----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 6:42 PM Subject: [vchkpw] Re: Permissions problem on /home/vpopmail after re-compile
> > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 4:24 PM > > Subject: Permissions problem on /home/vpopmail after re-compile > > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > I have been having a qmailadmin problem for a while now, after playing > > with > > > vpopmail I think I have got to the bottom. (quite a simple one when you > > look > > > at it properly) > > > > > > The initial problem was qmailadmin gave me the error "could not open" > and > > > that was it > > > > > > I rebuilt qmailadmin - I rebuilt vpopmail nothing seemed to work. > > > > > > However I tried to add a domain using the command line today as I > decided > > to > > > spend some proper time on this problem. > > > > > > I ran a ./vadddomain test.com > > > typed in the password 2 times > > > and got back "Error: Could not open qmail default" > > > > > > a quick search of bluedot.net revieled that qmail default is > > .qmail-default > > > in the domain dir of the domain creating. > > > > > > so the problems is a simple permissions problem. Now comes to the > > confusing > > > bit. > > > > > > > > > All the domains bar inter7.com and hugo.com where created from the first > > > vpopmail install > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/vpopmail/domains]# ls -la > > > total 44 > > > drwx------ 10 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Sep 21 15:13 . > > > drwxr-xr-x 9 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Sep 10 20:21 .. > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 34 Sep 9 10:12 .dir-control > > > drwxr-x--- 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Apr 23 13:24 > aspectevents.co.uk > > > drwx------ 4 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 17 14:15 hacktek.co.uk > > > drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Sep 21 15:06 hugo.com > > > drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Sep 21 15:13 inter7.com > > > drwxr-x--- 4 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Sep 10 20:08 mdlan.co.uk > > > drwxr-x--- 4 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 May 29 17:08 > > > parsonsmotorsport.co.uk > > > drwxr-x--- 6 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Apr 30 15:38 > projecthugo.co.uk > > > drwxr-x--- 4 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Apr 25 15:15 sfproject.co.uk > > > > > > As you can see the X permissions is missing from the group permissions > on > > > the 2 test domains created. So vpopmail is actually creating the domains > > > with the right user/group vpopmail:vchkpw (so the ./configure options > > appear > > > to have worked) yet it appears to have just forgot about the group > > > permissions ??? > > > > > > The group permissions at not a build time option ?? so why when I have > > > rebuilt the same version of vpopmail with the same configure options > does > > it > > > simpley forget to apply group permissions. vadddomain creates the dir > with > > > the wrong group permissions so it can't create the .qmail-default domain > > > inside. > > > > > > Any suggestions as to why vpopmail is doing this ? > > > > > > (Thanks for the input on the qmailadmin list also some good advice - the > > > fact that I didn't get anywhere made me get my head down today) > > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > Matt. > > > > > > An interesting note is > > > > a.) vpopmail ./vadddomain causes the error > > b.) qmailadmin complains of an error "cannot open dir" > > c.) vqadmin does NOT complain of any error. It creates a dir with the SAME > > permissions as the other none working domains (as though the group > > permissions had been forgot) but it manages to create the .qmail-defaults > > file. This is very interesting as I understand it vqadmin simpley uses > > vadddomain - and if the permissions are correct with drwx------ and not > > drwxr-x why can vadddomain not create the .qmail-defaults file when it > > creates a domain. > > > > Thanks > > > > Matt. > > Hi again, Any further update / info / suggestions / requests on this topic ? The only advice I have had so far is a request for the output of ls -la /home/vpopmail/domains which is in this post. I am now getting very lost. Thanks, Matt.
