Re: Permissions Weirdness and Problem.
Check the uid and gid in /var/qmail/users/assign to see if they match the vpopmail/vchkpw uid/gid. That can cause a problem. Ken Jones Russell Rademacher wrote: Hello. I got a major problem here. I just recently upgraded the Qmailadmin and Vpopmail to the latest releases and the server have stopped delivering the emails to the directories that is setup under vpopmail. The thing is... after verifying all the permissions and settings, it is fine, but the Qmail have a problem of delivering the emails into the accounts for all domains at this time. So... I need to get this resolved, since I cannot get on the IRC server due to stupid Indent Requirement to allow person on so I can talk to anyone to get assistance I requires. So... any help on where to look or such? I have reinstalled it and such and it is no luck still. It is exact duplicate of the other two servers and they are both performing fine. The only difference between this one and the other is that it also got BIND running on it, and it is sort of very major DNS Server. I am waiting for the new computer so I can move the DNS services off it, but I doubt that is the culprit. But if it is, tell me. Here is the example sprewing of the errors that I am getting from Qmail here. [root@unixhost1 qmail]# ls -ls total 932 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles100010 Jul 24 14:54 @0964464784 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles100024 Jul 24 14:56 @0964464888 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles100095 Jul 24 14:57 @0964464986 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles100014 Jul 24 14:59 @0964465063 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles100105 Jul 24 15:00 @0964465154 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles14 Jul 24 15:02 @0964465248 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles100099 Jul 24 15:03 @0964465327 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles100097 Jul 24 15:04 @0964465406 88 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles 82632 Jul 24 15:06 @0964465495 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles 9481 Jul 24 15:06 @0964465586 [root@unixhost1 qmail]# tail -f @0964465586 964465603.118231 delivery 48: deferral: Unable_to_switch_to_/var/vpopmail/domains/khoslacompressors.com:_access_denied._(#4.3.0)/ 964465603.118543 status: local 2/10 remote 0/20 964465603.118797 delivery 49: deferral: Unable_to_switch_to_/var/vpopmail/domains/khoslacompressors.com:_access_denied._(#4.3.0)/ 964465603.119185 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20 964465603.566258 starting delivery 51: msg 266694 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED] 964465603.566275 status: local 2/10 remote 0/20 964465603.566283 delivery 50: deferral: Unable_to_switch_to_/var/vpopmail/domains/prasaarindia.com:_access_denied._(#4.3.0)/ 964465603.566303 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20 964465603.569284 delivery 51: deferral: Unable_to_switch_to_/var/vpopmail/domains/bharticomtel.com:_access_denied._(#4.3.0)/ 964465603.569306 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20 Here is the layout of the var directory and the directory down below as well so you can see where I am getting here. [root@unixhost1 /var]# ls -la total 92 drwxrwxrwx 20 root root 4096 Jul 24 06:05 ./ drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Jul 24 06:00 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 22 17:15 arpwatch/ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 20 23:36 cache/ drwxrwxr-x 14 root man 4096 Mar 21 06:48 catman/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 15:06 db/ drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jul 8 16:21 lib/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 local/ drwxrwxr-x 5 root uucp 4096 Jul 24 04:56 lock/ drwxrw--wx 7 root root 4096 Jul 23 04:02 log/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root16384 Mar 21 06:24 lost+found/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Jul 24 06:21 named/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 nis/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 preserve/ drwxrwxr-x 10 root qmail4096 Jul 3 01:24 qmail/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 23 23:51 run/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Jun 20 17:36 spool/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 21 06:47 state/ drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jul 22 12:30 tmp/ drwxr-xr-x 9 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 24 06:05 vpopmail/ drwxr-xr-x 9 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 24 06:05 ./ drwxrwxrwx 20 root root 4096 Jul 24 06:05 ../ drwx-- 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 24 06:05 bin/ drwxr-xr-x 4 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 24 06:05 doc/ drwx-- 1028 vpopmail vchkpw 28672 Jul 24 08:20 domains/ drwxr-xr-x 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 24 15:44 etc/ drwxr-xr-x 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 24 06:05 include/ drwxr-xr-x 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 24 06:05 lib/ drwx-- 2 vpopmail vchkpw
RE: Permissions Weirdness and Problem.
What you know...that is the main source of problems. For some reason...the entire UserID have been changed to someone else which is not exactly possible...but since I fixed it... it worked! Thanks. -Original Message- From: kbo [mailto:kbo]On Behalf Of Ken Jones Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 5:59 PM To: Russell Rademacher Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Permissions Weirdness and Problem. Check the uid and gid in /var/qmail/users/assign to see if they match the vpopmail/vchkpw uid/gid. That can cause a problem. Ken Jones Russell Rademacher wrote: Hello. I got a major problem here. I just recently upgraded the Qmailadmin and Vpopmail to the latest releases and the server have stopped delivering the emails to the directories that is setup under vpopmail. The thing is... after verifying all the permissions and settings, it is fine, but the Qmail have a problem of delivering the emails into the accounts for all domains at this time. So... I need to get this resolved, since I cannot get on the IRC server due to stupid Indent Requirement to allow person on so I can talk to anyone to get assistance I requires. So... any help on where to look or such? I have reinstalled it and such and it is no luck still. It is exact duplicate of the other two servers and they are both performing fine. The only difference between this one and the other is that it also got BIND running on it, and it is sort of very major DNS Server. I am waiting for the new computer so I can move the DNS services off it, but I doubt that is the culprit. But if it is, tell me. Here is the example sprewing of the errors that I am getting from Qmail here. [root@unixhost1 qmail]# ls -ls total 932 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles100010 Jul 24 14:54 @0964464784 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles100024 Jul 24 14:56 @0964464888 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles100095 Jul 24 14:57 @0964464986 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles100014 Jul 24 14:59 @0964465063 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles100105 Jul 24 15:00 @0964465154 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles14 Jul 24 15:02 @0964465248 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles100099 Jul 24 15:03 @0964465327 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles100097 Jul 24 15:04 @0964465406 88 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles 82632 Jul 24 15:06 @0964465495 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles 9481 Jul 24 15:06 @0964465586 [root@unixhost1 qmail]# tail -f @0964465586 964465603.118231 delivery 48: deferral: Unable_to_switch_to_/var/vpopmail/domains/khoslacompressors.com:_a ccess_denied._(#4.3.0)/ 964465603.118543 status: local 2/10 remote 0/20 964465603.118797 delivery 49: deferral: Unable_to_switch_to_/var/vpopmail/domains/khoslacompressors.com:_a ccess_denied._(#4.3.0)/ 964465603.119185 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20 964465603.566258 starting delivery 51: msg 266694 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED] 964465603.566275 status: local 2/10 remote 0/20 964465603.566283 delivery 50: deferral: Unable_to_switch_to_/var/vpopmail/domains/prasaarindia.com:_access _denied._(#4.3.0)/ 964465603.566303 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20 964465603.569284 delivery 51: deferral: Unable_to_switch_to_/var/vpopmail/domains/bharticomtel.com:_access _denied._(#4.3.0)/ 964465603.569306 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20 Here is the layout of the var directory and the directory down below as well so you can see where I am getting here. [root@unixhost1 /var]# ls -la total 92 drwxrwxrwx 20 root root 4096 Jul 24 06:05 ./ drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Jul 24 06:00 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 22 17:15 arpwatch/ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 20 23:36 cache/ drwxrwxr-x 14 root man 4096 Mar 21 06:48 catman/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 8 15:06 db/ drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jul 8 16:21 lib/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 local/ drwxrwxr-x 5 root uucp 4096 Jul 24 04:56 lock/ drwxrw--wx 7 root root 4096 Jul 23 04:02 log/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root16384 Mar 21 06:24 lost+found/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Jul 24 06:21 named/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 nis/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 preserve/ drwxrwxr-x 10 root qmail4096 Jul 3 01:24 qmail/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 23 23:51 run/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Jun 20 17:36 spool/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 21 06:47 state/ drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jul 22 12:30 tmp/ drwxr-xr-x 9 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 24 06:05 vpopmail
