On Mon, 2016-11-14 at 10:51 -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > On November 14, 2016 10:13:03 AM EST, Mathias Gibbens <[email protected]> > wrote: > >On Sun, 2016-11-13 at 19:53 -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: > >> > >> On November 13, 2016 6:56:23 PM EST, Mathias Gibbens > ><[email protected]> wrote: > >> >Package: postfix > >> >Version: 3.1.3-2 > >> >Severity: important > >> > > >> >Dear Maintainer, > >> > > >> > I have configured postfix to use a specific IP address specified > >with > >> >inet_interfaces in main.cf. However, when the server boots postfix > >does > >> >not start properly and I see this in the logs: > >> > > >> > Nov 11 21:07:27 mail postmulti[103]: fatal: parameter > >> > inet_interfaces: no local interface found for 172.20.2.61 > >> > > >> > If I log in and restart the postfix service, it starts up just > >fine. > >> >Additionally, if I set inet_interfaces to "all" in main.cf, postfix > >> >starts fine at boot time. > >> > > >> > I am using systemd for the server's init, but am not too familiar > >with > >> >troubleshooting the ordering of services starting up. I did find a > >> >Fedora bug report that might be similar at > >> >https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1116538 and tried > >adjusting > >> >the Requires and After targets as suggested in that report, but it > >> >didn't solve my issue. > >> > > >> > Previously I had been running postfix on a jessie/systemd server > >with > >> >the same configuration and it worked properly. > >> > >> Does using this instead work? > >> inet_interfaces: 127.0.0.1,172.20.2.61 > >> smtp_bind_address: 172.20.2.61 > >> > >> Scott K > > > >Hi Scott, > > > > I tried your suggestion of modifying inet_interfaces and adding > >smtp_bind_address to my main.cf, but I am still getting the same error: > > > > Nov 14 15:08:18 mail postmulti[112]: fatal: parameter > > inet_interfaces: no local interface found for 172.20.2.61 > > What about with localhost instead of 127.0.0.1? > > Scott K >
Same result when using localhost rather than 127.0.0.1. It seems that when postfix is started, the network card hasn't yet been assigned its IP address. (I am using a static IP, so that shouldn't be the problem.) If I was more familiar with systemd maybe I could figure out what's going wrong, but I don't have that specific knowledge. Thanks, Mathias
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part
