Three installation/configuration issues

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Three installation/configuration issues
\ Nicholas Birkett (16 Nov 2007)
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Subject:	Three installation/configuration issues
Group:	Postfix-users
From:	Nicholas Birkett
Date:	16 Nov 2007

I have been using Postfix version 1 for the past two years on a Sun Blade
100 computer running Solaris 9. It works fine. I am in the process of
up-grading the SUN to Solaris 10. At the same time, I am upgrading to
Postfix ver 2. I have run into three problems which I can find no solution
to. Since I have reverted back to my Version 9 disc, I can't post the full
info about my set-up - I'll get that if needed tomorrow. However, I am
making very simple use of Postfix and the problems are quite fundamental so
that info may not be needed.

I did a fresh install of Solaris 10 (a full replacement of the previous
system on the disc). This was the 8/07 version of Solaris. The only
'option' of potential relevance is that I elected to restrict access only to
'ssh'. The install went smoothly. I then up-load the 'pkg-add' software
from Blastwave.org. Once this was installed, I uploaded and installed a
version of Postfix from the 'stable' directory set-up at Blastwave. The
installation used a pre-compiled version of Postfix and an automatic install
script - no manual interventions. Again, there were no errors noted. I am
using the 'master.cf' provided with the installation. 'main.cf has been
modified for my domain, etc. The system works fine for sending e-mail.
But..

1) I can not receive any e-mail. When I run Netstat, the 'smtp' entry is
'localhost.smtp', not '*.smtp'. I have tried several variations of main.cf
with no effect.

2) When I do a re-boot, the OS attempts to start two copies of Postfix. The
second copy gives an error message about the 'pid/master' being unavailable
for exclusive use. I have also noticed that, on several occasions after
booting, the system attempts to start multiple copies of Postfix, sometimes
up to 20+ copies.

3) The 'start' option (Postfix start) won't work. 'Stop' reports that the
system has been stopped. But, if I then attempt to do a 'start', the system
reports that Postfix is already running. The pid error is also reported.

As mentioned, I have done no configuration of Solaris - this is a 'clean'
install. Similarly, I moved no files from their default locations and have
not tampered with the rc scripts, etc. I have extensively browsed the
Postfix.org FAQ's with no success. I did google searches looking for
information about this error. I found several reports but they all related
to Mac OS/X systems and involved programmes which are not running on
Solaris.

Any and all help would be VERY much appreciated.

Nick Birkett,

University of Ottawa, Canada.