[GRLUG] Postfix Integrity Check

[L. V. Lammert]

At 08:45 AM 7/25/2012, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 17:33 -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> > Trying to migrate an older Postfix configuration to a current box, there
> > seems to be a dearth of data regarding the "Postfix integrity check":
> > # postfix start
> > postsuper: fatal: scan_dir_push:
> > open directory defer: Permission denied
> > postfix/postfix-script: fatal: Postfix integrity check failed!
>
>postconf -n might help.

postfix check was also useful, .. but after fixing the permission 
problems, still have a configuration issue; recall that this is a 
migration from an old Mandriva machine to something current.

-Queue ID- --Size-- ----Arrival Time---- -Sender/Recipient-------
1A98981C66      453 Thu Jul 26 15:33:35  lvl
(Host or domain name not found. Name service error for 
name=smtp.gmail.com type=MX: Host not found, try again)
                                          lvl at omnitec.net

DNS works, and this configuration WAS working so there must be 
something missing from the config. Is this a source hostname issue 
(most likely), or a destination hostname issue (a la DNS not working 
- but it does resolve properly). Assuming Postfix is not sending the 
hostname properly, ..

 > Interestingly, myhostname is not defined in main.cf, .. as this 
WAS working on the old configuration, where would Postfix pull a 
hostname in normal operation? Would Mandriva operate differently than SuSE?

 > Tried defining a hostname as smtp.<domain.com>, but same error.

Any pointers would be appreciated!

         Thanks!

         Lee