First, I thought it was a problem with my filesystem. So, I boot in
single user mode and then i execute mountall and then i execute Postfix.
I have access to this files but not Postfix.
But perhaps i have forget something.

Kyle Dent wrote:
>
> Gabriel,
>
> Are you sure those filesystems are mounted before Postfix tries to start?
>
> Kyle Dent
> <kdentseaglass.com>
>
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Bruno Mattarollo wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Strange error... ENOENT means that the file does not exists... That's
> > strange .. Well at least when doing an open in 4.3+BSD (see Stevens
> > "Advanced programming in the Unix environment) if you get that is because
> > the file does not exists... Did you compiled Postfix yourself? Do you have
> > any log of the compilation? I don't know if that has anything to do with the
> > problems you are experiencing but just try to guess what's wrong.
> >
> > I ask because I am running it (the same version) on a Solaris 8 box
> > (sparc) without any problem (it has been running for 21 days).
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > /B
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "goudy" <Gabriel.Goudycr-aquitaine.fr>
> > To: "Postfix users" <postfix-userspostfix.org>
> > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 4:34 PM
> > Subject: Re: Watchdog timeout
> >
> >
> > > I'm obliged to use single user mode because the boot is stopping and i
> > > can't do anything when it try to run Postfix.
> > >
> > > I use truss -p and i see somme errors :
> > >
> > > poll(0x08046F64, 1, 3600000) Err#91 ERESTART
> > > ...
> > > open("/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/WET", 0_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
> > > ...
> > > open("/var/run/syslog_door", 0_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
> > > ...
> > > ... fatal: watchdog timeout
> > > sigsuspend(0x08046C4C) Err#4 EINTR
> > >
> > > The first error seems to be a socket error but i don't know if it's very
> > > important.
> > > I don't understand the two others because i can read the files and with
> > > "ls -al" i can see :
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root bin ... /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/WET
> > > Drw-r--r-- 1 root other ... /var/run/syslog_door
> > >
> > > The third one should be a consequence.
> > >
> > > does someone have some informations ?
> > >
> > > Gabriel GOUDY.
> > >
> > > Wietse Venema wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Postfix uses watchdog timers that kill a process when nothing
> > > > happens for an unreasonable amount of time. This is a safety measure
> > > > to prevent Postfix from becoming stuck on broken systems.
> > > >
> > > > It looks like you have a broken system. I routinely test Postfix
> > > > on Solaris, and I know that many sites run Postfix on Solaris.
> > > > It's therefore most likely to be a site-specific problem.
> > > >
> > > > To find out what operation blocks, instrument your pickup server
> > > > with the truss system call tracer as per instructions in the
> > > > DEBUG_README file.
> > > >
> > > > BTW you don't need single user mode just to view the syslog file.
> > > >
> > > > Wietse
> > > >
> > > > goudy:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have just installed Postfix on my server and now, i can't boot.
> > > > > The boot stop when it try to run postfix :
> > > > >
> > > > > postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system
> > > > >
> > > > > and after a few minutes
> > > > >
> > > > > mail postfix/pickup[365]: fatal: watchdog timeout
> > > > >
> > > > > I just can boot in single mode (after savage reboot), and i can read
> > on
> > > > > the log something like that :
> > > > >
> > > > > mail postfix/master[15056]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/pickup: bad
> > > > > command startup -- throttling
> > > > > mail postfix/pickup [ ]: fatal: watchdog timeout
> > > > > ...
> > > > >
> > > > > (and nothing more about socket or other things)
> > > > >
> > > > > Others informations i have :
> > > > >
> > > > > Solaris 8
> > > > > Postfix release-20010228
> > > > > openLDAP 2.0.7 (But actually, I just install postfix and test
> > so
> > > > > I don't use LDAP with
> > > > > it.)
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone know a solution ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > PS : Another point, I choose to revoke maildrop directory world write
> > > > > permission and to enable set-gid privileges on a small "maildrop"
> > > > > command. It's may be important.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Gabriel GOUDY
> > > > >
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