Re: qmgr_active_corrupt

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qmgr_active_corrupt
\ Jeff (27 Mar 2008)
. \ (Wietse Venema) (27 Mar 2008)
. . \ Jeff (27 Mar 2008)
. . . \ (Wietse Venema) (27 Mar 2008)
. . . . \ Jeff (27 Mar 2008)
. . . . . \ (Wietse Venema) (27 Mar 2008)
. . . . . . \ Jeff (27 Mar 2008)
. . . . . . . \ (Wietse Venema) (27 Mar 2008)

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Subject:	Re: qmgr_active_corrupt
Group:	Postfix-users
From:	(Wietse Venema)
Date:	27 Mar 2008

Jeff:
> >>>>>> I'm getting a lot of these messages in my maillog, while the queue
> >>>>>> steadily grows:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> warning: open active 35CB65B5035: No such file or directory
> >>>>>> warning: qmgr_active_corrupt: save corrupt file queue active id
> >>>>>> 35CB65B5035: No such file or directory
> >>>>>>
> >> The error message comes from the same process id every time. If I
> >> understand you correctly, that means that there aren't different queue
> >> managers involved. Where might I look next?

Wietse:
> > Only the queue manager and the postsuper command manipulates queue
> > files. If you aren't using postsuper, then something else is is
> > manipulating the queue.
> >
> > Are you using something like rsync to replicate the queue?

Jeff:
> Not using rsync and no one touched postsuper (as far as I know). The
> machine has been running mostly trouble-free for a very long time. Is
> there any possibility that amavis is involved?

amavis if properly configured can't touch Postfix queue files.

If your machine is suddenly mis-behaving, I suggest you reboot the
machine into single-user mode, and then run fsck (linux: efsck, or
whatever) until the error messages stop.

Wietse