Hello, Can you help please.
I have not been able to run qmail and vpomail even in my mandrake 9.2 for two weeks now even though it was running smoothly for a long time. This problem happened when I updated to qmail-toaster-1.03-1.0.15mdk.i586.rpm and installing all the recent rpms working with it. I am receiving this error: #86 9923 0.0 0.0 0 0 pts0 Z 11:46 0:00 [qmail-send] <defunct> after going a ps aux | grep qmail. Why am I getting the above result with #86 on it. When I do a killall 9923, am receiving a message saying: 9923: no process killed. What can I do to kill this Z [qmail-send] <defunct> error ? I don't know why the above error is there when the first line below shows: qmaill 5031 0.0 0.0 1444 276 pts0 S 11:35 0:00 /usr/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/send shows that send is running ok. Bellow is the whole ps auxww | grep qmail. [EMAIL PROTECTED] samiel]# ps auxww | grep qmail qmaill 5031 0.0 0.0 1444 276 pts0 S 11:35 0:00 /usr/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/send qmaill 5035 0.0 0.0 1444 276 pts0 S 11:35 0:00 /usr/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/smtp root 5037 0.0 0.0 2156 420 pts0 S 11:35 0:00 /usr/bin/tcpserver -v -R -c 200 0 110 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup www.mcimarketing.com /home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir qmaill 5039 0.0 0.0 1444 276 pts0 S 11:35 0:00 /usr/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/pop3 qmaill 5048 0.0 0.0 1444 276 pts0 S 11:35 0:00 /usr/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/imap4 qmaill 5052 0.0 0.0 1444 276 pts0 S 11:35 0:00 /usr/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/imap4-ssl qmaill 5056 0.0 0.0 1444 276 pts0 S 11:35 0:00 /usr/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/pop3-ssl vpopmail 8089 0.0 0.0 2332 632 pts0 S 11:40 0:00 /usr/bin/tcpserver -v -R -S -p -x /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp.cdb -c 20 -u 7789 -g 2107 0 smtp /usr/bin/rblsmtpd -rsbl.spamhaus.org -rbl.spamcop.net /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd www.mcimarketing.com /home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw /bin/true #86 9923 0.0 0.0 0 0 pts0 Z 11:46 0:00 [qmail-send] <defunct> root 9929 0.0 0.0 1936 644 pts0 R 11:46 0:00 grep qmail The message I am geting in /var/log/qmail/send is: alert: cannot start: unable to switch to queue directory. What could be the problem? When all the permissions in queue directory provided below seem to be ok. ll /var/qmail/queue total 36 drwx------ 2 qmails qmail 4096 May 28 14:59 bounce/ drwx------ 25 qmails qmail 4096 Jun 1 10:27 info/ drwx------ 2 qmailq qmail 4096 Jun 1 12:15 intd/ drwx------ 25 qmails qmail 4096 Jun 1 10:27 local/ drwxr-x--- 2 qmailq qmail 4096 Jun 1 10:27 lock/ drwxr-x--- 25 qmailq qmail 4096 Jun 1 10:27 mess/ drwx------ 2 qmailq qmail 4096 Jun 1 12:15 pid/ drwx------ 25 qmails qmail 4096 Jun 1 10:27 remote/ drwxr-x--- 2 qmailq qmail 4096 Jun 1 12:15 todo/ Bellow is my ps axf results: [EMAIL PROTECTED] samiel]# ps axf | grep qmail 7679 pts0 S 0:00 | \_ grep qmail 7673 ? Z 0:00 | \_ [qmail-send] <defunct> 30699 ? S 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/send 2725 ? S 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/tcpserver -v -R -S -p -x /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp.cdb -c 20 -u 7789 -g 2107 0 smtp /usr/bin/rblsmtpd -rsbl.spamhaus.org -rbl.spamcop.net /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd www.mcimarketing.com /home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw /bin/true 30714 ? S 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/smtp 30729 ? S 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/tcpserver -v -R -c 200 0 110 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup www.mcimarketing.com /home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 30716 ? S 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/pop3 30721 ? S 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/imap4 30725 ? S 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/imap4-ssl 30739 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/pop3-ssl Can you help me to know what is going on? Every time I enter a process to kill it, I am told it is not a process and therefore it cannot be killed. I will appreciate getting your quick help. JC. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/