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postfix: fatal: chdir(/var/spool/postfix): No such file or directory

Why this problem I'm using clearos 6.7
Monday, April 17 2017, 03:13 AM
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    Monday, April 17 2017, 04:46 AM - #Permalink
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    Is it really missing? - An example with permissions

    [root@may ~]# ls -lad /var/spool/postfix/*
    drwx------. 2 postfix root 32768 Apr 17 14:09 /var/spool/postfix/active
    drwx------. 2 postfix root 4096 Feb 4 02:47 /var/spool/postfix/bounce
    drwx------. 2 postfix root 4096 Nov 11 2015 /var/spool/postfix/corrupt
    drwx------. 18 postfix root 4096 Nov 11 2015 /var/spool/postfix/defer
    drwx------. 18 postfix root 4096 Nov 11 2015 /var/spool/postfix/deferred
    drwx------. 2 postfix root 4096 Nov 11 2015 /var/spool/postfix/flush
    drwx------. 2 postfix root 4096 Nov 11 2015 /var/spool/postfix/hold
    drwx------. 2 postfix root 4096 Apr 17 14:09 /var/spool/postfix/incoming
    drwx-wx---. 2 postfix postdrop 4096 Apr 17 14:09 /var/spool/postfix/maildrop
    drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Mar 17 03:09 /var/spool/postfix/pid
    drwx------. 2 postfix root 4096 Mar 17 03:09 /var/spool/postfix/private
    drwx--x---. 2 postfix postdrop 4096 Mar 17 03:09 /var/spool/postfix/public
    drwx------. 2 postfix root 4096 Nov 11 2015 /var/spool/postfix/saved
    drwx------. 2 postfix root 4096 Nov 11 2015 /var/spool/postfix/trace

    Some reasons why directories can go missing... Corruption from disk going bad, power-off without proper shutdown, a full partition
    What is the output of "df -Th" ?
    Do the smartctl tests show any disk problems?
    Did you have a power outage?
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