At 06:21 PM 5/14/02, Alston, Tony wrote:
>Has anyone resolved the error with xinetd and qpopper 4? I have followed
>the examples to excruciating detail, have backtracked up versions and down
>to the current version, reinstalled xinetd from www.xinetd.org and followed
>a host of different sources recommending what I should do.
>
>I am getting confusing errors from the html side, and what is being logged
>in the maillog file.
>
>HTTP side:
HTTP side of WHAT?
Qpopper isn't a web server, and neither is xinetd.
>I can get logged in and browse my mail folders, but I cannot receive new
>mail or send mail, or move mails between established folders. When sending
>new e-mail, I get the following error:
> Send Error: Could not connect to server <servername>
Look into whatever package (not xinetd or qpopper) which is providing you
with service.
>ROOT side:
>
>I can 'telnet <servername> pop4' and get the pop server to respond, log in
>and out, view the inbox..etc, but that's about it.
There is no pop4.
Try:
telnet <servername> 110
or:
telnet <servername> pop3
>LOG files:
>
>My log files do not correspond with the HTML error messages. I know these
>are not uncommon errors, I just can't find anything specific on them.
>
>maillog: May 14 15:55:56 <server> popper[16196]: Stats: <account> 0 0 0 0
><servername> <IPAddress>
>maillog: May 14 15:55:56 <server> popper[16196]: I/O error flushing output
>to client <account> at <server> [IPAddress]: Operation not permitted (1)
>
>messages: May 14 15:56:30 <server> xinetd[16120]: execv
>(/usr/qpopper4.0.4/popper ) failed: Permission denied (errno = 13)
>
>I have tried locating the popper executable in the /usr/sbin/popper
>directory, but that doesn't seem to matter, the same error applies no matter
>where the file is at.
>
>I've read/sweated/frustrated on the FAQ's from qpopper. My xinetd.conf
>reflects the currect consensus configuration for running the POP services.
>
>Any takers on helping out?
where'd you get the xinetd config for popper? What's it look like?
>Thanks in advance....
>
>-Tony
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