I decided to start again from scratch. reformat. fresh install. pages 1 to 3 of
The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server) then page 1 of
Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS)
I omitted installing
postfix-tls because it cannot find a source for it and I have read in other threads that it is not needed as it is included in the latest postfix.
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New password for the MySQL "root" user: <-- yourrootsqlpassword
Repeat password for the MySQL "root" user: <-- yourrootsqlpassword
Create directories for web-based administration? <-- No
General type of mail configuration: <-- Internet Site
System mail name: <-- server1.example.com (changed to my fqdn <omitted the server1. part becasue the instructions on the screen said to>
SSL certificate required <-- Ok
Web server to reconfigure automatically: <-- apache2
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I skipped section
3 Apply The Quota Patch To Postfix
I completed section
4 Create The MySQL Database For Postfix/Courier
I checked to see that I could log into phpmyadmin and I could.
On to page 2
section
5 Configure Postfix
/etc/mysql/my.cnf already had:
bind-address = 127.0.0.1
I restarted MySql anyway.
/etc/init.d/mysql restart
then:
netstat -tap | grep mysql
and got:
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root@smail:~# netstat -tap | grep mysql
getnameinfo failed
tcp 0 0 localhost.localdo:mysql *:* LISTEN 4972/mysqld
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I dont understand what I could be doing wrong, this early in the piece.
my hosts file looks like this:
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vi /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
10.1.1.55 servername.myfqdn servername
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
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and my network interfaces file looks like this:
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vi /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.1.1.55
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 10.1.1.0
broadcast 10.1.1.255
gateway 10.1.1.1
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there isnt anything else. I havent even gotten as far as creating the six text files. I dont understand what I could have done wrong. can anybody please help me understand this?