Use tcpserver just like LWQ suggests..... .mark >---------- >From: Milivoj Ivkovic[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 1:51 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Why does POP3 log "inetd ... exit status 1" > >Thank you for the replies. > >>Why are you running with inetd anyway? >>[...] >>I would make the switch to tcpserver (check out www.lifewithqmail.org for > >It is Life with Qmail which I used for help in my setup. It says: > >"Typically, qmail-popup is run via inetd or tcpserver" > >"For a busier service, use tcpserver instead." > >So using inetd seems right in my case. > >> It might be something in the way your logging is setup. > >Logging seems to be doing what I expect. Like in this case, reporting a >non-zero exit code. > >But why does qmail-pop3d (or is it checkpassword?) exit with "1"? > >>My guess would be either your logging is screwed up, or you really do have >>imap running but you don't know it. > >I'm quite sure I have nothing else listening on that port: > ># grep "^ *pop" /etc/inetd.conf >pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /opt/qmail/bin/qmail-popup >net1.alma.ch /opt/qmail/bin/checkpassword /opt/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir >poppassd stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd poppassd > >(pop3 all on 1 line of course) > >And (sorry for the long and boring list): ># ps axf > PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND > 1 ? S 0:11 init [3] > 2 ? SW 0:02 [kflushd] > 3 ? SW 0:06 [kupdate] > 4 ? SW 0:00 [kpiod] > 5 ? SW 0:04 [kswapd] > 6 ? SW< 0:00 [mdrecoveryd] > 316 ? S 0:09 /opt/chrony/sbin/chronyd > 367 ? S 1:33 syslogd -m 0 > 376 ? S 0:00 klogd > 390 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd > 404 ? S 0:00 crond > 442 ? S 0:19 /usr/sbin/sshd > 599 tty2 SW 0:00 [mingetty] > 600 tty3 SW 0:00 [mingetty] > 601 tty4 SW 0:00 [mingetty] > 602 tty5 SW 0:00 [mingetty] > 603 tty6 SW 0:00 [mingetty] > 629 tty1 SW 0:00 [mingetty] > 4375 ? S 0:42 named -u named >26701 ? S 0:02 inetd >26564 ? S 0:00 \_ in.telnetd: mi-note.alma.ch >26565 pts/0 S 0:00 | \_ login -- mi >26566 pts/0 S 0:00 | \_ -bash >26586 pts/0 S 0:00 | \_ colortail -f -k ... >26589 ? S 0:00 \_ in.telnetd: mi-note.alma.ch >26590 pts/1 S 0:00 \_ login -- mi >26597 pts/1 S 0:00 \_ -bash >26617 pts/1 S 0:00 \_ su >26618 pts/1 S 0:00 \_ bash >26630 pts/1 S 0:01 \_ /usr/bin/mc -P >26632 pts/2 S 0:00 \_ bash -rcfile .bashrc >26923 pts/2 R 0:00 \_ ps axf >26281 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd ... >26299 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd ... >[ ... more httpd ... ] >26736 ? S 0:00 /usr/psionic/portsentry/portsentry -atcp >26919 ? S 0:00 /usr/libexec/postfix/master >26921 ? S 0:00 \_ pickup -l -t fifo -c >26922 ? S 0:00 \_ qmgr -l -t fifo -u -c > >qmail-* was compiled from sources (1.03) without patches. >checkpassword also, version 0.90. > >In case that matters, I'm not using qmail for smtp (but postfix), only >qmail-popup for pop3. > >Well, what else can I say? I wouldn't have thought my problem to be so >esoteric. > >Any clues are still welcome! > >Thank you, > >Milivoj > > >
