just a guess:
drive full?
strange permissions or filesystems?
something mounted with strange options?
pid/unix.smtp doesn't sound like the full path like mine:

/var/spool/postfix/pid/unix.smtp

so check why postfix doesn't get the right path to create the file ...
m

On 12.06.2006, at 15:29, Ariën Huisken wrote:

> Citeren Morten Nilsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>> Ariën Huisken wrote:
>>> I have a minimal TSL2.2 install and it won't send any email. When I
>>> start postfix in /var/log/mail/errors it says:
>>>
>>> Jun 12 14:17:52 vmware postfix/smtp[6347]: fatal: open lock file
>>> pid/unix.smtp: cannot create file exclusively: No such file or  
>>> directory
>>
>>> Any hints?
>>
>> sounds like your spool folder is messed up..
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~$ ls -al /var/spool/postfix/
>> total 12
>> drwxr-xr-x  16 root    root     4096 Jul 26  2005 ./
>> drwxr-xr-x  12 root    root      144 Apr 17 05:53 ../
>> drwx------  18 postfix root      134 Jul 26  2005 active/
>> drwx------  18 postfix root      134 Jul 26  2005 bounce/
>> drwx------   2 postfix root        6 Jul 26  2005 corrupt/
>> drwx------  18 postfix root      134 Jul 26  2005 defer/
>> drwx------  18 postfix root      134 Jul 26  2005 deferred/
>> drwx------  11 postfix root       78 Apr 17 16:02 flush/
>> drwx------   2 postfix root        6 Jul 26  2005 hold/
>> drwx------  18 postfix root      134 Jun 12 14:59 incoming/
>> drwx-wx---   2 postfix postdrop    6 Jun 12 13:04 maildrop/
>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root    root     4096 May 12 19:21 pid/
>> drwx------   2 postfix root     4096 Jun  3 19:50 private/
>> drwx--x---   2 postfix postdrop   86 Jun  3 19:50 public/
>> drwx------   2 postfix root        6 Jul 26  2005 saved/
>> drwx------   2 postfix root        6 Jul 26  2005 trace/
>
> Deleted the folder en let postfix install create it again, but still
> the same problem:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~# ls -al /var/spool/postfix/
> total 64
> drwxr-xr-x  16 root    root     4096 Jun 12 14:14 ./
> drwxr-xr-x   7 root    root     4096 Jun 12 14:09 ../
> drwx------   4 postfix root     4096 Jun 12 14:26 active/
> drwx------   2 postfix root     4096 Jul 26  2005 bounce/
> drwx------   2 postfix root     4096 Jul 26  2005 corrupt/
> drwx------   2 postfix root     4096 Jul 26  2005 defer/
> drwx------   4 postfix root     4096 Jun 12 14:26 deferred/
> drwx------   2 postfix root     4096 Jul 26  2005 flush/
> drwx------   2 postfix root     4096 Jul 26  2005 hold/
> drwx------   4 postfix root     4096 Jun 12 14:26 incoming/
> drwx-wx---   2 postfix postdrop 4096 Jun 12 14:26 maildrop/
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root    root     4096 Jun 12 14:26 pid/
> drwx------   2 postfix root     4096 Jun 12 14:17 private/
> drwx--x---   2 postfix postdrop 4096 Jun 12 14:17 public/
> drwx------   2 postfix root     4096 Jul 26  2005 saved/
> drwx------   2 postfix root     4096 Jul 26  2005 trace/
>
>
> --
> Ariën Huisken
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