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OCI - Postfix Relay Configuration Reports Error "postmap: fatal: /etc/postfix/main.cf, line missing '=' after attribute name:"ddd $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5" (Doc ID 2647823.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 05, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

Configure Postfix SMTP relay inside the OCI instance using the OCI documentation but it fails with following error,

#postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
postmap: fatal: /etc/postfix/main.cf, line 707-708: missing '=' after attribute name: "ddd $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5"
#cat /etc/postfix/main.cf
debugger_command =
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
ddd $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5

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