Re: [webmin-l] Virtualmin and Postfix problem

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 7/Dec/2006 08:11 doug robbins wrote ..
> I'm having a problem relating to postfix when I add a new virtual server
> in
> virtualmin. I've added 10 or so virtual servers and everything has been
> fine. The trying to add another I get an error:
> 
> ----------
> Creating home directory ..
> . done
> 
> Creating Unix group campbell ..
> . done
> 
> Creating Unix user campbell ..
> . done
> 
> Failed to create virtual server : Filename contains invalid characters
> ----------

I suspect that this is caused by the error below.

> The step after "Creating Unix user" is the Postfix configuration for the
> domain. This is where the problem occurs. The domain, username and password
> for the virtual server I was tring to add contained only alphanumeric
> characters (the domain & username contained only letters; the password
> had
> letters and digits).
> 
> After this error, Webmin seems to have 'lost contact' with the Postfix
> configuration. If I go to the Postfix module and select 'General options',
> every field is filled with "/usr/sbin/postconf:
> /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.14: no version information available
> (required by /usr/sbin/postconf)". See it here:
> <http://www.labradordata.ca/misc/postfixmess.gif>. I'm not using mysql
> for
> Postfix (I'm using hash).
> 
> Meanwhile, Postfix itself seems fine; mail is delivered as usual.
> 
> There is nothing in /var/webmin/miniserv.error to give a clue what happened.
> 
> This is the second time in a few days this has occurred. I'm at a loss
> to
> understand what's happening. Last time I resorted to uninstalling Postfix
> and reinstalling, after which everything was OK (until now).
> 
> Any ideas, anyone?

Can you run the command :

postconf myhostname

as root at the shell prompt? Or does it fail with that same error about mysql?

 - Jamie