Postfix on Solaris does not send to local users
2007-12-24 22:56:00
thanks to all that responded to my problem with qmail. Most replies
actually recommended to use postfix instead. Easier to configure,...
So I went to www.postfix.org and got the sources. I have postfix running
and am able to send mail to external email addresses but sending mails
locally fails.
# mail ahoesch
test
.
#
The mail remains in the queue and I get the following in /var/log/syslog.
Jun 10 20:36:30 neptun postfix/pickup[4812]: [ID 197553 mail.info]
6528259AAF: uid=0 from=<root>
Jun 10 20:36:30 neptun postfix/cleanup[4817]: [ID 197553 mail.info]
6528259AAF: message-id=<20020610183630.6528259AAF at neptun.smartsoft.de>
Jun 10 20:36:30 neptun postfix/qmgr[4813]: [ID 197553 mail.info]
6528259AAF: from=<root at smartsoft.de>, size=329, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 10 20:36:30 neptun postfix/local[4819]: [ID 947731 mail.crit] fatal:
open database /etc/mail/aliases.dir: No such file or directory
Jun 10 20:36:31 neptun postfix/qmgr[4813]: [ID 947731 mail.warning]
warning: premature end-of-input from private/local socket while reading
input attribute name
Jun 10 20:36:31 neptun postfix/qmgr[4813]: [ID 947731 mail.warning]
warning: private/local socket: malformed response
Jun 10 20:36:31 neptun postfix/qmgr[4813]: [ID 947731 mail.warning]
warning: transport local failure -- see a previous warning/fatal/panic
logfile record for the problem description
Jun 10 20:36:31 neptun postfix/master[4811]: [ID 947731 mail.warning]
warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/local pid 4819 exit status 1
Jun 10 20:36:31 neptun postfix/master[4811]: [ID 947731 mail.warning]
warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/local: bad command startup -- throttling
What does "fatal: open database /etc/mail/aliases.dir: No such file or
directory" mean? This is not covered in the FAQ.
Thanks a lot,
Andreas
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