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Bug 9922 - postfix is choking on startup
Summary: postfix is choking on startup
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2002-10-29 15:35 UTC by Michael Farnbach
Modified: 2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
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Description Michael Farnbach 2002-10-29 15:35:51 UTC 
Oct 29 13:39:45 [postfix/postfix-script] starting the Postfix mail system
Oct 29 13:39:45 [postfix/master] daemon started -- version 1.1.11-20020917
Oct 29 13:39:45 [postfix/master] warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/pickup pid
19198 killed by signal 11
Oct 29 13:39:45 [postfix/master] warning: /usr/lib/postfix/pickup: bad command
startup -- throttling
Oct 29 13:39:45 [postfix/master] warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/qmgr pid
19199 killed by signal 11
Oct 29 13:39:45 [postfix/master] warning: /usr/lib/postfix/qmgr: bad command
startup -- throttling


The last four messages repeat indefinately...

USE="X -gnome -kde -arts \
	mms \
	ncurses readline \
	pam ssl sasl crypt socks5 imap ldap tcpd kerberos \
	guile java perl python ruby slang libwww libg++ pic \
	berkdb mysql postgres odbc -gdbm \
	gpm zlib"

gcc=3.2
Comment 1 Michael Farnbach 2002-10-29 19:10:13 UTC 
From the mail logs....

[master] fatal: master_spawn: exec /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: No such file or directory
Oct 29 17:25:58 [postfix/master] warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid
22355 exit status 1
Oct 29 17:25:58 [postfix/master] warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command
startup -- throttling
Oct 29 17:26:55 [master] fatal: master_spawn: exec /usr/lib/postfix/pickup: No
such file or directory
Oct 29 17:26:55 [master] fatal: master_spawn: exec /usr/lib/postfix/qmgr: No
such file or directory
Oct 29 17:26:56 [postfix/master] warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/pickup pid
25801 exit status 1
Oct 29 17:26:56 [postfix/master] warning: /usr/lib/postfix/pickup: bad command
startup -- throttling
Oct 29 17:26:56 [postfix/master] warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/qmgr pid
25802 exit status 1
Oct 29 17:26:56 [postfix/master] warning: /usr/lib/postfix/qmgr: bad command
startup -- throttling
Oct 29 17:26:58 [master] fatal: master_spawn: exec /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: No
such file or directory
Oct 29 17:26:59 [postfix/master] warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid
25957 exit status 1
Oct 29 17:26:59 [postfix/master] warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command
startup -- throttling