Re: [vchkpw] /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-user
On 2006-03-28, at 0606, Jimmy Stewpot wrote: I have a server that is setup as having vpopmail installed to run all of the emails without having system accounts. I have got users on the system that have cronjobs running. If those users have a crontab that runs and has an error it will email [EMAIL PROTECTED] the hostname of the server does not have a virtual host setup in vpopmail but I have put aliases into /var/qmail/aliases/.qmail- username. if the system user exists, you would need to create a .qmail file in the home directory of the user. /var/qmail/aliases only comes into play when the system userid does not exist. I would have expected that to route the email over to the users vpopmail account however it does not work. Any sugestions? or am I missing something totally stupid? most cron implementations support a MAILTO=[EMAIL PROTECTED] variable in the crontab file. -- | John M. Simpson - KG4ZOW - Programmer At Large | | http://www.jms1.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- | Mac OS X proves that it's easier to make UNIX | | pretty than it is to make Windows secure. | -- PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[vchkpw] /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-user
Hello, I have a server that is setup as having vpopmail installed to run all of the emails without having system accounts. I have got users on the system that have cronjobs running. If those users have a crontab that runs and has an error it will email [EMAIL PROTECTED] the hostname of the server does not have a virtual host setup in vpopmail but I have put aliases into /var/qmail/aliases/.qmail-username. I would have expected that to route the email over to the users vpopmail account however it does not work. Any sugestions? or am I missing something totally stupid? Regards, Jimmy
Re: [vchkpw] /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-user
On Mar 28, 2006, at 3:06 AM, Jimmy Stewpot wrote: I would have expected that to route the email over to the users vpopmail account however it does not work. Any sugestions? or am I missing something totally stupid? I did the following on my system to accomplish what you're looking for. Put the server's fqdn (hostname) in /var/qmail/control/me (and locals and rcpthosts/morercpthosts). Put the address to forward to in ~username/.qmail (the user's actual home directory). This allows expert users to update the forwarding address if necessary. If you want to continue trying files in ~qmail/alias, did you make sure they were owned by alias:qmail? That might work... -- Tom Collins - [EMAIL PROTECTED] QmailAdmin: http://qmailadmin.sf.net/ Vpopmail: http://vpopmail.sf.net/
Re: [vchkpw] /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-user~
On Tuesday 28 March 2006 16:13, Tom Collins wrote: On Mar 28, 2006, at 3:06 AM, Jimmy Stewpot wrote: I would have expected that to route the email over to the users vpopmail account however it does not work. Any sugestions? or am I missing something totally stupid? I did the following on my system to accomplish what you're looking for. Put the server's fqdn (hostname) in /var/qmail/control/me (and locals and rcpthosts/morercpthosts). Put the address to forward to in ~username/.qmail (the user's actual home directory). This allows expert users to update the forwarding address if necessary. If you want to continue trying files in ~qmail/alias, did you make sure they were owned by alias:qmail? That might work... ownership of files in ~alias has nothing to do with his problem. if 'joe' exists as a system user, qmail will deliver email addressed to joe... to joe. ~alias is only consulted if the user 'joe' doesn't exist. -Jeremy -- Jeremy Kitchen ++ [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the beginning was The Word and The Word was Content-type: text/plain -- The Word of Bob. And the lord said unto John; Come forth and receive eternal life. John came fifth and won a toaster. pgpw10yPFhmxr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [vchkpw] /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-user~
On Mar 28, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Jeremy Kitchen wrote: if 'joe' exists as a system user, qmail will deliver email addressed to joe... to joe. ~alias is only consulted if the user 'joe' doesn't exist. Are you sure about that? I have a ~alias/.qmail-root file that seems to be forwarding email. I do not have a ~root/.qmail file. I also have one for another account so I get the output of its cron jobs. Again. no ~user/.qmail file, just a ~alias/.qmail-user. -- Tom Collins - [EMAIL PROTECTED] QmailAdmin: http://qmailadmin.sf.net/ Vpopmail: http://vpopmail.sf.net/
Re: [vchkpw] /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-user~
On Tuesday 28 March 2006 17:56, Tom Collins wrote: On Mar 28, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Jeremy Kitchen wrote: if 'joe' exists as a system user, qmail will deliver email addressed to joe... to joe. ~alias is only consulted if the user 'joe' doesn't exist. Are you sure about that? I have a ~alias/.qmail-root file that seems to be forwarding email. I do not have a ~root/.qmail file. qmail will not deliver to users with uid of 0, or users who don't own their home directory. For instance, if you have a 'bin' user on your system, its home directory is probably /bin, which is owned by root (and therefore, not bin), so emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] will be delivered to ~alias/.qmail-bin 'man qmail-getpw' describes this in full detail. -Jeremy -- Jeremy Kitchen ++ [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the beginning was The Word and The Word was Content-type: text/plain -- The Word of Bob. And the lord said unto John; Come forth and receive eternal life. John came fifth and won a toaster. pgpw9yI1RZy1U.pgp Description: PGP signature
