I removed the "-D" from master.cf & restarted postfix &
stumble upon something weird just after the restart which
made me believe there could be multiple smtp processes :
(btw, the shutting down flashed out as "failed" in red, while
the startup flashed out as "OK" in green) :
# netstat -antp | grep "25" | grep LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:25 0.0.0.0:*
LISTEN 1111/master
# ps -ef | grep 1111
root 1111 1 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/postfix/master
postfix 1114 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 qmgr -l -t fifo -u
postfix 1115 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 pickup -l -t fifo -u
postfix 1117 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 smtp -n relay -t unix
-u -o smtp_fallback_relay
postfix 1118 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 smtp -n relay -t unix
-u -o smtp_fallback_relay
postfix 1119 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 smtp -n relay -t unix
-u -o smtp_fallback_relay
postfix 1120 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 smtp -n relay -t unix
-u -o smtp_fallback_relay
postfix 1121 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 smtp -n relay -t unix
-u -o smtp_fallback_relay
& several seconds later, more processes came out :
# ps -ef | grep 1111
root 1111 1 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/postfix/master
postfix 1114 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 qmgr -l -t fifo -u
postfix 1115 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 pickup -l -t fifo -u
postfix 1117 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 smtp -n relay -t unix
-u -o smtp_fallback_relay
postfix 1118 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 smtp -n relay -t unix
-u -o smtp_fallback_relay
postfix 1119 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 smtp -n relay -t unix
-u -o smtp_fallback_relay
postfix 1120 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 smtp -n relay -t unix
-u -o smtp_fallback_relay
postfix 1121 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 smtp -n relay -t unix
-u -o smtp_fallback_relay
postfix 1137 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 1138 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 1139 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 1140 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 1141 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 1142 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 flush -z -t unix -u
postfix 1143 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 flush -z -t unix -u
postfix 1144 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 flush -z -t unix -u
postfix 1145 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 flush -z -t unix -u
postfix 1146 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 flush -z -t unix -u
postfix 1147 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 flush -z -t unix -u
postfix 1148 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 error -n retry -t unix -u
postfix 1149 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 error -n retry -t unix -u
postfix 1150 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 error -n retry -t unix -u
postfix 1151 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 error -n retry -t unix -u
postfix 1152 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 error -n retry -t unix -u
postfix 1153 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 error -n retry -t unix -u
postfix 1154 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 1155 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 error -n retry -t unix -u
postfix 1156 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 1157 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 error -n retry -t unix -u
postfix 1158 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 error -n retry -t unix -u
postfix 1159 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 1160 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 error -n retry -t unix -u
postfix 1161 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 1162 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 1163 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 error -n retry -t unix -u
postfix 1164 1111 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u
postfix 1172 1111 0 17:22 ? 00:00:00 smtpd -n smtp -t inet
-u -o stress
root 1174 427 0 17:22 pts/0 00:00:00 grep 1111
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I'll see if I can uninstall (rpm -e ... ) & then reinstall "rpm -i
..." : anything
else do I need to do to get a clean uninstall? I have dovecot in this box
too
Sun
