What are the permissions on the target /Maildir/ ?
Make sure it is owned by the user and the permissions are 700.
Travis Leuthauser
Network Administrator
WinConX Online, Inc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dewald Strauss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 1:47 PM
Subject: unable_to_chdir_to_maildir
> Hi everybody,
>
> Two days ago I started getting unable_to_chdir_to_maildir
> messages in my logs.
> The server has been running for quite a while now, and I
> have not touched qmail or vpopmail in almost 70 days.
>
> The messages with these errors is filling up the mailqueue,
> and I have no idea what caused this!
>
> I have 7 domains on this server, but only one of them
> gives these errors.
> The hostname of the server is brokermail.co.za, and it
> is this domain which gets these errors, the other domains
> work fine!
>
> What could have caused this problem to suddenly appear ?
> I am pretty sure nobody else in the office touched this machine.
>
> I have qmail-1.03+vpopmail-3.4.9+sqwebmail-0.28, and I use
> tcpserver.
>
> I temporarily bypassed this problem by creating system accounts
> with maildirs for the users under brokermail.co.za, this works
> fine for the moment
>
> Output of qmail-showctl:
> qmail home directory: /var/qmail.
> user-ext delimiter: -.
> paternalism (in decimal): 2.
> silent concurrency limit: 120.
> subdirectory split: 23.
> user ids: 5000, 5001, 5002, 0, 5003, 5004, 5005, 5006.
> group ids: 5000, 5001.
>
> aliasempty:
> Default delivery target contains: ./Maildir/
>
> badmailfrom: (Default.) Any MAIL FROM is allowed.
>
> bindroutes: (Default.) No binding routes.
>
> bouncefrom: (Default.) Bounce user name is MAILER-DAEMON.
>
> bouncehost: (Default.) Bounce host name is brokermail.co.za.
>
> checkpassword: Password checking program is /home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw.
>
> concurrencylocal: (Default.) Local concurrency is 10.
>
> concurrencypop3d: (Default.) POP-3 daemon concurrency is 20.
>
> concurrencyqmqpd: (Default.) QMQP daemon concurrency is 20.
>
> concurrencyqmtpd: (Default.) QMTP daemon concurrency is 20.
>
> concurrencyremote: (Default.) Remote concurrency is 20.
>
> concurrencysmtpd: (Default.) SMTP daemon concurrency is 20.
>
> databytes: SMTP DATA limit is 500000 bytes.
>
> defaultdomain: Default domain name is brokermail.co.za.
>
> defaulthost: (Default.) Default host name is brokermail.co.za.
>
> doublebouncehost: (Default.) 2B recipient host: brokermail.co.za.
>
> doublebounceto: (Default.) 2B recipient user: postmaster.
>
> envnoathost: (Default.) Presumed domain name is brokermail.co.za.
>
> helohost: (Default.) SMTP client HELO host name is brokermail.co.za.
>
> idhost: (Default.) Message-ID host name is brokermail.co.za.
>
> localiphost: (Default.) Local IP address becomes brokermail.co.za.
>
> locals:
> Messages for bmail.brokermail.co.za are delivered locally.
> Messages for brokermail.co.za are delivered locally.
> Messages for 10.40.1.69 are delivered locally.
>
> logger: (Default.) Logging is done via: splogger.
>
> me: My name is brokermail.co.za.
>
> percenthack: (Default.) The percent hack is not allowed.
>
> plusdomain: Plus domain name is co.za.
>
> qmqpservers: (Default.) No QMQP servers.
>
> queuelifetime: (Default.) Message lifetime in the queue is 604800 seconds.
>
> rcpthosts:
> SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at dannet.co.za.
> SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at brokermail.co.za.
> SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at shibbolet.co.za.
> SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at b-linked.co.za.
> SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at chamanzi.co.za.
> SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at univem.co.za.
> SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at brokernetmail.co.za.
>
> morercpthosts: (Default.) No effect.
>
> morercpthosts.cdb: (Default.) No effect.
>
> smtpgreeting: (Default.) SMTP greeting: 220 brokermail.co.za.
>
> smtproutes: (Default.) No artificial SMTP routes.
>
> timeoutconnect: (Default.) SMTP client connection timeout is 60 seconds.
>
> timeoutremote: (Default.) SMTP client data timeout is 1200 seconds.
>
> timeoutsmtpd: (Default.) SMTP server data timeout is 1200 seconds.
>
> ulimitcpu: (Default.) Maximum amount of CPU time in seconds is unlimited.
>
> ulimitdata: (Default.) Maximum process data size in kbytes is unlimited.
>
> virtualdomains:
> Virtual domain: brokermail.co.za:brokermail.co.za
> Virtual domain: dannet.co.za:dannet.co.za
> Virtual domain: b-linked.co.za:b-linked.co.za
> Virtual domain: brokernetmail.co.za:brokernetmail.co.za
> Virtual domain: chamanzi.co.za:chamanzi.co.za
> Virtual domain: shibbolet.co.za:shibbolet.co.za
> Virtual domain: univem.co.za:univem.co.za
>
> Anybody that can shed some light on this ?
> I don't know where to look anymore!
>
> Regards
> Dewald
>
>
