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Benedict_White

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From: Sussex, UK

Registered: 2004-05-27

Posts: 331

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Servname not supported for ai_socktype problem with postfix solved

I had an error when trying to start postfix:

fatal: 0.0.0.0:smtp: Servname not supported for ai_socktype

After having run pacman -Syu

After a bit of digging it turned out that my /etc/services file had dissappeared.

Once replaced (I always back up my /etc/ before an upgrad) it worked fin.

Just thought I would pass it on.

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Kind regards

Benedict White

hrr

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From: Sweden/Denmark

Registered: 2007-01-30

Posts: 6

Re: Servname not supported for ai_socktype problem with postfix solved

Hi folks

Did an update today (2007-09-02) and same thing happened to me: /etc/services gone!

In fact, my filesystem (ext3) was hosed and needed to be repaired when I rebooted after the upgrade.

Of course this whole thing might be unrelated - but now you know!

Regards
Henning