Postfix not starting on Network Edition 5.0.4 on CentOS 5.1 (RHEL5.1)

Hi

Just completed a fresh install of Network Edition RHEL64bit v5.0.4 on CentOS 5.1 x86_64. All gone very well except the MTA will not start, it shows as stopped when I do a zmcontrol status command. It says postfix is not running so I issued the following command:

[zimbra@chailey-com1 /]$ sh -x /opt/zimbra/bin/zmmtactl status

which returned the following:

+ BASE=/opt/zimbra
+ SCRIPTS='zmmtaconfigctl postfix zmsaslauthdctl'
+ case "$1" in
+ STATUS=0
+ for i in '$SCRIPTS'
+ /opt/zimbra/bin/zmmtaconfigctl status
+ R=0
+ '[' 0 -ne 0 ']'
+ for i in '$SCRIPTS'
+ /opt/zimbra/bin/postfix status
+ R=1
+ '[' 1 -ne 0 ']'
+ echo 'postfix is not running'
postfix is not running
+ STATUS=1
+ for i in '$SCRIPTS'
+ /opt/zimbra/bin/zmsaslauthdctl status
saslauthd is running with pid 3566
+ R=0
+ '[' 0 -ne 0 ']'
+ exit 1
[zimbra@chailey-com1 /]$

There was nothing listening on port 25 before installation and I have read the forums about that error so I don't think this is related. My question is how do I fix Postfix and get my MTA up and running?

Thanks

Welcome to the forums :)

First thing support will ask is that you have NE running on a supported platform and the list is here http://www.zimbra.com/products/downloads.html

Right down to the problem, are there any error message in /var/log/zimbra.log ?

Did you stop/remove/reconfigure sendmail ?

Hi and thanks for the quick response, below is the error log, I thought the owner warning strange as I have already tried using zmfixperms which ran ok.

Also, regarding stopping and reconfiguring sendmail, what process does this involve? I did read about this and stopped the system postfix and sendmail running as discussed elsewhere in the forums to prevent anything listening on port 25 prior to zimbra installation - should I have set one of the processes to run and if so how should this be done?

Thanks


/var/log/zimbra.log follows

Apr 10 18:05:20 chailey-com1 postfix/postfix-script[5193]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.4.3.4z/conf/main.cf

Apr 10 18:05:20 chailey-com1 postfix/postfix-script[5207]: starting the Postfix mail system

Apr 10 18:05:20 chailey-com1 postfix/master[5208]: fatal: 0.0.0.0:smtp: Servname not supported for ai_socktype

Apr 10 18:05:20 chailey-com1 saslauthd[5224]: detach_tty : master pid is: 5 224

Apr 10 18:05:20 chailey-com1 saslauthd[5224]: ipc_init : listening on soc ket: /opt/zimbra/cyrus-sasl-2.1.22.3z/state/mux

Apr 10 18:05:20 chailey-com1 zimbramon[3490]: 3490:info: Starting stats

Apr 10 17:05:30 chailey-com1 postfix/postqueue[5595]: fatal: Queue report unavai lable - mail system is down

Apr 10 17:06:00 chailey-com1 postfix/postqueue[5629]: fatal: Queue report unavai lable - mail system is down

(log clipped to relevant items for clarity)