From: Terry Barnum on

On May 20, 2010, at 2:44 PM, Len Conrad wrote:

> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Wietse Venema <wietse(a)porcupine.org>
> Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 17:35:46 -0400 (EDT)
>
>> Len Conrad:
>>> setsid(0x805c71d,0x2,0x0,0xbfbfeb1c,0xbfbfeb24,0x281beda0) ERR#1 'Operation not permitted'
>>> getsid(0x0,0x2,0x0,0xbfbfeb1c,0xbfbfeb24,0x281beda0) = 798 (0x31e)
>>> getpid(0x0,0x2,0x0,0xbfbfeb1c,0xbfbfeb24,0x281beda0) = 18366 (0x47be)
>>> gettimeofday({1274384341.299480},0x0) = 0 (0x0)
>>> getpid(0x28201068,0x281c3e20,0xbfbfe8c2,0x0,0x0,0xbfbfdc7e) = 18366 (0x47be)
>>> sendto(3,"<18>May 20 14:39:01 postfix/mast"...,117,0x0,NULL,0x0) = 117 (0x75)
>>
>> In that case, you will have an error message in the syslog file
>> that starts with "May 20 14:39:01 postfix/master..." and that
>> explains why it terminates.
>
> =========
>
> found it:
>
> /var/log/console.log:May 20 14:39:01 src(a)sl1.hctc.net postfix/master[18366]: fatal: unable to set session and process group ID: Operation not permitted
>
> Len

So for postfix newbies like myself, what caused this problem and were you able you fix it?

Thanks,
-Terry