postfix configuration issue

[raulb]

Hi all,

I installed postfix on a new box running Centos 5.x with webmin installed. I was having problems receiving email but not sending out email. So i edited this line

#inet_interfaces = all
#inet_interfaces = $myhostname
#inet_interfaces = $myhostname, localhost
inet_interfaces = localhost

When I did that restarted postfix and dovecot postfix failed to restart. When I checked in webmin I got this error

Error while checking current Postfix configuration. Please manually fix Postfix configuration.

postfix: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory

So I set the configuration in main.cf back to the default but it still would not fix postfix.

# ls -l /etc/postfix
total 300
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17832 Jan 21  2007 access
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3550 Jan 21  2007 bounce.cf.default
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11175 Jan 21  2007 canonical
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  9920 Jan 21  2007 generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16838 Jan 21  2007 header_checks
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11942 Jan 21  2007 LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26688 Jun 11 13:27 main.cf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17981 Jan 21  2007 main.cf.default
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   958 Jan 21  2007 makedefs.out
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  4137 Jan 21  2007 master.cf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17639 Jan 21  2007 postfix-files
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  6366 Jan 21  2007 postfix-script
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22564 Jan 21  2007 post-install
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6805 Jan 21  2007 relocated
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1629 Jan 21  2007 TLS_LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12081 Jan 21  2007 transport
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11903 Jun  2 12:49 virtual
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12288 Jun  2 12:49 virtual.db

# tail /var/log/maillog
Jun 11 13:11:57 chromacars sendmail[29351]: alias database /etc/aliases rebuilt by raul
Jun 11 13:11:57 chromacars sendmail[29351]: /etc/aliases: 76 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 765 bytes total
Jun 11 13:11:57 chromacars postfix[29352]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = all inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 11 13:13:12 chromacars postfix[29400]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 11 13:13:13 chromacars sendmail[29402]: alias database /etc/aliases rebuilt by raul
Jun 11 13:13:13 chromacars sendmail[29402]: /etc/aliases: 76 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 765 bytes total
Jun 11 13:13:13 chromacars postfix[29403]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 11 14:00:47 chromacars sendmail[29812]: alias database /etc/aliases rebuilt by raul
Jun 11 14:00:47 chromacars sendmail[29812]: /etc/aliases: 76 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 765 bytes total
Jun 11 14:00:47 chromacars postfix[29813]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory

[raulb]

I tried to stop sendmail and just have postfix start up but that did not work either

]# /etc/init.d/sendmail stop
Shutting down sm-client:                                   [  OK  ]
Shutting down sendmail:                                    [  OK  ]
[root@chromacars raul]# rpm -e sendmail-cf
[root@chromacars raul]# rpm -e sendmail
warning: /var/log/mail/statistics saved as /var/log/mail/statistics.rpmsave
[root@chromacars raul]# /etc/init.d/postfix stop
Shutting down postfix:                                     [FAILED]
[root@chromacars raul]# /etc/init.d/postfix start
Starting postfix:                                          [FAILED]
[root@chromacars raul]# tail /var/log/maillog
Jun 12 04:02:03 chromacars sendmail[4972]: m5C822Wf004972: from=root, size=1956, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200806120802.m5C822Wf004972@chromacars.net>, relay=root@localhost
Jun 12 04:02:03 chromacars sendmail[5220]: m5C823gZ005220: from=<root@chromacars.net>, size=2208, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200806120802.m5C822Wf004972@chromacars.net>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=chromacars.net [127.0.0.1]
Jun 12 04:02:03 chromacars sendmail[4972]: m5C822Wf004972: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=31956, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (m5C823gZ005220 Message accepted for delivery)
Jun 12 04:02:03 chromacars sendmail[5223]: m5C823gZ005220: to=<root@chromacars.net>, ctladdr=<root@chromacars.net> (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=32414, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
Jun 12 11:11:03 chromacars postfix[9229]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 12 11:11:04 chromacars postfix[9231]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 12 11:13:49 chromacars postfix[9443]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 12 11:13:50 chromacars postfix[9445]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 12 13:31:28 chromacars postfix[10677]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
Jun 12 13:31:37 chromacars postfix[10685]: fatal: chdir(/usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = localhost): No such file or directory
[root@chromacars raul]#
[root@chromacars raul]#

thoughts? ideas?

[falko]

What's in /etc/postfix/main.cf and /etc/postfix/master.cf?