Could not start postfix when starting Zimbra

[denisb]

Sometimes (not immediately after stopping, and not every time) when starting up Zimbra I get this:

       Starting ldap...Done.
        Starting antispam...Done.
        Starting antivirus...Done.
        Starting logger...Done.
        Starting mailbox...Done.
        Starting mta...FAILED
getService: sasl
getService: webxml
getService: perdition
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e content_filter='smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e myhostname='ms1.startsiden.no'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e recipient_delimiter=''
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e smtpd_sasl_auth_enable='yes'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e smtpd_tls_auth_only='yes'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e smtpd_use_tls='yes'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e disable_dns_lookups='no'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e message_size_limit='10240000'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e relayhost=''
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e smtpd_recipient_restrictions='reject_non_fqdn_recipient, permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_invalid_hostname, reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_unauth_destination, permit'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e alias_maps='hash:/etc/aliases'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e broken_sasl_auth_clients='yes'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e command_directory='/opt/zimbra/postfix-2.2.9/sbin'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e daemon_directory='/opt/zimbra/postfix-2.2.9/libexec'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e header_checks='pcre:/opt/zimbra/conf/postfix_header_checks'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e mailq_path='/opt/zimbra/postfix-2.2.9/sbin/mailq'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e manpage_directory='/opt/zimbra/postfix-2.2.9/man'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e newaliases_path='/opt/zimbra/postfix-2.2.9/sbin/newaliases'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e queue_directory='/opt/zimbra/postfix-2.2.9/spool'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e sender_canonical_maps='ldap:/opt/zimbra/conf/ldap-scm.cf'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e sendmail_path='/opt/zimbra/postfix-2.2.9/sbin/sendmail'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e smtpd_client_restrictions='reject_unauth_pipelining'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e smtpd_data_restrictions='reject_unauth_pipelining'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e smtpd_helo_required='yes'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e smtpd_tls_cert_file='/opt/zimbra/conf/smtpd.crt'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e smtpd_tls_key_file='/opt/zimbra/conf/smtpd.key'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e smtpd_tls_loglevel='3'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e transport_maps='ldap:/opt/zimbra/conf/ldap-transport.cf'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e version='2.2.9'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e virtual_alias_domains='ldap://opt/zimbra/conf/ldap-vad.cf'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e virtual_alias_maps='ldap:/opt/zimbra/conf/ldap-vam.cf'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e virtual_mailbox_domains='ldap:/opt/zimbra/conf/ldap-vmd.cf'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e virtual_mailbox_maps='ldap:/opt/zimbra/conf/ldap-vmm.cf'
DO: /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postconf -e virtual_transport='error'
postfix failed to start


        Starting snmp...Done.
        Starting spell...Done.

As I still have another problem with LMTP delivery on this machine, I was optimistically hoping this would be related?

If I try to run zmcontrol stop and then zmcontrol start I usually get zimbra to start properly.

[KevinH]

Are you always running as the zimbra user?

[denisb]

Yes, I always run zmcontrol as the zimbra user. And it is very difficult to see any patterns in when this is happening or not. Lately I have been restarting zimbra a lot to check various things related to the problem I have with lmtp delivery.

[kechols]

I had the same problem and found that the redo.log is getting re-owned by root for some reason. try doing "chown zimbra.zimbra /opt/zimbra/redolog/redo.log" as root next time.

[denisb]

Thanks for letting me know, I haven't had this problem lately, but I will keep this in mind anyway!

[anand]

http://www.zimbra.com/forums/administrators/3418-mystery-solved-unclean-shutdown-causes-redo-log-owned-root-root.html#post19505