Re: Can't get opendkim to work on Ubuntu

From: Scott Kitterman <ietf-dkim_at_kitterman.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:49:55 -0400

Manually create the run directory (note: this shouldn't be needed, but it
should resolve the particular issue you're hitting for some reason):

sudo mkdir /var/run/opendkim

You don't need to worry about /var/spool/postfix unless you switch to a Unix
socket, which you shouldn't need to do. If you do run opendkim via Unix
socket withe postfix in a chroot, there may be other things you need to change
as well. I recommend using the TCP socket.

Scott K

On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 05:13:36 PM Paul N. Pace wrote:
> Just before getting your email I had performed 'apt-get remove opendkim'
> and then 'apt-get autoremove'. and then followed the Ubuntu Community Help
> page on backports, which states all versions 11.04 and later by default do
> not use backports, and IAW the guide ran 'aptitude install
> opendkim/precise-backports' and got the following message at the bottom of
> the installation feed:
>
> Configuration file `/etc/opendkim.conf'
> ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
> ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
> What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
> Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
> N or O : keep your currently-installed version
> D : show the differences between the versions
> Z : start a shell to examine the situation
> The default action is to keep your current version.
> *** opendkim.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? Y
> Installing new version of config file /etc/opendkim.conf ...
> chown: cannot access `/var/run/opendkim': No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing opendkim (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
> Setting up opendkim (2.6.8-0ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04.1) ...
> chown: cannot access `/var/run/opendkim': No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing opendkim (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> opendkim
>
> And similar after 'aptitude install opendkim-tools/precise-backports:
>
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
> Setting up opendkim (2.6.8-0ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04.1) ...
> chown: cannot access `/var/run/opendkim': No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing opendkim (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> opendkim
>
> Now I am getting the following message in /var/log/mail.log:
>
> mail postfix/smtpd: fatal: 8891:localhost: valid hostname or network
> address required
>
> And the following new message in /var/log/mail.err:
>
> mail postfix/smtpd: fatal: 8891:localhost: valid hostname or network
> address required
>
> Also, in response to your suggestions on using sockets /var/spool/postfix/
> does not have a 'run' folder.
>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Scott Kitterman <ietf-
dkim_at_kitterman.com>wrote:
> > Packages only get pulled from backports if you explicitly request it, so
> > it's safe to enable.
> >
> > sudo apt-get -t precise-backports install opendkim
> >
> > (That's from memory - it's close, but may not be exactly correct)
> >
> > Scott K
> >
> > "Paul N. Pace" <paulnpace_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > >Thank you, Scott, I will try those solutions shortly.
> > >
> > >I installed 'opendkim' from current repositories as I have not enabled
> > >backports. Will backports cause issues with any other packages? I'm not
> > >clear on how backports works and whether or not I would update or
> > >install packages from backports that I might prefer come from Precise.
Received on Wed Apr 17 2013 - 00:50:19 PST