Roger Arnold wrote:

Thanks for the reply Matthew,

Yes I am running any and all commands as "root", should I try a different user ?

Roger

Matthew Patterson wrote:

> what user are you running vadddomain as?
> you may want to try running it as vpopmail, but i usually just run it as root.
>
> MHP
>
> On Mon, 08 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> Roger Arnold wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think I have successfully installed Qmail and now am trying to get
> Vpopmail working, however I seem to have a fundamental problem.
>
> If I execute vadddomain I get the following error:
> Error Could not add domain
> however the domain seems to have been created as if I try to creat it
> again vpopmail comes back and says it is already installed.
>
> Similary if I try again to add the domain I get the following response:
> vadddomain: Success
> Error: Domain already exisits
>
> If I try and remove the domain I get the following error:
> Error: Could not add domain
>
> If I try to add a user to that domain I get the following:
> Please enter password for [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> enter password again:
> Error: Unable to chdir to vpopmail/domains directory
>
> The owner for /vpopmail and all directories under it is:  vpopmail
> The group for all is: vchkpw
>
> If I look in the directory /home/vpopmail/domains  the domain I was
> trying to create is there, there is also a listing in Qmail under the
> control directory and in virtualdomains.
> I am running RH7 and have installed from the tar.gz files and NOT the
> RPM's
>
> If possible could someone provide some insite ASAP
>
> Thanks in advance
> Roger
> --
> ***********************************
> Matthew H Patterson
> Unix Systems Administrator
> National Support Center, LLC
> Naperville, Illinois, USA
> ***********************************

Reply via email to