On July 23, 2020 2:33:04 PM GMT+02:00, Linkcheck <post...@linkcheck.co.uk>
wrote:
>I have a private postfix server on my local network. It runs under
>Manjaro. On booting Manjaro I get half a dozen ERROR lines as:
>
>FAILED: Failed to start (eg) Postfix
>
>All are to do with postfix, dmarc, dkim etc.
>
>I've wondered for some time now why I have to start postfix manually
>after reboot but haven't had time to track it down. Since I usually
>drive the machine through Remmina I never see the boot sequence, so
>have
>previously missed this.
>
>Postfix runs without a manual restart but dkim/dmarc leave complaints
>in
>the log about having no path to the PID files. When starting them
>manually I use:
>
>===============
> sudo mkdir /var/run/opendkim/
> sudo chown -R opendkim:opendkim /var/run/opendkim
> sudo systemctl enable opendkim
> sudo systemctl start opendkim
>
> sudo mkdir /var/run/opendmarc/
> sudo chown -R opendmarc:postfix /var/run/opendmarc
> sudo chmod -R 774 /var/run/opendmarc
If the distribution packages don't take care that the necessary directories
under /var/run are created, need to create them after every boot.
Look at man 5 tmpfiles.d and create the necessary files in /etc/tmpfiles.d
> sudo systemctl enable opendmarc
> sudo systemctl start opendmarc
> sudo systemctl restart postfix
>===============
>(the sequence is probably incorrect: I have to run the second block
>twice before I get the proper ownership of opendmarc)
>
>I checked the status of postfix immediately after boot and before
>restarting it manually and got...
>
>===============
>postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent
> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/postfix.service; enabled;
>vendor preset: disabled)
> Active: active (running) since Sat 2020-07-04 15:55:09 BST; 2min
>27s ago
> Process: 742 ExecStart=/usr/bin/postfix start (code=exited,
>status=0/SUCCESS)
> Main PID: 851 (master)
> Tasks: 8 (limit: 9148)
> Memory: 19.7M
> CGroup: /system.slice/postfix.service
> ├─ 851 /usr/lib/postfix/bin/master -w
> ├─ 867 pickup -l -t fifo -u -o content_filter= -o
>receive_override_options=no_header_body_checks,no_unknown_recipient_checks,no_milters
> ├─ 868 qmgr -l -t fifo -u
> ├─1591 smtpd -n smtp -t inet -u -o stress= -s 2 -o
>content_filter=
> ├─1592 proxymap -t unix -u
> ├─1593 tlsmgr -l -t unix -u
> ├─1594 anvil -l -t unix -u
> └─1604 smtpd -n smtp -t inet -u -o stress= -s 2 -o
>content_filter=
>
>Jul 04 15:55:02 SSPH systemd[1]: postfix.service: Scheduled restart
>job,
>restart counter is at 3.
>Jul 04 15:55:02 SSPH systemd[1]: Stopped Postfix Mail Transport Agent.
>Jul 04 15:55:02 SSPH systemd[1]: Starting Postfix Mail Transport
>Agent...
>Jul 04 15:55:03 SSPH systemd[1]: postfix.service: Control process
>exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
>Jul 04 15:55:03 SSPH systemd[1]: postfix.service: Failed with result
>'exit-code'.
>Jul 04 15:55:03 SSPH systemd[1]: Failed to start Postfix Mail Transport
>
>Agent.
>Jul 04 15:55:04 SSPH systemd[1]: postfix.service: Scheduled restart
>job,
>restart counter is at 4.
>Jul 04 15:55:04 SSPH systemd[1]: Stopped Postfix Mail Transport Agent.
>Jul 04 15:55:04 SSPH systemd[1]: Starting Postfix Mail Transport
>Agent...
>Jul 04 15:55:09 SSPH systemd[1]: Started Postfix Mail Transport Agent.
>===============
>
>I do not know how to fix this failure. Any help, please? I have asked
>this question in the Manjaro forum but with no resolution.
--
Christian Kivalo
