Postfix's main.cf

[Charles Darwin]

On 26-Oct-08, at 5:28 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
> On Oct 26, 2008, at 10:10, Charles Darwin wrote:
>
>> I have two main.cf here:
>>
>> $ ls /Volumes/neo/opt/etc/postfix/main*
>> /Volumes/neo/opt/etc/postfix/main.cf.default	/Volumes/neo/opt/etc/ 
>> postfix/main.cf.sample
>>
>> I am guessing that I should go with the default one if want to make  
>> any changes (is that correct?) and then do I rename the file to  
>> main.cf when I am done?
>
> You should not edit either main.cf.default or main.cf.sample; these  
> will be overwritten when you upgrade or reinstall the port and  
> postfix won't use them anyway. You should copy one of these files to  
> main.cf and edit that.
>

$ sudo cp PATH/to/opt/etc/postfix/master.cf.sample PATH/to/opt/etc/ 
postfix/master.cf

$ sudo postfix start
PATH/to/opt/etc/postfix/postfix-script: line 220: ls: command not found
postfix/postfix-script: warning: not owned by root: PATH/to/opt/ 
libexec/postfix
PATH/to/opt/etc/postfix/postfix-script: line 220: ls: command not found
postfix/postfix-script: warning: not owned by root: PATH/to/opt/etc/ 
postfix
PATH/to/opt/etc/postfix/postfix-script: line 220: ls: command not found
postfix/postfix-script: warning: not owned by root: PATH/to/opt/var/ 
spool/postfix
postfix/postfix-script: warning: not owned by _postfix: PATH/to/opt/ 
var/lib/postfix/./.turd_postfix
PATH/to/opt/etc/postfix/postfix-script: line 235: ls: command not found
usage: find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] [-f file] [file ...] [expression]
PATH/to/opt/etc/postfix/postfix-script: line 75: ls: command not found
postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system

$ tail -f /var/log/mail.log
Oct 26 21:04:14 bas2-montreal45-1279782063 postfix/postfix- 
script[556]: fatal: no PATH/to/opt/etc/postfix/master.cf file found
Oct 26 21:04:14 bas2-montreal45-1279782063 postfix/postfix- 
script[557]: fatal: Postfix integrity check failed!
Oct 26 21:04:35 bas2-montreal45-1279782063 postfix/postfix- 
script[560]: fatal: the Postfix mail system is not running
Oct 26 21:05:01 bas2-montreal45-1279782063 postfix/postfix- 
script[588]: warning: not owned by root: PATH/to/opt/libexec/postfix
Oct 26 21:05:01 bas2-montreal45-1279782063 postfix/postfix- 
script[592]: warning: not owned by root: PATH/to/opt/etc/postfix
Oct 26 21:05:01 bas2-montreal45-1279782063 postfix/postfix- 
script[596]: warning: not owned by root: PATH/to/opt/var/spool/postfix
Oct 26 21:05:01 bas2-montreal45-1279782063 postfix/postfix- 
script[600]: warning: not owned by _postfix: PATH/to/opt/var/lib/ 
postfix/./.turd_postfix
Oct 26 21:05:01 bas2-montreal45-1279782063 postfix/postfix- 
script[612]: starting the Postfix mail system
Oct 26 21:05:01 bas2-montreal45-1279782063 postfix/master[613]: fatal:  
fcntl: set non-blocking flag on: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Oct 26 21:05:09 bas2-montreal45-1279782063 postfix/postfix- 
script[639]: warning: not owned by root: PATH/to/opt/libexec/postfix
Oct 26 21:05:09 bas2-montreal45-1279782063 postfix/postfix- 
script[643]: warning: not owned by root: PATH/to/opt/etc/postfix
Oct 26 21:05:09 bas2-montreal45-1279782063 postfix/postfix- 
script[647]: warning: not owned by root: PATH/to/opt/var/spool/postfix
Oct 26 21:05:09 bas2-montreal45-1279782063 postfix/postfix- 
script[651]: warning: not owned by _postfix: PATH/to/opt/var/lib/ 
postfix/./.turd_postfix
Oct 26 21:05:09 bas2-montreal45-1279782063 postfix/postfix- 
script[663]: starting the Postfix mail system

Charles