[Bug 862552] New: postgrey fails to start because of missing /var/lib/postgrey directory
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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862552 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862552#c0 Summary: postgrey fails to start because of missing /var/lib/postgrey directory Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 13.1 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 13.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: d.kuhn@heinlein-support.de QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:26.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/26.0 Iceweasel/26.0 postgrey wont start after installation because the directory /var/lib/postgrey does not exist: # postgrey --inet=127.0.0.1:10031 --auto-whitelist-clients can't open /etc/postgrey/postgrey_whitelist_recipients: No such file or directory 2014/02/06-11:53:07 postgrey (type Net::Server::Multiplex) starting! pid(3691) Binding to TCP port 10031 on host 127.0.0.1 with IPv4 Setting gid to "51 51" Setting uid to "493" ERROR: can't open lock file: /var/lib/postgrey/postgrey.lock Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install postgrey 1.34-4.1.2 2. execute the command "postgrey --inet=127.0.0.1:10031 --auto-whitelist-clients" 3. watch the ouput Actual Results: no running postgrey process Expected Results: a running postgrey service When i created the missing directory and changed the owner to postgrey everything worked fine. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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