Hi Ihsan,
On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:59:28 +0200 Ihsan Turkmen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I am in trouble to run qmail-pop3d by tcpserver, and therefore i use it wit
> xinted. At the monent, smtpd servise is locked after I tried to run
> qmail-pop3d with tcpserver.
If you now could explain to us uneducated what qmail-pop3d and tcpserver
has to do with a "can't connect to SMTP-server" problem ...?!?
> qmailctl stat shows everything normal
So you get a line
/service/qmail-smtpd: up (pid XXX) XXXXX seconds
??? _IF_ so you're running qmail-smtpd through tcpserver (which a look
into qmailctrl script would have revealed as it simply calls 'svc' which
only works with tcpserver and _not_ with (x)inetd).
> but I can not get connected to port 25 when I try "telnet 127.0.0.1
> 25" or "telnet server.ip.address 25" I need urgent help. qmailsmtpd
> deamon responds and immediately braks
If you need urgent help you need a good filled wallet, if you need
normal help you need patience.
Nonetheless ...
1.) Make sure you _KNOW_ (and not only assume) how qmail-smtpd is
started. A first idea would be
netstat -tulpen |grep :25
The last column gives you the PID and process name listeing to port
25.
If this is 'tcpserver' do a
ps www <PID>
and figure out if tcpserver is started with '-x ...'.
If so:
- does the file given as argument to '-x' exist?
- does it's ancestor-file (usually located in the same location with
the same name, except without '.cdb' as extention) contain a line
127.:allow
???
In the latter case edit the plain text file (w/o .cdb) and do a
tcprules <CDB-file> tmp < <PLAIN TEXT-file>
(e.g. 'tcprules tcp.smtp.cdb tmp < tcp.smtp')
to create the .cdb file.
If the file does not even exist make sure the plain text version does
and execute the same command as mentioned above.
2.) Read Life-with-Qmail [1] and tcpserver documentation [2] to
understand how your mail system work (in it's basics).
One last advise: _don't_ put your server on a public internet
connection, accessible from anywhere in the world, unless you _KNOW_ how
your qmail, tcpserver and vpopmail works.
Chances are high you run into big trouble if you do nevertheless, e.g.
because your server might be misused as spam-relay for for other
"unintended" actions. If you don't get into the matter completely: pay
somebody how already did.
Putting a server on the internet is something _completely_ different
from switching on your GameBoy, you are in _responsibility_ if you carry
on a public accessible server.
[1] http://www.lifewithqmail.org/
[2] http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html
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Regards,
Peter
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