Your message dated Tue, 27 Jan 2026 23:25:23 +0300
with message-id <[email protected]>
and subject line Re: Bug#954247: postfix: postfix.service has status active
after systemd instance unit failed to start
has caused the Debian Bug report #954247,
regarding postfix: postfix.service has status active after systemd instance
unit failed to start
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: postfix
Version: 3.5.0-1
Hi,
currently the instance unit [email protected] is linked with PartOf= to
the main postfix.service.
This results in a active postfix.service in case the instance
[email protected] has failed to start.
Is this by design or is a stronger bonding appropriate?
E.g.: (the actual start failure is due to an unrelated SELinux misconfiguration)
Mar 18 12:47:40 server systemd[1]: postfix.service: Succeeded.
Mar 18 12:47:40 server audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0
auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:systemd_t:s0
msg='unit=postfix comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=?
addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Mar 18 12:47:40 server systemd[1]: Stopped Postfix Mail Transport Agent.
Mar 18 12:47:40 server systemd[1]: Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent...
Mar 18 12:47:40 server systemd[1]: Starting Postfix Mail Transport
Agent (instance -)...
Mar 18 12:47:40 server audit[2440]: AVC avc: denied { search } for
pid=2440 comm="postsuper" name="defer" dev="sda1" ino=1315503
scontext=system_u:system_r:postfix_multi_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:postfix_chroot_defer_t:s0 tclass=dir
permissive=0
Mar 18 12:47:40 server audit[2440]: SYSCALL arch=c000003e syscall=257
success=no exit=-13 a0=ffffff9c a1=55620f14b250 a2=90800 a3=0 items=1
ppid=2401 pid=2440 auid=4294967295 uid=113 gid=118 euid=113 suid=113
fsuid=113 egid=118 sgid=118 fsgid=118 tty=(none) ses=429496>
Mar 18 12:47:40 server audit: CWD cwd="/var/spool/postfix"
Mar 18 12:47:40 server audit: PATH item=0 name="defer/C"
nametype=UNKNOWN cap_fp=0 cap_fi=0 cap_fe=0 cap_fver=0 cap_frootid=0
Mar 18 12:47:40 server audit: PROCTITLE proctitle="/usr/sbin/postsuper"
Mar 18 12:47:40 server postmulti[2440]: postsuper: fatal:
scan_dir_push: open directory defer/C: Permission denied
Mar 18 12:47:40 server postfix/postsuper[2440]: fatal: scan_dir_push:
open directory defer/C: Permission denied
Mar 18 12:47:41 server postfix/postfix-script[2441]: fatal: Postfix
integrity check failed!
Mar 18 12:47:42 server systemd[1]: [email protected]: Control process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 18 12:47:42 server systemd[1]: [email protected]: Failed with
result 'exit-code'.
Mar 18 12:47:42 server audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0
auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:systemd_t:s0
msg='unit=postfix@- comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd"
hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed'
Mar 18 12:47:42 server systemd[1]: Failed to start Postfix Mail
Transport Agent (instance -).
Mar 18 12:47:42 server systemd[1]: Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent...
Mar 18 12:47:42 server systemd[1]: Finished Postfix Mail Transport Agent.
Mar 18 12:47:42 server audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0
auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:systemd_t:s0
msg='unit=postfix comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=?
addr=? terminal=? res=success'
$ systemctl status postfix
● postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/postfix.service; enabled;
vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Wed 2020-03-18 12:47:42 CET; 22s ago
Process: 2442 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 2442 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Mar 18 12:47:42 server systemd[1]: Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent...
Mar 18 12:47:42 server systemd[1]: Finished Postfix Mail Transport Agent.
$ systemctl status postfix@-
● [email protected] - Postfix Mail Transport Agent (instance -)
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/[email protected];
enabled-runtime; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2020-03-18 12:47:42
CET; 26s ago
Docs: man:postfix(1)
Process: 2341 ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/postfix/configure-instance.sh
- (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 2394 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/postmulti -i - -p start
(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Mar 18 12:47:40 server systemd[1]: Starting Postfix Mail Transport
Agent (instance -)...
Mar 18 12:47:40 server postmulti[2440]: postsuper: fatal:
scan_dir_push: open directory defer/C: Permission denied
Mar 18 12:47:40 server postfix/postsuper[2440]: fatal: scan_dir_push:
open directory defer/C: Permission denied
Mar 18 12:47:41 server postfix/postfix-script[2441]: fatal: Postfix
integrity check failed!
Mar 18 12:47:42 server systemd[1]: [email protected]: Control process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 18 12:47:42 server systemd[1]: [email protected]: Failed with
result 'exit-code'.
Mar 18 12:47:42 server systemd[1]: Failed to start Postfix Mail
Transport Agent (instance -).
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 3.9.1-7
This issue has been made obsolete when multi-instance setup
has been re-done in 3.9.1-7 version. Now postfix.service is
THE main/default instance of postfix, and its status reflects
this instance's status.
Let's close this bug report now.
Thanks,
/mjt
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