped here.

justkeny2k · 01-17-2007, 07:14 AM

Please can any one help me?

Berhanie · 01-17-2007, 12:05 PM

The logs should describe the problem. It should be several lines below the "throttling" message. By the way, it might help to know how you upgraded: did you do it from source, did you use a package manager (if so, which distro are you using), etc.

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justkeny2k · 01-18-2007, 08:20 PM

I am using source code tar ball install. My mail server is running RedHat 9.0.
I completed installation of postfix and run it up. But in the maillog i see the error message and the postfix does not work on smtp port 25. It no response.

Berhanie · 01-18-2007, 08:36 PM

So, your previous postfix installation (2.2.3) was from source, and you upgraded to 2.3.5 with "make upgrade". Is this correct?

What do you get for

Code:

egrep '(reject|warning|error|fatal|panic):' /path/to/maillog

justkeny2k · 01-18-2007, 09:47 PM

Yes, i use "make upgrade" and in maillog i get "warning" error.
Werther or not my db version is wrong? I use red hat 9 default db4.

Berhanie · 01-18-2007, 09:53 PM

Since you're compiling from source, you don't have to worry about db versions. Please type the following as root and post the output (replace /var/log/maillog with the correct path to your log file):

Code:

egrep '(warning|error|fatal|panic):' /var/log/maillog

justkeny2k · 01-19-2007, 08:34 AM

Code:

Jan 19 22:30:24 localhost postfix/master[26829]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 26937 exit status 127
Jan 19 22:30:24 localhost postfix/master[26829]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
Jan 19 22:31:24 localhost postfix/master[26829]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 26986 exit status 127
Jan 19 22:31:24 localhost postfix/master[26829]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
Jan 19 22:32:24 localhost postfix/master[26829]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 27041 exit status 127
Jan 19 22:32:24 localhost postfix/master[26829]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling

Berhanie · 01-19-2007, 10:04 PM

That's disappointing. I was hoping for more information in the logs. If nothing is showing up, maybe turning on debugging for smtpd will show something. In master.cf, you can add a "-v" to smtpd; so change

Code:

smtp      inet  n       -       n       -       -       smtpd

to

Code:

smtp      inet  n       -       n       -       -       smtpd -v

Then check the logs again.

Another simple thing is to make sure permissions are correct:

Code:

postfix set-permissions

But, this is just shooting in the dark.

Back to your original db worries, googling around, I did find someone who had a case of a db version mismatch. The postfix documentation has this to say about it:

Quote:

Some Linux systems ship with multiple Berkeley DB implementations. Normally, Postfix builds with the default DB version that ships with the system.

Warning: some Linux system libraries use Berkeley DB. If you compile Postfix with a non-default Berkeley DB implementation, then every Postfix program will dump core because either the system library or Postfix itself ends up using the wrong version.

justkeny2k · 02-04-2007, 04:13 AM

I found the RPM version in internet suit for Red Hat 9 and install it and work fine. But the difference on RPM and tarball are what. Due to i wanted use tarball version.