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title: "Discussion on \"Postfix in a Chroot Cannot See Your MySQL Socket — Why Mail Stopped Both Ways\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Postfix in a Chroot Cannot See Your MySQL Socket — Why Mail Stopped Both Ways\". Postfix logs \"virtual_alias_maps map lookup problem\" and mail stops both ways, yet postmap works as root. The cause is the chroot column. One-line fix."
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# [Postfix in a Chroot Cannot See Your MySQL Socket — Why Mail Stopped Both Ways](https://quabin.hashnode.dev/postfix-in-a-chroot-cannot-see-your-mysql-socket-why-mail-stopped-both-ways?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Postfix logs "virtual\_alias\_maps map lookup problem" and mail stops both ways, yet postmap works as root. The cause is the chroot column. One-line fix.

2d ago · 11 min read · quabin.hashnode.dev  
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