Strange problem with local mail
Marc van Duivenvoorde
Oct 2 10:01:46 unix-web01 sendmail[28790]: f9281kM28790: SYSERR(nobody): Cannot open hash database /etc/aliases.db: Inappropriate file type or format
It is a regular alias file which is created with the newaliases function. Has anyone had this before ??
Marc
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Ralf Hildebrandt
> I reinstalled postfix on my freebsd 4.3 release machine as my sendmail was suddenly pretty fu#$@^.But now I have a strange problem when mailing to local users.
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> Oct 2 10:01:46 unix-web01 sendmail[28790]: f9281kM28790: SYSERR(nobody): Cannot open hash database /etc/aliases.db: Inappropriate file type or format
This is not Postfix, but sendmail (the REAL sendmail).
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Will Yardley
> Marc van Duivenvoorde wrote:
> > I reinstalled postfix on my freebsd 4.3 release machine as my
> > sendmail was suddenly pretty fu#$@^.But now I have a strange problem
> > when mailing to local users.
> >
> > Oct 2 10:01:46 unix-web01 sendmail[28790]: f9281kM28790:
> > SYSERR(nobody): Cannot open hash database /etc/aliases.db:
> > Inappropriate file type or format
>
> This is not Postfix, but sendmail (the REAL sendmail).
did you install from ports? did you run 'make replace' or else link
'/usr/sbin/sendmail' to postfix's 'sendmail'?
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Will Yardley
> Will Yardley wrote:
> > Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
> > > This is not Postfix, but sendmail (the REAL sendmail).
> > did you install from ports? did you run 'make replace' or else link
> > '/usr/sbin/sendmail' to postfix's 'sendmail'?
> I did install from the ports and I did a make replace, before I did
> that I deleted all old sendmail stuff including all the
> binaries....very weird.
[probably better to reply on list in case someone else knows something i
don't - in my case, there's a high liklihood of this]
what happens if you do:
% strings `which sendmail` |grep -i postfix
does this return any output?
perhaps the sendmail proc is still running? did you kill it before
running make replace and removing the binaries? what's the output of 'ps
auxwwwwww |grep sendmail'
Marc van Duivenvoorde
the Postfix sendmail command has set-uid root file permissions
the Postfix sendmail command must be installed without set-uid root file permissions
postfix
/usr/local/etc/postfix
Postfix-20010228-pl01
/var/spool/postfix
/usr/local/usr/libexec/postfix
postfix
Postfix
postfix/%s
And no sendmail is not running anymore..else I wouldn't be able to start postfix on the same port or would I.
Would a reboot or reinstall be a good idea ??
Marc van Duivenvoorde
Ralf Hildebrandt
> And no sendmail is not running anymore..else I wouldn't be able to
> start postfix on the same port or would I.
Depends on whether the real sendmail is started using -bd or not...
> Would a reboot or reinstall be a good idea ??
A bit harsh if you ask me.
Try restarting syslogd & then postfix stop && postfix start
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Marc van Duivenvoorde
I'll go and check the neomail config now.
Marc van Duivenvoorde