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[MY MISTAKE] Re: postfix SMTP error

From: Arya, Manish Kumar (m.aryayahoo.com)
Date: Tue May 02 2006 - 04:01:41 CDT


my mistake :(

alias_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/ldap-aliases.cf was
commented

--- "Arya, Manish Kumar" <m.aryayahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When i do smtp on postfix box, i see some errors in
> logs and SMTP server not responds for any commands
> "mail from:" "rcpt to:" etc
>
> rootbh1:/opt/postfix-2.2.9# telnet localhost 25
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
> IN LOGS i see
>
> 10:29:03,postfix/postfix-script,mail,info,[ID 197553
> mail.info] starting the Postfix mail system
> 10:29:04,postfix/master,mail,info,[ID 197553
> mail.info] daemon started -- version 2.2.9,
> configuration /etc/postfix
> 10:29:16,postfix/smtpd,mail,crit,[ID 947731
> mail.crit]
> fatal: open database /etc/mail/aliases.dir: No such
> file or directory
> 10:29:17,postfix/master,mail,warning,[ID 947731
> mail.warning] warning: process
> /opt/postfix-2.2.9/libexec/smtpd pid 13435 exit
> status
> 1
> 10:29:17,postfix/master,mail,warning,[ID 947731
> mail.warning] warning:
> /opt/postfix-2.2.9/libexec/smtpd: bad command
> startup
> -- throttling
>
> basically its looking for "/etc/mail/aliases.dir"
>
> not sure why?
>
> I have checked /etc/postfix dir, there is no
> reference
> to "/etc/mail/aliases.dir" in any conf file
>
> rootbh1:/etc/postfix# grep -i aliases.dir *
> rootbh1:/etc/postfix#
>
> why its looking for /etc/mail/aliases.dir ?? is it
> some default alias file??
>
> my earlier build works fine
>
>
>
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