If only it were that simple. i do have a amavis group with gid of 999 from my /etc/group- amavis:x:999:
The amavis user and group have full rights on the /var/amavis dir. What else? thanks Mark Martinec wrote: > Tom, > >> I'm running Amavis-new-2.3.1 with Postfix(not chrooted) on redhat ES >> 3 When I try to reload or stop amavis, I get- No PID file >> /var/amavis/amavisd.pid, can't reload the process > > Because most likely amavisd is not running. > >> /usr/local/sbin/amavisd[7870]: Net::Server: Setting gid to "999 999" >> Jun 27 13:49:18 mta1.charmer.com /usr/local/sbin/amavisd[7870]: >> Net::Server: 2005/06/27-13:49:18 Couldn't become gid "999": \n\n at >> line 486 in file /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/Net/Server.pm > > See? It is not running. It can't change GID to 999 and aborts, > probably because you don't have any group with gid 999. > Fix that first. > > Mark > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > _______________________________________________ > AMaViS-user mailing list > AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user > AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 > AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/