I apologize if this problem has been reported before, but I am having no luck determining a resolution through online searches.
Environment: Fedora Core 20 on a NATted server (private, static LAN IPs through a router to the Internet). Postfix installed through yum method and is latest available for FC20. Problem: Changes to mydomain, myhostname and/or myorigin are not being picked up by postfix whether I use reload or stop/start nethods. Check reveals no adverse syntax in the main.cf file before/after editing. I tried using postconf -e "myorigin = typical.com" and the parameter is appended to the end of the main.cf file. But, it is not used by postix after a reload or stop/start toggle. Likewise, I have renamed/moved the main.cf file to see that postfix is indeed looking for it in the location it was found. Confirmed that is indeed /etc/postfix/ path. The master.cf file shows no indication that any portion is chrooted. I have changed setenforcement to Permissive with no change to the behavior. The only way I can alter the mydomain or myhostname is by changing the actual hostname and domainname parameters in Fedora Core 20 temporarily. So what gives? It really looks as though postfix is ignoring uncommented parameters in the main.cf file. However, I have confirmed it is looking at the correct file. I even forced it with a postfix -c /etc/postfix/main.cf start attempt. The postconf -d myhostname still reflects the system default rather than the values I am setting in the main.cf file. Purpose: I want to masquerade my natted system as an actual site (to which I have rights) simply for forwarding server diagnostics emails, while I am away. Relays won't accept the hostname I have used for the server as a valid email suffix. Any assistance would be appreciated. Cheers, A>AM
