Postfix doesn't start

[Greg Larkin]

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Vinzstyle wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I installed Postfix with PCRE support from the ports collection, but I get this 
> error when I try to start it :
> 
> Oct  4 20:22:09 mail postfix/postfix-script[47114]: starting the Postfix mail 
> system
> Oct  4 20:22:09 mail postfix/master[47115]: fatal: open lock file 
> /var/db/postfix/master.lock: cannot open file: Permission denied
> 
> [root at mail /]# ls -ld /var/db/postfix/
> drwx------  2 postfix  wheel  512 Oct  4 20:16 /var/db/postfix/
> 
> The "mail_owner" directive is set to "postfix" in main.cf
> 
> Is there some things to set up after the "make install" ? Did I miss something 
> ?
> 
> I'm running FreeBSD-7.2-RELEASE, and Postfix(-2.5.6,1) is started inside a 
> jail.
> 
> Thanks for your help :)

Hi there,

Whenever I run into problems like this and I can't easily resolve them,
I turn to truss (http://bit.ly/yipvq) or strace (http://bit.ly/1oXQ4v)
so I can see exactly what's happening to cause the permission denied
message.

If you want, post output from those tools back here, and I'm sure
someone can help you narrow the problem down.

Cheers,
Greg
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