Amavisd does not start

[Justin Willmert]

Chris Jones wrote:
> Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
>> Le mercredi 19 juillet 2006 à 21:08 +0100, Chris Jones a écrit :
>>  
>>> I have chosen to install amavis-new with my FC5 installation. This 
>>> also loads clamav. However, when I look at the amavis service, I get 
>>> the response "amavisd dead but subsys locked". I have checked 
>>> everything I can think of, but cannot get amavisd to start. Does 
>>> anyone here have any suggestions?
>>>     
>>
>> 1. remove the dangling lock
>> 2. start amavis
>> 3. take a peek in /var/log/maillog
>>   
> I looked for the dangling lock. However, I can find nothing. I would 
> expect to find it (with amavisd running) at /var/run/amavisd/ along 
> with the pid file, but there is nothing. Where else should I look?
>
Try looking in /var/lock/subsys.

Justin Willmert