[CentOS] Experience with postfixadmin with mysql?

me at tdiehl.org
2012-12-26T17:01:10Z

On Wed, 26 Dec 2012, Robert Moskowitz wrote:

>
> On 12/26/2012 10:41 AM, me at tdiehl.org wrote:
>> On Wed, 26 Dec 2012, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>
>>> My first time with this.  I got postfix, mysql, and postfixadmin
setup,
>>> generally following
>>>
>>>
http://www.campworld.net/thewiki/pmwiki.php/LinuxServersCentOS/Cent6VirtMailServer
>>>
>>> I used postfixadmin to create my domain then added my first user
and got
>>> an error:
>>>
>>> Send Welcome mail: yes
>>>
>>> Unable to send email!
>>> The mailbox has been added to the mailbox table, but none (or only
some)
>>> of the predefined sub-folders could be created
>>> (faxit at test.htt-consult.com)
>>>
>>>
>>> There is nothing under /home/vmail (in postfix/main.cf:
>>> virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail)
>>>
>>> Advise on where to start troubleshooting?
>> The logs, clues if not the actual solution will most likely be found
there.
>
> nothing in /var/log/messages.  Nothing in that directory updated at the
time
> of the attempted add.  Where else do I look for logs used by postfixadmin
and
> the other related apps?
>
>>
>>> Perhaps a password or permissions not right?
>> Maybe maybe not. There is no way to tell from the information you
provide.
>> You have to help yourself before anyone here can help you.
>
> I did not find anything informative.  No logs that I saw being updated.
Thus
> the ask for help where to troubleshoot.
>
> I suspect that some common log that is not where I would think to look for
> was what I need to see.

Nope, no common log!! Just mysql, postfix, http. dovecot and amavis-new logs.
Turn up logging. Most likely the answer is there. (hint none of what I
suggested logs to /var/log/messages). Keep in mind all pfa is, is a web app.
When configured correctly, it knows how to talk to all of the associated
components but logging is still to the native logs of each of the respective
components.

When I am setting up a new instance of pfa I generally turn mysql, dovecot
and amavisd-new logging up so that I can see any errors. Running something like
tail -F /var/log{messages,maillog,mysqld.log,httpd/*,maillog} should get you
enough information for you to be able to see what is going on.

Regards,

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