Postifix errors

[Hans]

Since today i have the following error in my /var/log/mail.warn file:

warning: database /etc/postfix/virtusertable.db is older than source file /etc/postfix/virtusertable

I gave the command postmap /etc/postfix/virtusertable to and restarted postfix to solve the problem, but this but it does not help.

What steps can i take to solve this problem and more important, how is it possible that this suddenly occur?

***edit***

Now I've tried these commands:

updatedb
locate hosts
postmap /etc/postfix/virtusertable
/etc/init.d/postfix restart

And i verify the results...

***edit***

It's working.
The commands:

updatedb
locate hosts

did the trick.

I'm still wondering how this could happen?
Can anyone tell me more, why errors like descibed above suddenly can appear?

[falko]

Originally Posted by Hans

updatedb
locate hosts

These commands do nothing but search for everything that contains the string "hosts" in the name. It does not fix anything.

If your Postfix is running chrooted, there might be a second virtusertable file (ususally /var/spool/postfix/etc/postfix/virtusertable), and maybe Postfix is complaining about that one?

[Hans]

The output of "locate virtusertable" is:

/etc/postfix/virtusertable
/etc/postfix/virtusertable.db
/root/ispconfig/isp/conf/virtusertable.master

The server has been completely setup according the setup here: http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_debian_sarge


I still do not have errors anymore, but i was interested in the cause.

[falko]

Looks ok.

Maybe someone (or a script) restarted Postfix after /etc/postfix/virtusertable was modified, but before the postmap command was run?

[Hans]

Thanks for your reply Falko,
I'll check that.