Re: Postfix "fatal: daemon initialization failure"

2022-01-26 Thread Laura Smith
> If you would file a bug in the Debian BTS with the details, I would > appreciate it. I'd like to see what we can do in Debian to improve the > situation. > > Thanks, > > Scott K I'll try to remember to do so. The Postfix work I'm doing is a small part of a bigger migration project that'll

Re: Postfix "fatal: daemon initialization failure"

2022-01-26 Thread Scott Kitterman
On January 26, 2022 4:57:09 PM UTC, Laura Smith wrote: >Good news, I found the cause of of the problem. > >I was using interface aliases to permit different postfix instances. > >However these were configured in the traditional/legacy manner using >/etc/network/interfaces. > >It seems that

Re: Postfix "fatal: daemon initialization failure"

2022-01-26 Thread Laura Smith
Good news, I found the cause of of the problem. I was using interface aliases to permit different postfix instances. However these were configured in the traditional/legacy manner using /etc/network/interfaces. It seems that although the Postfix systemd unit employs the

Re: Postfix "fatal: daemon initialization failure"

2022-01-26 Thread Wietse Venema
Viktor Dukhovni: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:22:53AM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > Sorry, master -w" DOES fork (it's re-implemented with clone() on LINUX). > > > >-w Wait in a dummy foreground process, while the real master daemon > > initializes in a background process.

Re: Postfix "fatal: daemon initialization failure"

2022-01-26 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:22:53AM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > Sorry, master -w" DOES fork (it's re-implemented with clone() on LINUX). > >-w Wait in a dummy foreground process, while the real master daemon > initializes in a background process. The dummy foreground >

Re: Postfix "fatal: daemon initialization failure"

2022-01-26 Thread Wietse Venema
Viktor Dukhovni: > > On 26 Jan 2022, at 10:43 am, Laura Smith > > wrote: > > > > On stdout I get a few lines of : > > strace: decode_nlattr: [xlat 0x, dflt "AF_???", decoders 0x] size > > is zero (going to pass nla_type as decoder argument), but opaque data > > (0x) is not - will

Re: Postfix "fatal: daemon initialization failure"

2022-01-26 Thread Wietse Venema
Laura Smith: > > > To debug, run as root: > > > > strace -f -o output-file /usr/libexec/postfix/master -w > > > > and look for the process that is created after fork(). > > On stdout I get a few lines of : > strace: decode_nlattr: [xlat 0x, dflt "AF_???", decoders 0x] size is > zero

Re: Postfix "fatal: daemon initialization failure"

2022-01-26 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
> On 26 Jan 2022, at 10:43 am, Laura Smith > wrote: > > On stdout I get a few lines of : > strace: decode_nlattr: [xlat 0x, dflt "AF_???", decoders 0x] size is > zero (going to pass nla_type as decoder argument), but opaque data (0x) > is not - will be ignored > > "fgrep fork

Re: Postfix "fatal: daemon initialization failure"

2022-01-26 Thread Laura Smith
> To debug, run as root: > > strace -f -o output-file /usr/libexec/postfix/master -w > > and look for the process that is created after fork(). On stdout I get a few lines of : strace: decode_nlattr: [xlat 0x, dflt "AF_???", decoders 0x] size is zero (going to pass nla_type as decoder

Re: Postfix "fatal: daemon initialization failure"

2022-01-26 Thread Wietse Venema
Wietse Venema: > Laura Smith: > > Any ideas where to start troubleshooting the below ? The logs offer no > > further hints or information as to what might have happened ?!? > > > > postfix-authrelay/master[1179]: fatal: daemon initialization failure > > postfix-inetgen/master[1195]: fatal:

Re: Postfix "fatal: daemon initialization failure"

2022-01-26 Thread Wietse Venema
Laura Smith: > Any ideas where to start troubleshooting the below ? The logs offer no > further hints or information as to what might have happened ?!? > > postfix-authrelay/master[1179]: fatal: daemon initialization failure > postfix-inetgen/master[1195]: fatal: daemon initialization failure >

Postfix "fatal: daemon initialization failure"

2022-01-26 Thread Laura Smith
Any ideas where to start troubleshooting the below ? The logs offer no further hints or information as to what might have happened ?!? postfix-authrelay/master[1179]: fatal: daemon initialization failure postfix-inetgen/master[1195]: fatal: daemon initialization failure