>James,
>Perhaps the info in your users/cdb file is corrupt. I can't find any
>problems in the info you have provided. Have you tried running
>qmail/bin/qmail-newu? That will rebuild the cdb file.
I ran qmail-newu and it created a new cdb file (at least the file date changed). It
didn't seem to have any effect.
>If that fails, what about creating a test virtual domain and see if delivery
>works for it? If it works, you can compare settings with the new domain to
>pnamatrix.net.
I created another domain and it too has the same problem. I've even removed the
panmatrix.net domain, restarted qmail, and added it again. Still the same problem.
>Hope this helps.
>-Bill
Yes, any input at all opens up all kinds of other things I find along the way and
helps me question my assumptions. Thank you very much.
--James
-----------------------
>From your message of Thu, 08 Mar 2001 14:20:51 -0600:
>on 3/8/01 2:20 AM, James Blackwell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I just started getting the dreaded Unable_to_chdir_to_maildir error message on
> a system that was functioning. I've done all the research I can with no
> results. Based on the information I found, I came up with a list of the
> important points that might be helpful in solving this. I'm trying to send
> mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> vpopmail v4.9.8 on a RH6.2 box
>
> Permissions:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> /var/vchkpw/domains
> drwx------ 4 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 8 01:19 .
> drwxr-x--- 18 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Feb 15 20:03 ..
> -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 43 Feb 28 21:08 .dir-control
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 136 Mar 8 01:19 .qmail-default
> drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 8 01:19 panmatrix.net
>
> /var/vchkpw/domains/panmatrix.net
> drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 8 01:19 .
> drwx------ 4 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 8 01:19 ..
> -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 34 Mar 7 15:44 .dir-control
> -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 136 Mar 7 19:59 .qmail-default
> -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Mar 7 15:44 .vpasswd.lock
> drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 6 00:31 jamesb
> drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 6 00:27 postmaster
> drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 7 15:44 test
> -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 249 Mar 7 15:44 vpasswd
> -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 2363 Mar 7 15:44 vpasswd.cdb
>
> /var/vchkpw/domains/panmatrix.net/jamesb
> drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 6 00:31 .
> drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 8 01:19 ..
> drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 6 00:31 Maildir
>
> /var/vchkpw/domains/panmatrix.net/jamesb/Maildir
> drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 6 00:31 .
> drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 6 00:31 ..
> drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 7 19:54 cur
> drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 7 19:54 new
> drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 6 00:31 tmp
>
> And the test, su'ed in as vpopmail:
> bash-2.04$ whoami;pwd;touch test;ls -la;rm test -f;ls -la;
> vpopmail
> /var/vchkpw/domains/panmatrix.net/jamesb/Maildir/tmp
> total 8
> drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 8 02:17 .
> drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 8 02:11 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Mar 8 02:18 test
> total 8
> drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 8 02:18 .
> drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 8 02:11 ..
>
>
> Files:
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> /etc/qmail/rcpthosts:
> panmatrix.net
>
> /etc/qmail/virtualdomains:
> panmatrix.net:panmatrix.net
>
> /etc/qmail/users/assign:
> =root:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> =abuse:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> =operator:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> =uucp:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> =anonymous:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> =backup-reports:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> =bbsadmin:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> =dumper:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> =hostmaster:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> =listmaster:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> =mailer-daemon:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> =manager:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> =orphanage:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> =warnings:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> =webmaster:alias:70:65534:/var/qmail/alias:-:postmaster:
> +panmatrix.net-:panmatrix.net:1001:101:/var/vchkpw/domains/panmatrix.net:-::
> .
>
> (70 is user alias, 1001 is user vpopmail, 65534 is group nogroup, and 101 is
> group vchkpw)
>
>
> I really have tried to figure this out on my own. If anyone has any
> suggestions at all I'd greatly appreciate it.
>James,
>Perhaps the info in your users/cdb file is corrupt. I can't find any
>problems in the info you have provided. Have you tried running
>qmail/bin/qmail-newu? That will rebuild the cdb file.
>If that fails, what about creating a test virtual domain and see if delivery
>works for it? If it works, you can compare settings with the new domain to
>pnamatrix.net.
>Hope this helps.
>-Bill
>
>
