[Postfix] how to debug "postconf: fatal: open xxx/main.cf: No such file or directory"

calibal · 04-20-2018, 10:22 AM

Hello i have a little issue on my postfix server (on a Debian Stretch).
when i run postconf -check i have a message:

Code:

postconf: fatal: open heck/main.cf: No such file or directory

of course it does not exist, but where is this defined ?
i can't find it.
i had tested:

Code:

# postconf -d config_directory
config_directory = /etc/postfix

Any help is welcome

thanks

TB0ne · 04-20-2018, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by calibal

Hello i have a little issue on my postfix server (on a Debian Stretch). when i run postconf -check i have a message:

Code:

postconf: fatal: open heck/main.cf: No such file or directory

of course it does not exist, but where is this defined ? i can't find it. i had tested:

Code:

# postconf -d config_directory
config_directory = /etc/postfix

Honestly, unsure of what you're asking here. The obvious directory for the file is the one postfix tells you, at /etc/postfix. Unless you compile postfix with different options, that's the default location.

If your main.cf is in another location, then you have to specify the config file you want to use; the postfix documentation has all of this. Running

Code:

postfix -c /some/path

...will tell postfix to look in /some/path for the config files.

calibal · 04-21-2018, 04:11 AM

Hi TBone

thanks to help me

no i had installed from deb package, i have main.cf in /etc/postfix, and it's correctly set in postfix (as told me the "postconf -d config_directory" command.

it's why i do not understand why i have this error when i want to check my config.

i also tried to make a grep -nr "heck" /etc/* to check where this word is in my files, it's nowhere.

it's look like a typo about the "check" word somewhere, but i do not know where.

is there a way to have postconf very verbose ? to know from where this error is comming ?

the deamon_directory, command_directory, meta_directory, config_directory are correctly setted.
i just have the def_config_directory not set, but it's perhaps normal, i don't know.

[edit 2] yes it is as it's defined in script:

Code:

/etc/postfix/postfix-script:97:    $command_directory/postconf -c $def_config_directory \

[edit1]
then with -v -v -v option in postconf i have more details.

Code:

postconf: dict_register: mail_dict 1
postconf: dict_update: config_directory = heckconf
postconf: fatal: open heckconf/main.cf: No such file or directory

i have to found now why the config directory is set like that ...

descendant_command · 04-21-2018, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by calibal

when i run postconf -c heck

Self inflicted. ^^^