Re: postfix starting trouble
On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 11:59 +0500, nkc balaji wrote:
> postfix/master[13144]: fatal: bind 210.210.124.22
> port 25: Address already in use.
When mail messages arrive into your system, they are delivered to port
25 on your server. Postfix wants to listen out on that port so that
incoming messages are directed to its engine for handling the delivery.
Something else has port 25 open - most likely a different mail system.
I think the redhat linuxes install Sendmail by default - so you'll need
to remove sendmail from your fedora box to make Postfix the new mail
system. You can get a clue about what is running by logging onto
210.210.124.22 server and typing 'telnet localhost 25' - if the process
which is bound to that port it running *is* another mail system and it's
working, you may get a 220 banner like :
220 mail.server ESMTP Exim 3.35 #1 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:50:13 +0000
... the clue here is that the system 'exim' has the port open.
Alternatively, it could be inetd or xinetd holding the port open (again,
I think the redhats use xinetd) - in this case, check the
directory /etc/xinetd.d or the file /etc/inetd.conf for clues about what
process is holding the port open.
Neil was right - this list is for debian related questions - you may get
more specific and useful advice posting to a fedora list.
--
Andy Davidson
Systems Administrator
Ebuyer UK Ltd., 201 Woodbourn Road, Sheffield, S9 3LR
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