Amavis crashing

[Mark Martinec]

Darhl,

> I'm having a problem with Amavis crashing and I'm not sure where to look. 
> I installed Postfix/Amavis/ClamAV based on this
> http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-users-domains-postfix-courier-mysql-squir
> relmail-debian-lenny
> 
> I can receive email no problems, but it does not seem to be sending
> anything.  This has been working but is no longer and I'm not sure what
> changed.  I have not made any changes to the configuration, although I do
> know that updates have been applied when they come through.
 
> Aug  3 19:28:31.405 mail.server.com /usr/sbin/amavisd-new[10948]: starting.
> /usr/sbin/amavisd-new at mail.server.com amavisd-new-2.6.1 (20080629),
> Unicode aware, LANG="en_US.UTF-8"

> Aug  3 19:28:31.405 mail.server.com /usr/sbin/amavisd-new[10948]: Perl
> version               5.010000

> Aug  3 19:28:32.064 mail.server.com /usr/sbin/amavisd-new[10948]: Module
> BerkeleyDB          0.34

> Aug  3 19:28:32.117 mail.server.com /usr/sbin/amavisd-new[10948]: Creating
> db in /var/lib/amavis/db/; BerkeleyDB 0.34, libdb 4.6

> Aug  3 19:30:12.275 mail.server.com /usr/sbin/amavisd-new[10948]:
> (!!)TROUBLE in pre_loop_hook: db_init: BDB no dbC: __fop_file_setup:
> Retry limit (100) exceeded, File exists. at (eval 80) line 283.
> Suicide () TROUBLE in pre_loop_hook: db_init: BDB no dbC: __fop_file_setup:
> Retry limit (100) exceeded, File exists. at (eval 80) line 283.

So this isn't a crash, but a voluntary exit after an unrecoverable error.

Perhaps the BerkeleyDB perl module hasn't been reinstalled after
a libdb (berkeley db) or a Perl upgrade?

Also, stop amavisd, delete all database files (if any) in /var/lib/amavis/db/
and restart.

  Mark