Well I do not know why I didn't see /var/log/maillog before, but I have the log now. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to say much. All I see is SquirellMail logging for me a few times and that's with debugging turned on.
Jan 30 00:16:17 corekin imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1] Jan 30 00:16:17 corekin imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], command=LOGIN Jan 30 00:16:17 corekin imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], username=jason Jan 30 00:16:17 corekin imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], password=password Jan 30 00:16:17 corekin imapd: LOGIN, user=jason, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1] Jan 30 00:16:17 corekin imapd: LOGOUT, user=jason, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], headers=0, body=0 Jan 30 00:16:18 corekin imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1] Jan 30 00:16:18 corekin imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], command=LOGIN Jan 30 00:16:18 corekin imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], username=jason Jan 30 00:16:18 corekin imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], password=password Jan 30 00:16:18 corekin imapd: LOGIN, user=jason, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1] Jan 30 00:16:19 corekin imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1] Jan 30 00:16:19 corekin imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], command=LOGIN Jan 30 00:16:19 corekin imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], username=jason Jan 30 00:16:19 corekin imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], password=password Jan 30 00:16:19 corekin imapd: LOGIN, user=jason, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1] Jan 30 00:16:20 corekin imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1] Jan 30 00:16:20 corekin imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], command=LOGIN Jan 30 00:16:20 corekin imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], username=jason Jan 30 00:16:20 corekin imapd: LOGIN: DEBUG: ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], password=password Jan 30 00:16:20 corekin imapd: LOGIN, user=jason, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1] Does anyone have any ideas? Jason Corekin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Mastin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:06 AM Subject: Re: [SM-USERS] log files > Hi Jason, > > >The first problem is that I can not even find any log files to begin with > >for either squirrelmail or courier-imap. > > ... this is not a good thing. Courier should show up in maillog as imapd. > SM = courier = imapd for all intents and purposes, unless you set up a > specific log file for debugging purposes. > > > Beyond that I have included the text from my > >first email below. This time it has been reformatted for text only > >viewing. > > :) thanks. PITA sometimes, isn't it? > > >Sorry for the no no guys and thanks for the help. > > no problem > > >I was adding an extra hard drive to my server and when I went to set the > >ownership of the files on it I messed things up and ended up with all of > >my files on my entire server being owned by root. This hosed the system > >up pretty badly, but I have been able to restore the proper ownership to > >most of the files. > >Unfortunately I have not been able to get SquirrelMail to work properly > >again yet. Whenever I try to open my imap folder via SM it gives me the > >error: > > > >"ERROR : Could not complete request. > >Reason Given: Error in IMAP command received by server." > > A file somewhere has the wrong permissions, or so it sounds like. Is > everything in the SM tree owned by $user:apache or apache:apache 0644? > > Check the passwd and group files anally... what happens if you userdel > $user and then adduser? From the entire problem this sounds like a system > user problem. > > Set syslogd.conf to debugging, making an entry like so: > *.* everything > then tail -f everything and do another login attempt to SM. Show us the > output of that exercise. > > >This shows up in both the left and right windows. Even though I get this > >messages it still properly lists how many new messages are in my main > >inbox. I am also still able to get to the options screen. Another key > >piece of info is that since this happened my user has been problematic > >logging in, sometimes requiring that I even restart apache just to make > >things work. The strangest thing about all of this is that other user > >accounts are not effected. > > > >I have looked around my configuration files, but have found no clue. I can > >not even find any log files or similar means by which I might gain info > >about what's happening. > > > >Does anybody have or know where I might find a clue? > > > >Jason Corekin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > -- > squirrelmail-users mailing list > List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 > List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
