postfix fatal: open database sasl_passwd.db: No such file or directory

[Gerard Seibert]

Alan Curtis wrote:

> Postfix is broken and I have tried various things to get it running  
> again.
> 
> I did
> 
> make deinstall clean
> make install clean
> 
> But that failed because I had the wrong mysql version which was
> required by dovecote.
> I deinstalled and installed both dovecote and mysql and restored all
> the config files I could think of and now I get the following message
> in maillog
> 
> Apr 21 10:59:06 ** dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<acurtis>,
> method=PLAIN, rip=**, lip=**, TLS
> Apr 21 10:59:58 ** postfix/smtp[957]: fatal: open database
> sasl_passwd.db: No such file or directory
> Apr 21 10:59:59 ** postfix/master[650]: warning: process
> /usr/local/libexec/postfix/smtp pid 957 exit status 1
> Apr 21 10:59:59 ** postfix/master[650]: warning:
> /usr/local/libexec/postfix/smtp: bad command startup -- throttling
> 
> I tried
> postmap hash:sasl_passwd
> and reloading postfix, but get the same messages.

Have you tried posting your question on the Postfix mailing list? They
might be able to better assist you.


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Gerard Seibert
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