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SOLVED The system failed to lock the file

Discussion in 'E-mail Discussions' started by WorkinOnIt, Feb 20, 2017.

  1. WorkinOnIt

    WorkinOnIt Well-Known Member

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    Hi

    Can someone please assist with this issue?

    I terminated an account that was no longer in use and received this error message in WHM:

    API failure: The system failed to lock the file “/etc/mailips” because of an error: Permission denied

    Logged in as root
    CLOUDLINUX 6.8 x86_64 xenpv – ssd
    WHM 60.0 (build 36)
     
    #1 WorkinOnIt, Feb 20, 2017
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    Do you have this option set to on in WHM > Exim Configuration Manager

    "Reference /etc/mailips for outgoing SMTP connections"

    Also what is the output of:

    Code:
    # ls -l /etc/mailips
     
    #2 Jcats, Feb 20, 2017
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    WorkinOnIt Well-Known Member

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    Hi thanks for your help;

    "Reference /etc/mailips for outgoing SMTP connections": Off (default)


    root@[~]# ls -l /etc/mailips
    -rw-r----- 1 root mail 19 Nov 9 2015 /etc/mailips

    The server is currently set to send mails from a specific IP address as we had spam issues with a previous IP.

    Send mail from account’s dedicated IP address: off (default)
     
    #3 WorkinOnIt, Feb 20, 2017
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    Hmm what about:

    Code:
    # lsattr /etc/mailips
     
    #4 Jcats, Feb 20, 2017
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    Is this what you mean?

    Code:
    user@[~]# sudo lsattr /etc/mailips

----ia--------- /etc/mailips
     
    #5 WorkinOnIt, Feb 20, 2017
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    That's why, you have it chattr set to +i

    If you run

    Code:
    # chattr -i /etc/mailips
    this will fix it.

    Someone would have purposely set it to +i though, this stops the file from being modified/deleted so you may want to check with whomever else has root access to your server to see why they set that but if you have

    "Reference /etc/mailips for outgoing SMTP connections": Off (default)

    then /etc/mailips is doing nothing for you other than causing that error to be thrown.
     
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    OK - thank you for your kind assistance.

    is now:

    user@[~]# sudo lsattr /etc/mailips

    ----a--------- /etc/mailips


    The old server admin has long since gone. I will keep an eye on the logs.
    I appreciate your help :-=)
     
    #7 WorkinOnIt, Feb 20, 2017
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    Perfect :)

    Feel free to create and terminate an account to test, but all should be good now.
     
    #8 Jcats, Feb 20, 2017
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    WorkinOnIt Well-Known Member

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    Well - it seems the issue has not gone away - I am now getting this message when I upgraded an account:


     
    #10 WorkinOnIt, Mar 5, 2017
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    Hello,

    You may have a third-party plugin or script installed that's automatically changing the attributes on that file. Check to see if the immutable attribute was added back to that file:

    Code:
    stat /etc/mailips
lsattr /etc/mailips
    Thank you.
     
    #11 cPanelMichael, Mar 6, 2017
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