On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 06:11:09PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> After I got the server working properly again, I began sifting through logs
> trying to see if there were any clues. I found this in the messages log:
> /var/log/messages:Aug 19 14:43:21 mail postfix/pipe[17690]: fatal:
> get_service_attr: unknown username: filter
>
> And still exists:
>
> # grep filter /etc/passwd
> filter:*:1004:1004:User &:/home/filter:/bin/sh
This is not the right test. Try:
$ getent passwd filter
> So why postfix thought the user didn't exist is a mystery, but that's why
> the filter was no longer working.
Well, your nsswitch.conf might not use /etc/passwd for user lookups,
or some nsswitch module might not be installed, ... If you're using
"db", you might need something like (example for Debian):
# cd /var/lib/misc; make
--
Viktor.
