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Re: unexpected record type 0 in message content

From: pir anha (pleochroicgmail.com)
Date: Wed Nov 01 2006 - 22:57:08 CST


On 11/1/06, Wietse Venema <wietseporcupine.org> wrote:
>
> Something changed, and it was not me breaking into your computer
> sneakingly changing files. Bor does Postf contain self-modifying
> programs.

didn't think so, *snicker*.

> Compare the MD5 or SHA-1 hash of the Postfix executables against
> those from pristine media. Then compare system libraries that are
> run-time linked into Postfix.

didn't have any pristine media, but debsums failed 'cleanup', and
reinstalling from the repository solved the problem. i don't know
what changed that file; the system hasn't been hacked -- maybe a
single-bit disk error or something like that.

anyway; thanks for pointing me right at the problem; this hadn't
occurred to me at all.
--
-pir anha