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Offline best

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unknown group: maildrop
« on: August 05, 2009, 03:58:35 AM »
i cannot send my message from roundcube. i use freebsd 7.0 for the server and here is the log from tail -f /var/log/messages :

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postfix/sendmail[5455]: fatal: file /usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf: parameter setgid_group: unknown group name: maildrop

and here is the main.cf (/usr/local/etc/postfix/) <- if i not wrong :rolleyes: :
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broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
command_directory = /usr/local/sbin
config_directory = /usr/local/etc/postfix
content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
daemon_directory = /usr/local/libexec/postfix
data_directory = /var/db/postfix
debug_peer_level = 2
home_mailbox = Maildir/usr/local/virtual/
html_directory = no
mail_owner = postfix
mailq_path = /usr/local/bin/mailq
manpage_directory = /usr/local/man
mydestination = localhost.$mydomain, localhost
mydomain = dim.esdm.go.id
myhostname = portal.dim.esdm.go.id
mynetworks_style = host
newaliases_path = /usr/local/bin/newaliases
proxy_read_maps = $local_recipient_maps $mydestination $virtual_alias_maps  $virtual_alias_domains $virtual_mailbox_maps $virtual_mailbox_domains  $relay_recipient_maps $relay_domains $canonical_maps $sender_canonical_maps  $recipient_canonical_maps $relocated_maps $transport_maps $mynetworks  $virtual_mailbox_limit_maps
queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = /usr/local/share/doc/postfix
relay_domains = proxy:mysql:/usr/local/etc/postfix/mysql_relay_domains_maps.cf
sample_directory = /usr/local/etc/postfix
setgid_group = maildrop
smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
smtp_use_tls = yes
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,  permit_sasl_authenticated,  reject_non_fqdn_hostname,  reject_non_fqdn_sender,  reject_non_fqdn_recipient,  reject_unauth_destination,  reject_unauth_pipelining,  reject_invalid_hostname,  reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org,  reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net,  reject_rbl_client sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes
smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname
smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks
smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/ssl/postfix/smtpd.pem
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/postfix/smtpd.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/postfix/smtpd.pem
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 0
smtpd_tls_received_header = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
smtpd_use_tls = yes
soft_bounce = no
tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom
transport_maps = hash:/usr/local/etc/postfix/transport
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:/usr/local/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf
virtual_gid_maps = static:125
virtual_mailbox_base = /usr/local/virtual
virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:mysql:/usr/local/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf
virtual_mailbox_limit = 51200000
virtual_mailbox_limit_maps = proxy:mysql:/usr/local/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_limit_maps.cf
virtual_mailbox_limit_override = yes
virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:mysql:/usr/local/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf
virtual_maildir_limit_message = Sorry, this user has overdrawn their diskspace quota. Please try again later.
virtual_minimum_uid = 125
virtual_overquota_bounce = yes
virtual_transport = virtual
virtual_uid_maps = static:125


really need help..

Offline dano

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unknown group: maildrop
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2009, 01:48:14 PM »
I would not think this is an error specific to Roundcube.  My guess is that you cannot send email at all due to not creating the user 'maildrop' when you installed Postfix.

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« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2009, 07:54:29 PM »
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I would not think this is an error specific to Roundcube. My guess is that you cannot send email at all due to not creating the user 'maildrop' when you installed Postfix.

i guess it before too. but the maildrop is exist as a group. i know it by running
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pw group show maildrop
or see it in /etc/group.
both of it has a same result as below :
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maildrop:*:126:

i had posted this message to another forum too. i mean, i wanna get much information to solve this problem.
Thank you. hope u can help me. or another one..

best regards.

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« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2009, 01:59:06 PM »
I'm not a Postfix user so am not much help but I did find this command by Googling which seems to have helped some.

Run as root:  postfix set-permissions