Amavisd does not start

[Alexander Dalloz]

Chris Jones schrieb:

> Alexander Dalloz wrote:
>
>>> ... and here is the log fragment for that start:
>>> Jul 20 18:27:41 bilbo amavis[7120]: starting.  /usr/sbin/amavisd at 
>>> bilbo.stow-jones.local amavisd-new-2.4.1 (20060508), Unicode aware, 
>>> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>>> Jul 20 18:27:41 bilbo amavis[7120]: Perl version               5.008008
>>
>>
>> Nothing more appears at amavisd start time? Normally quite a few 
>> tests would run, about the Perl environment / helper modules, 
>> anti-virus scanners, spamassassin ...
>>
> No. That is all that occurs.

Ok. Not good. Then amavisd ends at a very early point.

>> Time to get a hand at /etc/amavisd.conf. It has an option to not use 
>> sylog for logging but an own file. Use that in combination with a 
>> higher debug level.
>
> $DO_SYSLOG = 1;              # log via syslogd (preferred)
>
> What level should I set to increase the logging?

The maximum debug level is "5". Be not shocked to see a lot of 
information, but that is its purpose.

>> Do you have SELinux being enforced?
>
> Yes

Then for a quick test I would switch into permissive mode, to see if 
that is the culprit. You too could have a look at /var/log/messages or 
if auditd runs at /var/log/audit/audit.log to watch auth for amavisd 
related avc / audit messages.

Alexander