Hi all
I've JUST encountered this problem after using qpopper 4.0.3 for several weeks
under Redhat 7.1
Recently updated packages:
Sun Jul 8 06:55:37 EST 2001 - xinetd-2.1.8.9pre15-2 -> xinetd-2.3.0-1
Sun Jul 8 06:55:37 EST 2001 - man-1.5i-4 -> man-1.5i2-0
Sun Jul 15 09:43:13 EST 2001 - procmail-3.14-6 -> procmail-3.21-0
Sun Jul 15 09:43:13 EST 2001 - elm-2.5.3-11 -> elm-2.5.5-1
Wed Jul 18 04:46:21 EST 2001 - util-linux-2.10s-12 -> util-linux-2.10s-13
Fri Jul 20 08:19:57 EST 2001 - openssl095a-0.9.5a-1 -> openssl095a-0.9.5a-9
Fri Jul 20 08:19:57 EST 2001 - openssl-0.9.6-3 -> openssl-0.9.6-9
Fri Jul 20 08:19:57 EST 2001 - openssl-perl-0.9.6-3 -> openssl-perl-0.9.6-9
Perhaps one of them is incompatible. First thing I'm going to do is recompile
qpopper and see if that fixes things, but on to the problem...
Some users when logging in generate the above error as follows:
Trying 203.12.234.40...
Connected to mail.ocean.com.au (203.12.234.40).
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK ready
USER asmith
+OK Password required for daviesm.
PASS passwd01
gdbm fatal: write error
Connection closed by foreign host.
Any subsequent login generates the following:
Trying 203.12.234.40...
Connected to mail.ocean.com.au (203.12.234.40).
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK ready
USER asmith
+OK Password required for daviesm.
PASS passwd01
-ERR [SYS/TEMP] maillock error 'Max tries exceeded' (4) on
'/var/mail/daviesm': File exists (17)
+OK Pop server at mail.ocean.com.au signing off.
Connection closed by foreign host.
ANY and all input appreciated. I'm working on this now (first thought is to
disable bulletin support) so may have it fixed or worked around by the time
I get a response but still...
Jon
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Jonathan Benson
Systems Administrator
Ocean Internet
http://www.ocean.com.au/
