I followed the instructions on setting up a virtual mail account and the content of my userdb file is:
vmail uid=501|gid=501|home=/home/vmail|shell=/bin/bash|systempw=$1$PRjwYNJR$Ai6RJL1rdXjLK6i8sk0.V0|gecos=Mail Users^M
501= vmail^M
[EMAIL PROTECTED] imappw=5P2NjOkez1Z6w|uid=501|mail=/home/vmail/Maildir-jacko-localhost|home=/home/vmail|gid=501
When I connect to the server using the vmail account I get the following error: Unknown error: "Fatal error: Maildir: No such file or directory
Read data: "
but when I try using the jacko account I get a different error:
"Unknown user or password incorrect. "
I've read the manual so many times over but I still can't still get a user account going. Please what do I need to do?
The following shows a map of my machine: I hope this is within the required limit.
A Complete MAP of my Installation: =============================================================
whereis courier courier: /etc/courier /usr/lib/courier /usr/share/man/man8/courier.8.gz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] courier]$ ls /usr/lib/courier bin libexec sbin share
[EMAIL PROTECTED] courier]$ ls /usr/lib/courier/libexec authlib courier filters
[EMAIL PROTECTED] courier]$ ls /usr/lib/courier/libexec/courier aliascombine aliasexp courierpop3d imaplogin modules submitmkdir aliascreate courierd courierpop3login makedatprog submit
[EMAIL PROTECTED] courier]$ ls /usr/lib/courier/libexec/authlib authdaemon authdaemond authdaemond.plain
[EMAIL PROTECTED] courier]$ ls /usr/lib/courier/bin addcr deliverquota mailbot mailq preline sendmail cancelmsg dotforward maildirkw makedat reformail testmxlookup courier-config imapd maildirmake makemime reformime couriertls lockmail maildrop mimegpg rmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] courier]$ ls /usr/lib/courier/sbin courier filterctl makesmtpaccess-msa pw2userdb courieresmtpd imapd makeuserdb showconfig courierfilter imapd-ssl makeuucpneighbors showmodules courierlogger makeacceptmailfor mkesmtpdcert userdb couriertcpd makealiases mkimapdcert userdbpw esmtpd makehosteddomains mkpop3dcert vchkpw2userdb esmtpd-msa makepercentrelay pop3d webgpg esmtpd-ssl makesmtpaccess pop3d-ssl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] courier]$ ls /usr/lib/courier/share configlist makeacceptmailfor perlfilter-example.pl configlist.imap makealiases perlfilter-wrapper.pl configlist.pop3 makedat pop3d courierctl.start makehosteddomains pop3d.pem courierwebadmin makepercentrelay pop3d-ssl esmtpd makesmtpaccess pw2userdb esmtpd-ssl makeuserdb rootcerts filterctl makeuucpneighbors sysconftool imapd mkesmtpdcert sysconftool-rpmupgrade imapd.pem mkimapdcert userdb imapd-ssl mkpop3dcert vchkpw2userdb
[EMAIL PROTECTED] courier]$ ls /etc/courier aliasdir esmtpd module.dsn aliases esmtpd.cnf module.esmtp aliases.dat esmtpd.dist module.fax authdaemonrc esmtpd-msa module.local authdaemonrc.dist esmtpd-msa.dist module.uucp authldaprc esmtpd-ssl pop3d authldaprc.dist esmtpd-ssl.dist pop3d.cnf authmodulelist esmtppercentrelay.dir pop3d.dist authmysqlrc faxcoverpage.tr pop3d-ssl authmysqlrc.dist faxcoverpage.tr.dist pop3d-ssl.dist courierd faxnotifyrc quotawarnmsg.example courierd.dist faxnotifyrc.dist rfcerr2045.txt dsndelayed.txt faxrc rfcerr2046.txt dsndelivered.txt faxrc.dist rfcerr2047.txt dsnfailed.txt filters rfcerrheader.txt dsnfooter.txt imapd smtpaccess dsnheader.txt imapd.cnf smtpaccess.dat dsnrelayed.txt imapd.dist userdb dsnsubjectnotice.txt imapd-ssl userdb~ dsnsubjectwarn.txt imapd-ssl.dist userdb.dat enablefiltering ldapaliasrc userdb.lock esmtpacceptmailfor.dir ldapaliasrc.dist userdbshadow.dat esmtpauthclient maildrop
A Map of Running Applictions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] courier]$ ps -A PID TTY TIME CMD 1 ? 00:00:04 init 2 ? 00:00:00 keventd 3 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd_CPU0 8 ? 00:00:00 bdflush 4 ? 00:00:00 kswapd 5 ? 00:00:00 kscand/DMA 6 ? 00:00:28 kscand/Normal 7 ? 00:00:00 kscand/HighMem 9 ? 00:00:00 kupdated 10 ? 00:00:00 mdrecoveryd 19 ? 00:00:00 kjournald 582 ? 00:00:00 kjournald 1078 ? 00:00:00 dhclient 1129 ? 00:00:00 syslogd 1133 ? 00:00:00 klogd 1151 ? 00:00:00 portmap 1170 ? 00:00:00 rpc.statd 1321 ? 00:00:00 courierfilter 1323 ? 00:00:00 courierlogger 1327 ? 00:00:00 authdaemond.pla 1331 ? 00:00:00 authdaemond.pla 1332 ? 00:00:00 authdaemond.pla 1333 ? 00:00:00 authdaemond.pla 1334 ? 00:00:00 authdaemond.pla 1335 ? 00:00:00 authdaemond.pla 1340 ? 00:00:00 courierd 1347 ? 00:00:00 couriertcpd 1350 ? 00:00:00 courierlogger 1369 ? 00:00:00 couriertcpd 1372 ? 00:00:00 courierlogger 1378 ? 00:00:00 couriertcpd 1381 ? 00:00:00 courierlogger 1396 ? 00:00:00 couriertcpd 1399 ? 00:00:00 courierlogger 1407 ? 00:00:00 sshd 1421 ? 00:00:00 xinetd 1430 ? 00:00:01 spamd 1439 ? 00:00:00 gpm 1449 ? 00:00:00 cannaserver 1461 ? 00:00:00 crond 1491 ? 00:00:00 xfs 1509 ? 00:00:00 atd 1517 tty1 00:00:00 mingetty 1518 tty2 00:00:00 mingetty 1519 tty3 00:00:00 mingetty 1520 tty4 00:00:00 mingetty 1521 tty5 00:00:00 mingetty 1522 tty6 00:00:00 mingetty 1523 ? 00:00:00 gdm-binary 1572 ? 00:00:00 gdm-binary 1584 ? 00:00:01 gdmgreeter 1595 ? 00:00:00 sshd 1597 ? 00:00:00 sshd 1598 pts/0 00:00:00 bash 1639 pts/0 00:00:00 emacs 1644 pts/0 00:00:00 emacs 1649 pts/0 00:00:00 su 1650 pts/0 00:00:00 emacs 2463 ? 00:00:00 sshd 2465 ? 00:00:00 sshd 2466 pts/1 00:00:00 bash 2579 pts/0 00:00:00 addcr 2664 ? 00:00:00 courierd 2665 ? 00:00:00 courieruucp 2666 ? 00:00:00 courierlocal 2667 ? 00:00:00 courierfax 2668 ? 00:00:00 courieresmtp 2669 ? 00:00:00 courierdsn 2700 pts/1 00:00:00 ps
when I run imapd, this is the result I get:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]$ ./imapd INFO: LOGIN, user=user, ip=[127.0.0.1], protocol=IMAP * PREAUTH Ready.
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