Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only file system

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From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
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Subject	Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only file system
Date	Sun, 03 May 2026 06:30:02 +0200
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On Sat 02 May 2026 at 22:11:15 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sun, May 03, 2026 at 00:58:35 +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> > On Sun, May 03, 2026 at 02:50:47AM +0300, Luc Saffre wrote:
> > > Soon after rebooting, I have the following message in my journal:
> > > 
> > > apr   28 08:07:30 lumi postfix/postdrop[992]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only file system
> > 
> > For some reason your filesystem has gone read-only. If I were you I'd be
> > looking further back in the logs to see if there is anything about that,
> > as I would expect there to be.
> 
> Could be.  And a read-only file system is extremely easy to check,
> so that should be checked first.
> 
> It could also be a restriction added by a systemd unit.  Tracking down
> all of the restrictions across potentially multiple systemd units will
> be more challenging, if it turns out the file system is not read-only.

Shouldn't systemd give you "Permission denied"?

Cheers,
David.

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mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only file  system Luc Saffre <luc@saffre-rumma.net> - 2026-05-03 02:00 +0200
  Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only  file system Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2026-05-03 03:00 +0200
    Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only  file system Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2026-05-03 04:20 +0200
      Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only  file system David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2026-05-03 06:30 +0200
        Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only  file system Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2026-05-03 14:30 +0200
      Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only  file system Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2026-05-03 22:30 +0200
        Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only  file system Jan Claeys <lists@janc.be> - 2026-05-04 17:10 +0200
          Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only  file system <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2026-05-04 17:50 +0200
            Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only  file system Michael Greenberg <michael@greenberg.science> - 2026-05-04 18:40 +0200
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    Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only file  system Luc Saffre <luc@saffre-rumma.net> - 2026-05-10 16:00 +0200
      Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only file  system Luc Saffre <luc@saffre-rumma.net> - 2026-05-10 16:30 +0200
      Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only  file system Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2026-05-11 02:50 +0200
        Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only  file system Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2026-05-11 03:30 +0200
          Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only file  system Luc Saffre <luc@saffre-rumma.net> - 2026-05-14 09:30 +0200
            Re: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/870989.992: Read-only  file system Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2026-05-14 13:40 +0200

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