[vchkpw] vpopmail and nfs
I am running a cluster of 3 servers running CentOS 3.3 (2.4.21-20.0.1.ELsmp). One server provides MySQL, the other NFS and the last Qmail/Vpopmail. The Qmail server has /home/vpopmail, /var/qmail/control and /var/qmail/users mounted via NFS. The Qmail server is running the Qmail Toaster packages from www.qmailtoaster.com. Everything worked perfectly until we lost a power distribution unit at our datacenter. All 3 servers got shut down hard. Now, when I try to add a new domain, I get the following error: [EMAIL PROTECTED] users]# /home/vpopmail/bin/vadddomain -q 1073741824 -b Domain.com "password"File busy try again later!Failed while attempting to update_file() the assign fileError. Failed to add domain to assign fileError: Could not update file I thought the problem was related to permissions, although so far I haven't been able to determine the problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. /var/qmail/users [EMAIL PROTECTED] users]# ls -ltotal 16-rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 89 Jan 18 12:30 assign-rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:32 assign.9550-rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:32 assign.9663-rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:32 assign.9984-rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:46 assign.lock-rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 69 Jan 18 12:30 assign.rpmsave-rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2181 Jan 18 12:30 cdb-rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2161 Jan 18 12:30 cdb.rpmsave /var/qmail/control[EMAIL PROTECTED] control]# ls -ltotal 152-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 17 Jan 18 12:30 badmailfrom-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 24 Jan 18 12:30 badmailto-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 57 Jan 18 12:30 blacklists-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2259 Jan 18 12:30 clientcert.pem-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 4 Jan 18 12:30 concurrencyincoming-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 3 Jan 18 12:30 concurrencyremote-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 9 Jan 18 12:30 databytes-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 11 Jan 18 12:30 defaultdelivery-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 17 Jan 18 12:30 defaultdomain-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 17 Jan 18 12:30 defaultdomain.rpmsave-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 17 Jan 18 12:30 defaulthost-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 17 Jan 18 12:30 defaulthost.rpmsave-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 245 Jan 18 12:30 dh1024.pem-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 156 Jan 18 12:30 dh512.pem-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 34 Jan 18 12:30 locals-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:31 locals.lock-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 34 Jan 18 12:30 locals.rpmsave-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 24 Jan 18 12:30 me-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 24 Jan 18 12:30 me.rpmsave-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2 Jan 18 12:30 mfcheck-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 6238 Jan 18 12:30 mysql.sql-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 17 Jan 18 12:30 plusdomain-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 17 Jan 18 12:30 plusdomain.rpmsave-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 24 Jan 18 12:30 rcpthosts-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 1 Jan 18 12:30 rcpthosts.lock-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 24 Jan 18 12:30 rcpthosts.rpmsave-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 497 Jan 18 12:30 rsa512.pem-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2259 Jan 18 12:30 servercert.pem-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 1689 Jan 18 12:30 servercert.pem.rpmnew-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2263 Jan 18 12:30 servercert.pem.rpmsave-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 432 Jan 18 12:30 signatures-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 46 Jan 18 12:30 smtpgreeting-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:31 smtproutes-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 95 Jan 18 12:30 sql-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 96 Jan 18 12:30 sql.bak-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 95 Jan 18 12:30 sql.rpmsave-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 3 Jan 18 12:30 tarpitcount-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2 Jan 18 12:30 tarpitdelay-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 20 Jan 18 12:30 virtualdomains-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:31 virtualdomains.lock
Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail and nfs
On Jan 18, 2005, at 10:55 AM, Grant Supp wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] users]# /home/vpopmail/bin/vadddomain -q 1073741824 -b Domain.com password File busy try again later! Failed while attempting to update_file() the assign file Error. Failed to add domain to assign file Error: Could not update file I thought the problem was related to permissions, although so far I haven't been able to determine the problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. /var/qmail/users [EMAIL PROTECTED] users]# ls -l total 16 -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 89 Jan 18 12:30 assign -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:32 assign.9550 -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:32 assign.9663 -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:32 assign.9984 -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:46 assign.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 69 Jan 18 12:30 assign.rpmsave -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2181 Jan 18 12:30 cdb -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2161 Jan 18 12:30 cdb.rpmsave That assign file looks pretty small. I assume you're not hosting many domains on that server... I'd think that deleting assign.9* and assign.lock would take care of your problem. -- Tom Collins - [EMAIL PROTECTED] QmailAdmin: http://qmailadmin.sf.net/ Vpopmail: http://vpopmail.sf.net/ Info on the Sniffter hand-held Network Tester: http://sniffter.com/
[vchkpw] vpopmail 5.4.9 slow
After upgrading our vpopmail installation from 5.3.30 to 5.4.9 we noticed that SMTP mail delivery became very slow and qmail-smtpd processes now eat *lots* of CPU load to run. Besides the upgrade, the most significant change is that we have moved our aliases from file to MySQL (valias support). Vpopmail configure parameters are: env LIBS=-lz \ ./configure \ --enable-roaming-users=y \ --enable-relay-clear-minutes=120 \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ --enable-auth-module=mysql \ --enable-many-domains=y \ --enable-clear-passwd=n \ --enable-tcpserver-file=/var/vpopmail/etc/tcp.smtp \ --enable-auth-logging=n \ --enable-valias I wonder if anyone has dealt with server load problems after upgrading to 5.4.9? Can this be related to the use of valias? Regards, Juliano Simões Gerente de Tecnologia Axios Tecnologia e Serviços http://www.axios.com.br [EMAIL PROTECTED] +55 41 2141-1800
RE: [vchkpw] chkuser 2.0 and vpopmail w/mysql
Ok... Maybe I don't understand qmail as much as I thought or I can't find the info in the man pages. My understanding is if the domain is listed in virtualdomains, then qmail-send treats this delivery as local and will not read smtproutes. This is where I am not clear and would love to be corrected. I don't want delivery to happen on my public facing mail server, but I would like to run chkuser there to prevent bad mail from even coming into my mail system. I guess I understand everything you have said except for the relation between smtproutes, virtualdomains and how qmail process this flow. If anyone can clear this up or slap me upside the head with an obvious answer that I am missing, that would be great. Thanks -- Brian Lanier Network Engineer Quexion, LLC 858.573.2323 x2 4858 Mercury St., Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92111 EnterpriseMail - complete business email from Quexion No more spam. No more viruses. www.quexion.com -Original Message- From: tonix (Antonio Nati) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 1:17 AM To: vchkpw@inter7.com Subject: Re: [vchkpw] chkuser 2.0 and vpopmail w/mysql I feel these two statements are not in opposition. chkuser checks recipients only for domains who are in virtualdomains. When a domain is already inside virtualdomains, for a new user you may simply add a new line with MySQL vpopmail database, and the user will be added automatically as it is used the first time (the first incoming message). In this way, using a replica MySQL on a front-end qmail system, it will use chkuser for all domains that are listed in virtualdomains and have all users within MySQL. So it looks simply like you have to add your domains to virtualdomains, and put them also in smtproutes. Tonino At 21.00 12/01/2005, you wrote: Quick question that I can't seem to sort out myself. I see people are doing the same thing based on the archives but I can't seem to find a definitive answer. Using a smart host relay to do initial mail checking running qmail. All my virtual domains are setup up correctly but not listed in the virtualdomains file. Instead we are using the smtproutes file to pass on to the rest of our mail system. This all works great. Vpopmail 5.4.7 is setup using MySQL with a replicated read only host on the smart relay. I noticed in the archives that people have used the chkuser patch to qmail in this situation with great success. My question is this: In the FAQ at http://www.interazioni.it/opensource/chkuser/documentation/faq/general.htm l it states that chkuser will do the checking only if the domain exists in rcpthosts(or morercpthosts) AND virtualdomains. The archives seem to suggest that if you are using MySQL, you don't need the entries in virtualdomains. Am I misreading this? What would be the correct setup in this case assuming checking on all domains? Any clarification would be great. Thanks Brian Lanier
RE: [vchkpw] vpopmail and nfs
/var/qmail/users [EMAIL PROTECTED] users]# ls -l total 16 -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 89 Jan 18 12:30 assign -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:32 assign.9550 -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:32 assign.9663 -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:32 assign.9984 -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jan 18 12:46 assign.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 69 Jan 18 12:30 assign.rpmsave -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2181 Jan 18 12:30 cdb -rw-rw-rw- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2161 Jan 18 12:30 cdb.rpmsave That assign file looks pretty small. I assume you're not hosting many domains on that server... I'd think that deleting assign.9* and assign.lock would take care of your problem. -- Tom Collins - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for the reply Tom. You are correct, there is only 1 or 2 domains on the server. The server is not in production. I have tried deleting assign.lock and assign.9* as suggested but I'm still having the same error. [EMAIL PROTECTED] users]# /home/vpopmail/bin/vadddomain -q 1073741824 -b domain.com password File busy try again later! Failed while attempting to update_file() the assign file Error. Failed to add domain to assign file Error: Could not update file [EMAIL PROTECTED] users]# ls -l total 16 -rw-rw-rw-1 vpopmail vchkpw 89 Jan 18 12:30 assign -rw---1 nfsnobody nfsnobody0 Jan 18 2005 assign.lock -rw-rw-rw-1 vpopmail vchkpw 69 Jan 18 12:30 assign.rpmsave -rw-rw-rw-1 vpopmail vchkpw 2181 Jan 18 12:30 cdb -rw-rw-rw-1 vpopmail vchkpw 2161 Jan 18 12:30 cdb.rpmsave
Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail 5.4.9 slow
Are you using smtp-auth ? The only way using vchkpw to make qmail spawn a qmail-smtpd process against MySQL databases is the modified script to make qmail-smtpd spawn it first using vchkpw. btw: I speak portuguese too. Regards Eduardo Ribeiro da Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consultant Em Ter 18 Jan 2005 18:02, Juliano Simões escreveu: After upgrading our vpopmail installation from 5.3.30 to 5.4.9 we noticed that SMTP mail delivery became very slow and qmail-smtpd processes now eat *lots* of CPU load to run. Besides the upgrade, the most significant change is that we have moved our aliases from file to MySQL (valias support). Vpopmail configure parameters are: env LIBS=-lz \ ./configure \ --enable-roaming-users=y \ --enable-relay-clear-minutes=120 \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ --enable-auth-module=mysql \ --enable-many-domains=y \ --enable-clear-passwd=n \ --enable-tcpserver-file=/var/vpopmail/etc/tcp.smtp \ --enable-auth-logging=n \ --enable-valias I wonder if anyone has dealt with server load problems after upgrading to 5.4.9? Can this be related to the use of valias? Regards, Juliano Simões Gerente de Tecnologia Axios Tecnologia e Serviços http://www.axios.com.br [EMAIL PROTECTED] +55 41 2141-1800
Re: [vchkpw] chkuser 2.0 and vpopmail w/mysql
On Tuesday 18 January 2005 03:23 pm, Brian Lanier wrote: Ok... Maybe I don't understand qmail as much as I thought or I can't find the info in the man pages. My understanding is if the domain is listed in virtualdomains, then qmail-send treats this delivery as local and will not read smtproutes. that is correct. In fact, qmail-send doesn't care about smtproutes at all.. qmail-remote does.. and qmail-remote is only called when a delivery is to be made to a remote host.. qmail-send determines that by checking if the domain is in locals or virtualdomains. This is where I am not clear and would love to be corrected. I don't want delivery to happen on my public facing mail server, but I would like to run chkuser there to prevent bad mail from even coming into my mail system. that's a little trickier, and requires a certain type of setup. I guess I understand everything you have said except for the relation between smtproutes, virtualdomains and how qmail process this flow. If anyone can clear this up or slap me upside the head with an obvious answer that I am missing, that would be great. Thanks you might want to look at the PIC.* files in /var/qmail/doc for how qmail processes incoming emails. -Jeremy -- Jeremy Kitchen ++ Systems Administrator ++ Inter7 Internet Technologies, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++ www.inter7.com ++ 866.528.3530 ++ 815.776.9465 int'l kitchen @ #qmail #gentoo on EFnet IRC ++ scriptkitchen.com/qmail GnuPG Key ID: 481BF7E2 ++ jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpbuj5MMkizO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail and nfs
On Jan 18, 2005, at 2:04 PM, Grant Supp wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] users]# /home/vpopmail/bin/vadddomain -q 1073741824 -b domain.com password File busy try again later! Failed while attempting to update_file() the assign file Error. Failed to add domain to assign file Error: Could not update file [EMAIL PROTECTED] users]# ls -l total 16 -rw-rw-rw-1 vpopmail vchkpw 89 Jan 18 12:30 assign -rw---1 nfsnobody nfsnobody0 Jan 18 2005 assign.lock -rw-rw-rw-1 vpopmail vchkpw 69 Jan 18 12:30 assign.rpmsave -rw-rw-rw-1 vpopmail vchkpw 2181 Jan 18 12:30 cdb -rw-rw-rw-1 vpopmail vchkpw 2161 Jan 18 12:30 cdb.rpmsave Try renaming the assign and cdb files, make a copy of the renamed assign file as 'assign' and set the correct ownership/permissions on it, and then try adding the domain. -- Tom Collins - [EMAIL PROTECTED] QmailAdmin: http://qmailadmin.sf.net/ Vpopmail: http://vpopmail.sf.net/ Info on the Sniffter hand-held Network Tester: http://sniffter.com/
[vchkpw] multiple issues.....cannot get in!!
I am running vpopmail with vchkpw and I am having an few isssues that I believe are connected. I have many virtual domains, but on at lease one account in one domain, I cannot log into my mail and see the error, Sending of the password did not succeed. unable to scan $HOME/Maildir. (using mozilla thunderbird) OR -ERR unable to scan $HOME/Maildir, telneting to box The weird thing is that other account on the same domain do not have this problem. As I said, another thing is going on that I believe to be connectedI cannot log into my qmailadmin. Qmail admin gives me a Internal server error on the web page and: Premature end of script headers: /cgi-bin/qmailadmin in the error log. I do believe that I may have contributed to the by changing the shell for the vpopmail account to /nologin as I was in paranoid mode after one of my other boxes got hacked. I cannopt tell if this was the cause, but as soon as I made the correlation, I changed the shell back to the one that I believe that was originally there(/bin/csh) and still the same. So, i belive it could possibly a vpopmail ownership thing but everything looks rightAs far as I believe things should be looking, that is. If anyone can point some light in my direction, that would be very appreciated. thanks, Bob
