On 8/9/2010 11:52 AM, Donald G. Knecht wrote: > My system uses SuSE 11.2. It is running the latest SuSE rpms. > > > > I had this working then the server rebooted and now amavis won't start. > > In fact I seem to remember bothering one of the authors about the hostname > bug. > > (There was a bug that hostnames with a hyphen weren't recognized as valid). > > I can't remember what the outcome was, but I know it was working for at > least six months. > > Now mail won't deliver. > > > > I get the following error messages: > > > > Aug 9 12:23:40 host-name postfix/smtp[6551]: connect to > 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024: Connection refused > > > > And I think the connection is refused because amavis is not running. > > Output of netstat -tap: > > > > host-name:/ # netstat -tap > > Active Internet connections (servers and established) > > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State > PID/Program name > > tcp 0 0 localhost:dyna-access *:* LISTEN > 2740/clamd > > tcp 0 0 localhost:783 *:* LISTEN > 2881/spamd.pid > > tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* LISTEN > 2095/rpcbind > > tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN > 2805/pure-ftpd (SER > > tcp 0 0 localhost:ipp *:* LISTEN > 2296/cupsd > > tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN > 2680/master > > tcp 0 0 *:22 *:* LISTEN > 2886/sshd > > tcp 0 0 localhost:10025 *:* LISTEN > 2680/master > > tcp 0 0 host-name.com:22 192.168.:isbconference1 > ESTABLISHED 6602/sshd: user [pr > > tcp 0 0 host-name.com:smtp cvcw138.static.012:nirp > TIME_WAIT - > > tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* LISTEN > 2095/rpcbind > > tcp 0 0 *:www-http *:* LISTEN > 2233/httpd2-itk > > tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN > 2805/pure-ftpd (SER > > tcp 0 0 localhost:ipp *:* LISTEN > 2296/cupsd > > tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN > 2680/master > > tcp 0 0 *:22 *:* LISTEN > 2886/sshd > > tcp 0 0 localhost:10025 *:* LISTEN > 2680/master > > > > I try to restart amavis: > > > > hastys-fl:/ /etc/init.d/amavis restart > > Shutting down virus-scanner (amavisd-new): > done > > Starting virus-scanner (amavisd-new): The value of variable $myhostname is > "host-name", but should have been > > a fully qualified domain name; perhaps uname(3) did not provide such. > > You must explicitly assign a FQDN of this host to variable $myhostname > > in amavisd.conf, or fix what uname(3) provides as a host's network name! > > > failed > > > > > > The fqdn IS specified in /etc/ amavisd.conf -BUT amavis seems to ignore it. > > $myhostname=host-name.com > > > > THANKS for any help!! > > -don
Seems to work for me. Aug 9 12:33:12 mgate3 amavis[97831]: starting. /usr/local/sbin/amavisd at mail-gate.example.org amavisd-new-2.6.4 (20090625), Unicode aware # grep myhostname amavisd.conf # $myhostname = 'host.example.com'; # must be a fully-qualified domain name! $myhostname = 'mail-gate.example.org'; Maybe you got the format wrong? -- Noel Jones ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user Please visit http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/ regularly For administrativa requests please send email to rainer at openantivirus dot org
