policy-weight -spawn $csock error after power out reboot

[David Southwell]

Hi

FreeBSD dns1.vizion2000.net 7.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Thu Aug
20 12:54:34 BST 2009
da...@dns1.vizion2000.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 [on intel quad]

Following an abrupt power system failure and a system reboot this server now
gets this error in maillog:

postfix/policyd-weight[9622]: warning: cache_query: $csock couln't be
created: connect: No such file or directory, calling spawn_cache()

No other problems. Just in case it was due to a retained. pid I deleted the
.pid file followed by a normal shutdown and reboot - but am still getting the
same problem.

Thanks in advance for any guidance

David
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[Paul Schmehl]

--On Saturday, October 17, 2009 05:15:30 -0500 David Southwell
<da...@vizion2000.net> wrote:

>
> Hi
>
> FreeBSD dns1.vizion2000.net 7.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Thu Aug
> 20 12:54:34 BST 2009
> da...@dns1.vizion2000.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 [on intel quad]
>
> Following an abrupt power system failure and a system reboot this server now
> gets this error in maillog:
>
> postfix/policyd-weight[9622]: warning: cache_query: $csock couln't be
> created: connect: No such file or directory, calling spawn_cache()
>
> No other problems. Just in case it was due to a retained. pid I deleted the
> .pid file followed by a normal shutdown and reboot - but am still getting the
> same problem.
>
> Thanks in advance for any guidance

It doesn't look like anyone has answered this. That warning message is normal
to see at startup but should not persist.

The solution is to rm -fr /tmp/.policyd-weight, then restart policyd-weight.
Policyd-weight will then recreate that dir and recreate its socket as well as
the other files and dirs that go there.

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[David Southwell]

> --On Saturday, October 17, 2009 05:15:30 -0500 David Southwell
>
> <da...@vizion2000.net> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > FreeBSD dns1.vizion2000.net 7.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Thu
> > Aug 20 12:54:34 BST 2009
> > da...@dns1.vizion2000.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 [on intel
> > quad]
> >
> > Following an abrupt power system failure and a system reboot this server
> > now gets this error in maillog:
> >
> > postfix/policyd-weight[9622]: warning: cache_query: $csock couln't be
> > created: connect: No such file or directory, calling spawn_cache()
> >
> > No other problems. Just in case it was due to a retained. pid I deleted
> > the .pid file followed by a normal shutdown and reboot - but am still
> > getting the same problem.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any guidance
>
> It doesn't look like anyone has answered this. That warning message is
> normal to see at startup but should not persist.
>
> The solution is to rm -fr /tmp/.policyd-weight, then restart
> policyd-weight. Policyd-weight will then recreate that dir and recreate
> its socket as well as the other files and dirs that go there.
>

Thanks

I found that .. and my script now clears /tmp/.policy-weight if it it exists
before policyd-weight is started.!!

Thanks

David