Hello, I am getting the following error for Postfix service on server start “This service is dead. Start and stop postfix”. How can I resolve? I would like postfix to start automatically on reboot. Current config for postfix is 0: off 1: off 2: on 3: on 4: on 5: on 6: off
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Check iSElinux by command $sestatus if SELinux status: enabled then: $restorecon -v -R /var/spool/postfix restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/pid/unix.cleanup context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_var_run_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/pid/unix.local context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_var_run_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/pid/inet.smtp context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_var_run_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/tlsmgr context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/rewrite context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/bounce context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/defer context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/trace context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/verify context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/proxymap context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/proxywrite context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/smtp context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/relay context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/error context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/retry context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/discard context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/local context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/virtual context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/anvil context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/private/scache context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_private_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/public/pickup context system_u:object_r:postfix_spool_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_public_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/public/cleanup context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_public_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/public/qmgr context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_public_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/public/flush context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_public_t:s0 restorecon reset /var/spool/postfix/public/showq context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0->system_u:object_r:postfix_public_t:s0 [root@lichsu ~]# systemctl start postfix
i have fixed my problem from 2 docs here: https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-disable-selinux-on-centos-7/ https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=781776
I see the following in the mail.log however, when I check permissions on the directories postfix is the owner. I also ran set-permissions postfix with no luck
Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1895]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/defer Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1896]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/proxywrite Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1897]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/smtp Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1898]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/local Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1899]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/verify Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1900]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1901]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/relay Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1902]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/anvil Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1903]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/proxymap Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1904]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/tlsmgr Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1905]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/error Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1906]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/bounce Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1907]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/discard Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1908]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/trace Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1909]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/rewrite Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1910]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/virtual Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1911]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/scache Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1912]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/private/retry Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1913]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/public/pickup Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1914]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/public/cleanup Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1915]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/public/showq Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1916]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/public/qmgr Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1917]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/public/flush Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/postfix-script[1926]: starting the Postfix mail system Jul 23 14:43:58 localhost postfix/master[1927]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Thank you for your reply. Tried running chkconfig postfix on w/ no luck. Service starts fine manually postfix start and all works well. I am just not having any luck getting it to start on server start.