http://diymacserver.com/forum/ DIYMacServer » Topic: _dspam and _vmail on 10.5.2 - postfix won't start en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:34:15 +0000 http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/_dspam-and-_vmail-on-1052-postfix-wont-start#post-457 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:39:41 +0000 Nick 457@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for all your help, and who would have thought that 2 spaces could have caused so much trouble.... </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/_dspam-and-_vmail-on-1052-postfix-wont-start#post-456 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:18:59 +0000 Richard 456@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Nick made a small error in his master.cf he forgot the spaces in the transport configurations second line:</p> <pre><code>dspam unix - n n - 10 pipe flags=Ru user=_dspam &lt;snipped&gt; maildrop unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=_vmail argv=/usr/local/&lt;snipped&gt;</code></pre> <p>Should look like:</p> <pre><code>dspam unix - n n - 10 pipe flags=Ru user=_dspam &lt;snipped&gt; maildrop unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=_vmail argv=/usr/&lt;snipped&gt;</code></pre> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/_dspam-and-_vmail-on-1052-postfix-wont-start#post-455 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:42:59 +0000 Richard 455@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Nick I need more info on when the error occurs, I've replied to your email. PLease send me a bigger chunk of the log. </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/_dspam-and-_vmail-on-1052-postfix-wont-start#post-454 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:37:44 +0000 Nick 454@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I have been following your excellent instructions and run in to a problem where postfix won't start.  The problem are these two lines in the master.cf</p> <p>Machine details:  Mac Mini, 10.5.2</p> <p>maildrop unix - n n - - pipe<br /> flags=DRhu user=_vmail argv=/usr/local/bin/maildrop /etc/maildroprc -d ${user}@${nexthop} ${extension} ${recipient} ${user} ${nexthop} ${sender}<br /> dspam unix - n n - 10 pipe<br /> flags=Ru user=_dspam argv=/usr/local/bin/dspam --deliver=innocent --user ${recipient} -i - f $sender -- $recipient</p> <p>The complaint in the log is:</p> <p>bad transport type: user=_vmail</p> <p>The users were created using:</p> <p>sudo dscl . -create /Users/_vmail<br /> sudo dscl . -create /Users/_vmail UserShell /usr/bin/false<br /> sudo dscl . -create /Users/_vmail UniqueID 102<br /> sudo dscl . -create /Users/_vmail PrimaryGroupID 102<br /> sudo dscl . -create /Users/_vmail NFSHomeDirectory /var/empty<br /> sudo dscl . -passwd /Users/_vmail ''</p> <p>and</p> <p>sudo dscl . -create /Users/_dspam<br /> sudo dscl . -create /Users/_dspam UserShell /usr/bin/false<br /> sudo dscl . -create /Users/_dspam UniqueID 101<br /> sudo dscl . -create /Users/_dspam PrimaryGroupID 101<br /> sudo dscl . -create /Users/_dspam NFSHomeDirectory /usr/local/var/dspam<br /> sudo dscl . -passwd /Users/_dspam ''</p> <p>Any thoughts?</p> <p>Nick </p>