I am having trouble starting postfix. It claims something else is using port
25 and nmap agrees. Netstat | grep 25 is inconclusive as is netstat | grep
smtp.
/var/log/maillog shows:
Dec 21 23:03:06 genesis postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail
system
Dec 21 23:03:06 genesis postfix/master[6154]: fatal: bind 127.0.0.1 port 25:
Address already in use
It's not another copy of Postfix that has 25 locked up or it would not error
out when I try to stop it:
[root@genesis log]# postfix stop
postfix/postfix-script: fatal: the Postfix mail system is not
[root@genesis log]# netstat | grep postfix (no results)
[root@genesis log]# netstat | grep smtp (no results)
[root@genesis log]# netstat | grep smtpd (no results)
[root@genesis log]# netstat | grep 25
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 38934704
/tmp/.ICE-unix/22504
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 38934226
/tmp/orbit-root/orb-15719396031571763256
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 38934225
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 38934220
/tmp/orbit-root/orb-18425497081218360943
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 38934197
/tmp/.ICE-unix/22504
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 38125302
/tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop22484-1071035061
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 38125301
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 38125230 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 38125229
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 26252134
/tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop22484-1071035061
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 26252133
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 26252079
/tmp/.ICE-unix/22504
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 26252078
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 26252071 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 26252070
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 26252069
/tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop22484-1071035061
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 26252068
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 26218890
/tmp/.ICE-unix/22504
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 26218871
/tmp/.ICE-unix/22504
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 26218841
/tmp/.ICE-unix/22504
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 26218806
/tmp/.ICE-unix/22504
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 26218786
/tmp/.ICE-unix/22504
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 26218764
/tmp/.ICE-unix/22504
unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 25976639
unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 25976305
Here's what nmap has to say for itself:
Starting nmap V. 3.00 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ )
Interesting ports on localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1):
(The 1587 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed)
Port State Service
(deleted ... service up to date but occaisionally hacked)
25/tcp open smtp
(deleted to protect the guilty parties)
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 2 seconds
-- Linux user # 223034 since 1996 I make enough mistakes on my own. I don't need any help from Windows.23:30:01 up 21 days, 3:10, 5 users, load average: 0.23, 0.25, 0.10 23:29:00 up 22 days, 5:26, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.15
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