When you untarred, did you FUBAR the file permissions?
When un-backing up using GNU tar ya should throw in a --same-permissions
option.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Blackwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 12 December 1999, Sunday 04:07
Subject: Please- qmail stopped delivering mail
> Greetings,
>
> We're running qmail with vchkpw and qmail-popup on a debian box and are in
> despirate need of assistance.
>
> Here are the steps leading up to my problems:
> - We did a backup of the main directories
> - There was a botched attempt at installing smtp-poplock
> - It didn't work out too well, so we untar the backups to their correct
> locations
>
> SMTP now appears to be accepting messages, I can see them in the
> /var/spool/qmail/mess directory.
>
> No messages seem to be delivered until we reboot the box. Upon reboot all
> mail is delivered, but then it starts not delivering again.
>
> AND when I telnet in on port 110 it goes something like this:
> Connected to host.domain.net.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> +OK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> user username_domain.net
> +OK
> pass mypassword
> -ERR authorization failed
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> The password is correct as I when I do a vpasswd to change it, it asks for
> the old password, then the new password. It then aborts and says old and
> new passwords match. If I put in a different new password, it changes it.
>
>
> ANY suggestions would be greatly appreciated. This has to work by the
> morning (CT)!
>
> TIA,
> --James
>
>
>
>
