On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:00:27 -0500 Anno Domini, the honourable Bowie Bailey wrote using one of his keyboards:
> Petre Bandac wrote: > > On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:54:30 -0500 Anno Domini, the honourable Bowie > > Bailey wrote using one of his keyboards: > > > > > Petre Bandac wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/BIG/maildirs/beria.kgb.ro/petre/new# authtest > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Authentication succeeded. > > > > > > > > Authenticated: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uid 1004, gid 99) > > > > Home Directory: /BIG/maildirs > > > > Maildir: beria.kgb.ro/petre/ > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > maildrop -V9 -d [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > maildrop: authlib: groupid=99 > > > > maildrop: authlib: userid=1004 > > > > maildrop: authlib: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > > > home=/BIG/maildirs, mail=beria.kgb.ro/petre/ maildrop: Changing > > > > to /BIG/maildirs maildrop: Delivering to /BIG/maildirs > > > > maildrop: Unable to create a dot-lock. > > > > > > > > why doesn't maildrop follow the whole > > > > path /BIG/maildirs/beria.kgb.ro/petre/ ? > > > > > > > > what else configuration files does it require > > > > besides /usr/local/etc/authlib/authmysqlrc ? (I know older > > > > versions needed also a /etc/maildropmysql.conf or something) > > > > > > Because you told it that /BIG/maildirs is the home directory for > > > this user. > > > > > > Probably what you want is to set the home directory to > > > /BIG/maildirs/beria.kgb.ro/petre/ > > > and leave the Maildir empty so that it will default to "Maildir". > > > > in what file and how ? (sorry if the question is more than 100% > > stupid, but I've been staring at this problem for the past 3 hrs and > > obviously the answer is easy, but I can't find it) > > That depends on your installation. It will be wherever you define the > user information (probably userdb, ldap, or sql). > it is sql and I have more /usr/local/etc/authlib/authmysqlrc DEFAULT_DOMAIN beria.kgb.ro MYSQL_CRYPT_PWFIELD password MYSQL_DATABASE postfix MYSQL_GID_FIELD '99' MYSQL_HOME_FIELD '/BIG/maildirs' MYSQL_LOGIN_FIELD username MYSQL_MAILDIR_FIELD maildir MYSQL_NAME_FIELD name MYSQL_OPT 0 MYSQL_PASSWORD none7 #MYSQL_PORT 0 # Uncomment below if you want quota support. #MYSQL_QUOTA_FIELD quota MYSQL_SERVER localhost # Default FreeBSD Socket #MYSQL_SOCKET /var/mysql/mysql.sock # Default RedHat Socket #MYSQL_SOCKET /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock MYSQL_UID_FIELD '1004' MYSQL_USERNAME postfix MYSQL_USER_TABLE mailbox #MYSQL_WHERE_CLAUSE server='example.domain.com' what else do I need ? thanks for your time -- Petre Bandac Network Scientist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
