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Topic: /var/spool/postfix/etc/hosts vs /etc/hosts

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I added some hosts in /etc/hosts and after that postfix is complaining:
warning: /var/spool/postfix/etc/hosts and /etc/hosts differ

Why are there 2 files? Why not symlink /var/spool/postfix/etc/hosts to /etc/hosts?

Can this be done safely?

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2 Reply by ZhangHuangbin

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Re: /var/spool/postfix/etc/hosts vs /etc/hosts

Postfix by default is running under chroot in /var/spool/postfix, it requires some basic files. that's why.
If you modified /etc/hosts, simply copy it to /var/spool/postfix/etc/hosts.

3 Reply by JeeGee

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Re: /var/spool/postfix/etc/hosts vs /etc/hosts

Ok. Thanks will do that.