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 nofiles 100010 Jul 24 14:54 @00000964464784
> 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles 100024 Jul 24 14:56 @00000964464888
> 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles 100095 Jul 24 14:57 @00000964464986
> 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles 100014 Jul 24 14:59 @00000964465063
> 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles 100105 Jul 24 15:00 @00000964465154
> 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles 100004 Jul 24 15:02 @00000964465248
> 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles 100099 Jul 24 15:03 @00000964465327
> 104 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles 100097 Jul 24 15:04 @00000964465406
> 88 -r--r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles 82632 Jul 24 15:06 @00000964465495
> 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 qmaill nofiles 9481 Jul 24 15:06 @00000964465586
> [root@unixhost1 qmail]# tail -f @00000964465586
> 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 root 16384 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 qmail 4096 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 4096 Jul 24 06:12 users/
>
> So...any help is appreciated since it is offline for the email for past 2
> days.
