"Mullen, Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This is the line I'm using to start the pop3 demon is:
>
>tcpserver -v 0 pop-3 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup myhost.net \
>/bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1 | \
>/var/qmail/bin/splogger qmail-pop3d 3 &
>
>This line works perfectly on my other server, but on this one I get
>the message from the subject line (shell-init: couldn't get current
>directory) after authenticating.
>
>I telnetted to port 110, and I can enter the lines "USER username"
>"PASS password" and get a valid login (with that error) but if I
>do "LIST" it lists the messages. Unfortunately, at least two
>POP clients (spruce and Netscape) treat that message as fatal.
I don't recognize "shell-init", but it's not part of qmail.
Off hand, I'd guess it's a permission problem. Check the modes on all
the parent directories of the Maildir. Compare them with the system
that works right.
-Dave
