/var/log/maillog does contain the following with a tail -n 20 /var/log/maillog:
Nov 6 22:25:48 webserver2 spamd[26758]: connection from localhost [127.0.0.1] at port 56571
Nov 6 22:25:48 webserver2 spamd[13171]: info: setuid to root succeeded
Nov 6 22:25:48 webserver2 spamd[13171]: Still running as root: user not specified with -u, not found, or set to root. Fall back to nobody.
Nov 6 22:25:48 webserver2 spamd[13171]: processing message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for root:99.
Nov 6 22:25:48 webserver2 spamd[13171]: clean message (0.0/6.0) for root:99 in 0.1 seconds, 303 bytes.
Nov 6 22:25:48 webserver2 spamd[26758]: connection from localhost [127.0.0.1] at port 56572
Nov 6 22:25:48 webserver2 spamd[13181]: info: setuid to root succeeded
Nov 6 22:25:48 webserver2 spamd[13181]: Still running as root: user not specified with -u, not found, or set to root. Fall back to nobody.
Nov 6 22:25:48 webserver2 spamd[13181]: processing message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for root:99.
Nov 6 22:25:48 webserver2 spamd[13181]: clean message (0.0/6.0) for root:99 in 2.4 seconds, 303 bytes.
Nov 6 22:25:48 webserver2 spamd[26758]: connection from localhost [127.0.0.1] at port 56573
Nov 6 22:25:48 webserver2 spamd[13195]: info: setuid to root succeeded
Nov 6 22:25:48 webserver2 spamd[13195]: Still running as root: user not specified with -u, not found, or set to root. Fall back to nobody.
Nov 6 22:25:48 webserver2 spamd[13195]: processing message <9PS291LhupY> for root:99.
Nov 6 22:25:49 webserver2 spamd[13195]: identified spam (14.3/6.0) for root:99 in 1.2 seconds, 1544 bytes.
Nov 6 22:25:50 webserver2 spamd[26758]: connection from localhost [127.0.0.1] at port 56574
Nov 6 22:25:50 webserver2 spamd[13246]: info: setuid to root succeeded
Nov 6 22:25:50 webserver2 spamd[13246]: Still running as root: user not specified with -u, not found, or set to root. Fall back to nobody.
Nov 6 22:25:51 webserver2 spamd[13246]: checking message <9PS291LhupY> for root:99.
Nov 6 22:25:51 webserver2 spamd[13246]: identified spam (14.3/6.0) for root:99 in 0.6 seconds, 1544 bytes.
so spamd can definitely write here. Thanks for the follow up!
On Friday, November 7, 2003, at 01:55 PM, Ajai Khattri wrote:
Fred Tucker wrote:
The problem:
I can't log into any of my vpopmail accounts (just building this out for the first time) and nothing is being logged in /var/log/messages (or anywhere else in /var/log) regarding why my authentication is failing. Does anyone have any ideas about anywhere an error message about the error might get logged?
What's in /var/log/maillog ?
-- Aj. Systems Administrator / Developer
Fred Tucker Senior Software Developer/Network Admin Rocket Science Group, LLC 404-936-6857 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rocketsciencegroup.com
