Does the user have an entry in passwd and shadow? Can the user login via
telnet? Does the <user> file exist in the mail spool directory, but not a
.<user>.pop file?
I'm just waking up, but it looks like a DNS issue not resolving the
connecting client's name. I've seen those in my log file from time to
time. But they exist for events from various users, including myself.
On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Woody wrote:
> This is what we get in our logs when attempting to add a user and
> receiving no <user> AND no .<user>.pop
>
> (v2.52) Unable to get canonical name of client, err = 0
>
> Woody
> Computer Technician
> Security Consultant
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, greg wrote:
>
> > First things first. It is my understanding, unless you have a special
> > configuration, that sendmail does not generate the .pop files, and
> > neither does adduser.
> >
> > The .<user>.pop files are usually temp lock files used by popper or
> > qpopper as a means to lock the files so that there are no problems while
> > users ae getting their email.
> >
> > Did you change your pop server? Did you change permissions on the
> > directory the pop files reside? Are you running pop server as a specific
> > user and not give that user access to the mailbox directory?
> >
> > I don't know if this is your exact problem or not, but it is a direction
> > you can look to.
> >
> > On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Woody wrote:
> >
> > > In my earlier post I noted that I thought that sendmail was causing
> > > problems with adding new users and how their .<user>.pop file was not
> > > being created in /var/mail. Well it seems that after I replace the new
> > > version, with the old, like it was, the prob is still there. I can't
> > > figure it out. All of a sudden, these files are not being created when we
> > > add new users, thus causing netscapes mailbox messenger and IE's Internet
> > > Mail to report errors when you want to d/l your mail. Sure, you can send
> > > it out, but you can't d/l any mail without that .pop file. This has
> > > started happeneing at the same time I have upgraded sendmail.
> > >
> > > Any assistance would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Woody
> > > Computer Technician
> > > Security Consultant
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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