Problem with postfix install

[ctroyp]

Okay, I know it has been a while since this thread has been posted to, but I wanted to let you guys know that I have resolved the postfix issue on my Debian install. I finally figured a little more about DNS and what needed to be changed.

strec.com was just a local domain that I was using for the server so I could setup the LAN. I didn't realize that it had to be a registered internet domain until falko and till pointed it out. Lessons learned for me...

Since strec.com was up for sale for $900, I couldn't exactly justify the purchase so I simply registered another domain on the internet and used it to update the host files, etc... Now postfix works great and the emails are coming and going...

This has left me with one issue--how do I update all of the files that still have strec.com listed? There is a large amount that contain it per rgrep strec command. So many that I don't even know where to start...

I updated everything as I knew how to in the "Perfect Setup" for Debian 3.1 (ie. host files, and postfix). Are all of these 'other' files that contain strec generated by the ISPConfig install? If so, how can I efficiently and safely update them. I have not seen any problems yet, but I'm sure I will before too long.

I can list some of the found files if necessary.

[falko]

You could write a script (Perl, PHP, ...) or use sed and awk on the shell to do the replacement.
What files are you talking about?

[ctroyp]

Originally Posted by falko

You could write a script (Perl, PHP, ...) or use sed and awk on the shell to do the replacement.
What files are you talking about?

It may take some time to compile the list because most of them are grep'ed from mail files which are irrelevant. I will look into it deeper and give you a list.

Thanks!

[wr19026]

This has been helpful to some extent. I have now fixed the DNS issue (thanks for pointing that out!) and have done a 3rd install of Postfix using the ISP Config set up guide for Ubuntu 5.10.

First of all apt does not get postfix-tls; is this a problem?

Then, after doing all the setups I get the same trouble as the original poster; I cannot telnet to port 25 and if I do manage to get the connection ehlo does not do a thing.

So I checked /var/logs/mail.log as suggested in an earlier post and here's what I found:
server postfix/smtpd[6480]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
server postfix/master[6463]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 6480 exit status 1
server postfix/smtpd[6463]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling

So I added $myhostname to smtpd_sasl_local_domain in main.cf, reloaded postfix, restarted postfix and restarted saslauthd.

/var/log/mail.log:
server postfix/master[6463]: reload configuration /etc/postfix
server postfix/master[6463]: terminating on signal 15
server postfix/smtpd[6585]: daemon started -- version 2.2.4, configuration /etc/postfix

Looks better right? Unfortunately I still get the Connection closed by foreign host when doing a telnet to post 25 on localhost.

The only firewall (that I know of) is my router and just to be sure I have mapped port 25 to localhost on there.

Any ideas?

[till]

Yes, its a problem if you dont install postfix-tls.

Please check your sources list again. It must be identical to the sources list used in the howto! Then run:

apt-get update

and run the steps for the postfix installation again incl. the postfix-tls setup.

[wr19026]

Originally Posted by till

Yes, its a problem if you dont install postfix-tls.

Please check your sources list again. It must be identical to the sources list used in the howto! Then run:

apt-get update

and run the steps for the postfix installation again incl. the postfix-tls setup.

Ok thanks for the tip. Turns out I did have a typo in there

However, even when I change it from nl.archive etc. to de.archive etc. it still won't install postfix-tls. The message I'm getting is (loosely translated) "Warning, postfix will be selected instead of postfix-tls" It also tells me that 0 packages are upgraded, 0 new packages are installed, 0 packages are removed and 2 have not been upgraded.

These 2 packages are (found out using apt-get upgrade): linux-image-386 and linux-restricted-modules-386?

Sorry for being a pain in the neck but do you have any suggestions what I need to do next?

Thanks in advance!

[falko]

I suggest that you check your settings against those of the Ubuntu setup. Maybe you made another typo somewhere.
BTW, the best way to follow the tutorial is to use PuTTY on your Windows workstation and simply copy & paste the commands from the tutorial into the command window.

[wr19026]

Originally Posted by falko

I suggest that you check your settings against those of the Ubuntu setup. Maybe you made another typo somewhere.
BTW, the best way to follow the tutorial is to use PuTTY on your Windows workstation and simply copy & paste the commands from the tutorial into the command window.

Thanks, using PuTTY is a great tip. However, even after copy/pasting /etc/apt/sources.list it does not allow me to download postfix-tls, telling me that postfix is the most recent version. Also it tells me that it's excluding 2 files (see previous post) from updating.

So I tried apt-get install postfix-tls; it didn't do a thing.

I guess I have to start all over again by reinstalling Ubuntu and then use PuTTY to copy/paste my way through the tutorial as you suggest.

[ctroyp]

Originally Posted by falko

You could write a script (Perl, PHP, ...) or use sed and awk on the shell to do the replacement.
What files are you talking about?

Again, most of these are log files, etc., but here are other files where "strec" was found that may be significant:

/etc/bind/pri.mydomain1.com
/etc/bind/pri.2.168.192.in-addr.arpa
Binary file /etc/sasldb2 matches
Binary file /etc/aliases.db matches
/etc/webalizer.conf:HostName    server1.strec.com
/etc/webalizer.conf:HideSite    *server1.strec.com
/etc/webalizer.conf:HideReferrer        server1.strec.com/
/home/admispconfig/ispconfig/sysconf.txt
/root/ispconfig/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:ServerAdmin root@strec.com
/root/ispconfig/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:#ServerName strec.com
/root/ispconfig/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:ServerName strec.com
/root/ispconfig/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:ServerAdmin root@strec.com
/root/ispconfig/php/include/php/main/php_config.h:#define PHP_UNAME "Linux server1.strec.com 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Mon May 16 16:47:51 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux"
/root/ispconfig/php/include/php/main/php_config.h:#define PHP_UNAME "Linux server1.strec.com 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Mon May 16 16:47:51 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux"

Would there be any problems manually updating these files to reflect my new domain name? The main ones I am concerned with are the dns records...

[wr19026]

Originally Posted by wr19026

Thanks, using PuTTY is a great tip. However, even after copy/pasting /etc/apt/sources.list it does not allow me to download postfix-tls, telling me that postfix is the most recent version. Also it tells me that it's excluding 2 files (see previous post) from updating.

So I tried apt-get install postfix-tls; it didn't do a thing.

I guess I have to start all over again by reinstalling Ubuntu and then use PuTTY to copy/paste my way through the tutorial as you suggest.

So far, so good. I reinstalled Breezy and copy/pasted my way through the HOWTO without any problems. This is great! Now I have to figure out how to ftp to the server so that I can start with the ISPConfig install