On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Ivan Savcic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Michael Habashy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi...I have been followign this tutorial suggest by Ivan on debian-users. > > > > http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-etch/ > > I seem to be getting this error that is making my life miserable...can > > anyone assist ???? > > I am trying to setup multiple virtual domains email servers with > > postfix/mysql/dovcat etc... > > > > thanks > > mjh > > > > > > Apr 4 12:42:57 rider postfix/virtual[14784]: fatal: bad string length 0 < > > 1: virtual_mailbox_base = > > Apr 4 12:42:58 rider postfix/master[14549]: warning: process > > /usr/lib/postfix/virtual pid 14784 exit status 1 > > Apr 4 12:42:58 rider postfix/master[14549]: warning: > > /usr/lib/postfix/virtual: bad command startup -- throttling > > Apr 4 12:43:58 rider postfix/virtual[14798]: fatal: bad string length 0 < > > 1: virtual_mailbox_base = > > Apr 4 12:43:59 rider postfix/master[14549]: warning: process > > /usr/lib/postfix/virtual pid 14798 exit status 1 > > Apr 4 12:43:59 rider postfix/master[14549]: warning: > > /usr/lib/postfix/virtual: bad command startup -- thro > > Excellent, you spotted an error in the guide. The error above just > says that you have the virtual_mailbox_base setting empty. > > The guide mentions: > > "(snip) virtual_mailbox_base directory which is unset by default. (snip)" > > It relies on it to be: > > virtual_mailbox_base = /var/mail/
Oh and, you have to create the directory /var/mail/, chown it to postfix:mail and chmod it to 770. Ivan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
