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Linux => Control Panels => Plesk => Topic started by: adarshk on May 27, 2017, 12:04:26 pm

Title: Unable to start Qmail service
Post by: adarshk on May 27, 2017, 12:04:26 pm
Unable to start qmail service getting below error.

# /etc/init.d/qmail  restart

Starting qmail:                                            [FAILED]

In error log

cannot start: unable to open mutex

Cause
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Necessary file /var/qmail/queue/lock/sendmutex is absent.

Resolution
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Create this file manually:

  # touch /var/qmail/queue/lock/sendmutex

    Assign them the proper ownership:

   # chown qmails:qmail /var/qmail/queue/lock/sendmutex

    Restart qmail service:

    # service qmail start