Kolab Down Part 3

[Jeffrey Walls]

I am aware of that. 

My objective was to restore email service to my company after being down for 
36 hours.

My next objective is to find out WHY it happened.

Do you have any input on why it happened instead of what not to do?
-- 
Jeffrey Walls 
IT Manager 
Brown Transmission and Bearing Co. 
PO Box 11117 
Lancaster PA 17605-1117 
717 295-9200 ext 214 
717 295-9025 fax 

http://www.browntransmission.com

P Please consider the impact to the environment before printing this email.


On Tuesday, January 18, 2011 11:11:48 am you wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On 01/18/2011 05:01 PM, Jeffrey Walls wrote:
> > I have gotten the server back up and running.
> > 
> > The issue was, amavisd wouldn't start.
> > 
> > The amavisd error is:
> > 
> > openpkg:rc:NOTICE: no output occurred on stdout/stderr
> > , amavisdopenpkg:rc:NOTICE: /kolab:amavisd:%start: executing as user root
> > openpkg:rc:NOTICE: /kolab:amavisd:%start: succeeded with return code 0
> > openpkg:rc:NOTICE: output from stdout/stderr is following:
> > +----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > | Error in config file "/kolab/etc/amavisd/amavisd.conf": Can't modify
> > | constant
> > 
> > item in scalar assignment at /kolab/etc/amavisd/amavisd.conf line 1559,
> > near "false,"
> > 
> > | Bareword "false" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at
> > 
> > /kolab/etc/amavisd/amavisd.conf line 1557.
> > 
> > | Bareword "auth_required_release" not allowed while "strict subs" in use
> > | at
> > 
> > /kolab/etc/amavisd/amavisd.conf line 1557.
> > +----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Why after running fine for a couple of years would this show up?
> 
> You should not modify this file directly. It says in the first lines:
> 
> # this file is automatically written by the Kolab config backend
> # manual additions are lost unless made to the template in the Kolab
> config directory
> 
> > I comment out that line, and amavisd runs fine.
> 
> Check the template file:
> 
> /kolab/etc/kolab/templates/amavisd.conf.template
> 
> and compare it to older versions from backup.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Otmar Stahl
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