Amavisd does not start

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Le Jeu 20 juillet 2006 15:38, Chris Jones a écrit :
> Justin Willmert wrote:
>> 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.
> I have tried that. I removed the hanging lock, which when checked,
> stopped amavisd. However, on starting amavisd, apparently successfully,
> after checking the status, amavisd was again dead but subsys locked.
>
> I seem to be going around in circles. HOW do I correct this???

You do 3. as suggested

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Nicolas Mailhot