Alias Error

[Bob Ross]

With every email I'm getting this error in my logs. I have never seen this
before so I'm sure I missed something.

delivery 10: deferral: Unable_to_find_alias_user!/

Can someone help me with this?

Thanks
Bob Ross

Re: qmail-smtpd error?

[Kenneth]

Martin,

You are probably going to need xinetd or tcpserver in the near future 
(qmail expects it's port to be protected against relaying by something 
else and inetd won't do that) since I use xinet.d here's a working set 
of config files for xinetd and tcpwrappers.  The qmail file goes in 
/etc/xinet.d (which should be available for slackware) and allow is 
/etc/hosts.allow for tcpwrappers.

Kenneth

>
>
>I'm quite new in the qmail mta and my question may be stupid or something
>for what I excuse, but here my problem is:
>
>I've just installed the qmail package on my linux (2.2.16) slackware 7.1
>exactly following the instructions in the INSTALL file but the qmail-smtpd
>daemon is not executing correctly. Here are the details:
>
>#
>that's my inetd.conf file ->
>
>smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env \
>tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
>
>#
>that's the test command ->
>
>HomePC-bangieff@Bangieff:~$ telnet localhost 25
>Trying 127.0.0.1...
>Connected to localhost.
>Escape character is '^]'.
>Connection closed by foreign host.
>
>#
>thet message appears in the syslog file
>
>Jul 15 00:54:24 Bangieff in.identd[1038]: reply to 127.0.0.1: 1061 , 25 :
>USERID : UNIX :bangieff
>Jul 15 00:54:24 Bangieff inetd[84]: pid 1037: exit status 111
>
>anyone can tell me what's wrong?
>thans in advance
>
>




# default: off
# description: The qmail service provide MTA
service smtp
{
flags   = NAMEINARGS
socket_type = stream
wait= no
user= qmaild
server  = /usr/sbin/tcpd
server_args = /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
disable = no
}


#
# hosts.allow   This file describes the names of the hosts which are
#   allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
#   by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
#
in.telnetd: LOCAL, dsl.sfnc21.pacbell.net
in.ftpd: LOCAL, dsl.sfnc21.pacbell.net
tcp-env: LOCAL,64.169.67.232/255.255.255.248: setenv = RELAYCLIENT

Re: selective relaying

[Henning Brauer]

On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 09:07:39AM +0200, Johannes Huettemeister wrote:
> hi,
> 
> as it seems I don`t really understand selective relaying. I
> configured qmail the way that I thought it only would relay for my
> localhost, but it also relays for the pcs on the local net.

You forgot to mention (and describe precise) your problem.

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Re: error in mail delivery - after connection established nothing hap pens for 30 sec & connection resets

[Henning Brauer]

On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 10:10:44AM +0200, Avi Rozner wrote:
> --- Session Transcript ---
> MX-record resolution of [praxell.com] in progress (DNS Server:
> 192.116.202.99)...
> P=010 D=praxell.com TTL=(1387) MX=[relay.praxell.com] {194.90.98.14}
> Attempting MX: P=010 D=praxell.com TTL=(1387) MX=[relay.praxell.com]
> {194.90.98.14}
> Attempting SMTP connection to [194.90.98.14 : 25]
> Waiting for socket connection...
> Socket connection established
> Waiting for protocol initiation...
> 30 second wait for protocol timeout exceeded.
> This message is 60 minutes old; it has 0 minutes left in this queue
> Primary queue lifetime exceeded; message placed in retry queue
> --- End Transcript ---

These are no qmail messages.

Anyway, even if it were qmail: it really looks like network errors. 

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qmail Digest 15 Jul 2001 10:00:00 -0000 Issue 1426

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qmail Digest 15 Jul 2001 10:00:00 - Issue 1426

Topics (messages 65995 through 66002):

qmail-smtpd error?
65995 by: Martin Bangieff
65996 by: Uwe Ohse
66000 by: Kenneth

selective relaying
65997 by: Johannes Huettemeister
66001 by: Henning Brauer

error in mail delivery - after connection established nothing hap pens for 30 sec & 
connection  resets
65998 by: Avi Rozner
66002 by: Henning Brauer

Alias Error
65999 by: Bob Ross

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hi all

I'm quite new in the qmail mta and my question may be stupid or something
for what I excuse, but here my problem is:

I've just installed the qmail package on my linux (2.2.16) slackware 7.1
exactly following the instructions in the INSTALL file but the qmail-smtpd
daemon is not executing correctly. Here are the details:

#
that's my inetd.conf file ->

smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env \
tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd

#
that's the test command ->

HomePC-bangieff@Bangieff:~$ telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.

#
thet message appears in the syslog file

Jul 15 00:54:24 Bangieff in.identd[1038]: reply to 127.0.0.1: 1061 , 25 :
USERID : UNIX :bangieff
Jul 15 00:54:24 Bangieff inetd[84]: pid 1037: exit status 111

anyone can tell me what's wrong?
thans in advance





On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 01:15:06AM -0700, Martin Bangieff wrote:
> 
> smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env \
> tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd

leave out the (second) "tcp-env" argument.

You might also want to consider using tcpserver instead of inetd.
tcpserver is far more reliable.

Regards, Uwe




Martin,

You are probably going to need xinetd or tcpserver in the near future 
(qmail expects it's port to be protected against relaying by something 
else and inetd won't do that) since I use xinet.d here's a working set 
of config files for xinetd and tcpwrappers.  The qmail file goes in 
/etc/xinet.d (which should be available for slackware) and allow is 
/etc/hosts.allow for tcpwrappers.

Kenneth

>
>
>I'm quite new in the qmail mta and my question may be stupid or something
>for what I excuse, but here my problem is:
>
>I've just installed the qmail package on my linux (2.2.16) slackware 7.1
>exactly following the instructions in the INSTALL file but the qmail-smtpd
>daemon is not executing correctly. Here are the details:
>
>#
>that's my inetd.conf file ->
>
>smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env \
>tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
>
>#
>that's the test command ->
>
>HomePC-bangieff@Bangieff:~$ telnet localhost 25
>Trying 127.0.0.1...
>Connected to localhost.
>Escape character is '^]'.
>Connection closed by foreign host.
>
>#
>thet message appears in the syslog file
>
>Jul 15 00:54:24 Bangieff in.identd[1038]: reply to 127.0.0.1: 1061 , 25 :
>USERID : UNIX :bangieff
>Jul 15 00:54:24 Bangieff inetd[84]: pid 1037: exit status 111
>
>anyone can tell me what's wrong?
>thans in advance
>
>




# default: off
# description: The qmail service provide MTA
service smtp
{
flags   = NAMEINARGS
socket_type = stream
wait= no
user= qmaild
server  = /usr/sbin/tcpd
server_args = /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
disable = no
}


#
# hosts.allow   This file describes the names of the hosts which are
#   allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
#   by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
#
in.telnetd: LOCAL, dsl.sfnc21.pacbell.net
in.ftpd: LOCAL, dsl.sfnc21.pacbell.net
tcp-env: LOCAL,64.169.67.232/255.255.255.248: setenv = RELAYCLIENT




hi,

as it seems I don`t really understand selective relaying. I
configured qmail the way that I thought it only would relay for my
localhost, but it also relays for the pcs on the local net.
Here my config files:
I use tcpserver to listen for smtp:

tcp.smtp (before hashing it): 
-
127.0.0.1:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
192.168.0.6:allow,RELAYCLIENT="" #the local IP
:allow
--

rcpthosts:
--
hugenay #which is my local pc name
localhost
--

smtproutes:
--
:192.168.0.6
:mailto.btx.dtag.de #which is the smtpserver of my provider,
#that I user for relaying.

So I thought, when a 

Re: qmail-smtpd error?

[Henning Brauer]

On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 02:06:57AM -0700, Kenneth wrote:
> Martin,
> 
> You are probably going to need xinetd or tcpserver in the near future 

Use tcpserver, no [x|y|z]inetd or whoever it is called today. Really.
Especially if you expect help from this list or any long-term qmail user -
we all know tcpserver very well, nobody knows inetd.

Reinstall your box according to http://www.lifewithqmail.org/. 

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(Dennis Ritchie)

Re: selective relaying

[Johannes Huettemeister]

On Sun Jul 15, 2001 at 11:5120AM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 09:07:39AM +0200, Johannes Huettemeister wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > as it seems I don`t really understand selective relaying. I
> > configured qmail the way that I thought it only would relay for my
> > localhost, but it also relays for the pcs on the local net.
> 
> You forgot to mention (and describe precise) your problem.
 
hi henning,
ok, I`ll give it another try: I`m looking for a reason, why my qmail
server allows relaying for the other pcs on my local net. I tried to
configure it only to relay for the localhost. I hope I included all
necessary configuration files in my last mail.
Summary: I don't want to run a relay server for other hosts than
the computer qmail is running on, but actually it seems to me I do.
johannes

ps: and sorry for also sending PM, I forgot to tell mutt about this
list :-)

Re: selective relaying

[Dushyanth Harinath]

Hi,
check out...
http://www.palomine.net/qmail/relaying.html

regards
dushyanth

> On Sun Jul 15, 2001 at 11:5120AM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 09:07:39AM +0200, Johannes Huettemeister
>> wrote:
>> > hi,
>> > 
>> > as it seems I don`t really understand selective relaying. I
>> > configured qmail the way that I thought it only would relay for my
>> > localhost, but it also relays for the pcs on the local net.
>> 
>> You forgot to mention (and describe precise) your problem.
> 
> hi henning,
> ok, I`ll give it another try: I`m looking for a reason, why my qmail
> server allows relaying for the other pcs on my local net. I tried to
> configure it only to relay for the localhost. I hope I included all
> necessary configuration files in my last mail.
> Summary: I don't want to run a relay server for other hosts than
> the computer qmail is running on, but actually it seems to me I do.
> johannes
> 
> ps: and sorry for also sending PM, I forgot to tell mutt about this


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Re: selective relaying

[Henning Brauer]

On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 01:03:34PM +0200, Johannes Huettemeister wrote:
> Summary: I don't want to run a relay server for other hosts than
> the computer qmail is running on, but actually it seems to me I do.

You still failed to show us _why_ you think you are relaying. Show us a
complete SMTP session where you think it is realying but shouldn't, and in
the same mail post the contens of control/rcpthosts and your tcpserver's
acces control file.

> ps: and sorry for also sending PM, I forgot to tell mutt about this
> list :-)

Oh yeah, know that ;-))

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Re: selective relaying

[Johannes Huettemeister]

On Sun Jul 15, 2001 at 01:2932PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote:
> 
> You still failed to show us _why_ you think you are relaying. Show us a
> complete SMTP session where you think it is realying but shouldn't, and in
> the same mail post the contens of control/rcpthosts and your tcpserver's
> acces control file.

Hi,
you're totally right, I forgot top post the logs and outputs. 
So I telneted from a different host and ...: Relaying was rejected!
So sorry for bothering around, right now I just have _no_ idea why I
thought I'd run an open Relayserver.
Strange thing, must be the headache I got all day...
Thx && sorry for useless traffic.
regards johannes

Re: Alias Error

[Charles Cazabon]

Bob Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> delivery 10: deferral: Unable_to_find_alias_user!/

qmail requires a system user account named "alias".  It's part of a
standard install.  If you didn't install according to "Life with qmail",
perhaps you should start over by following that.

Charles
-- 
---
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GPL'ed software available at:  http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/
---

Re: Alias Error

[Bob Ross]

Yes it's there.

nobody:x:99:99:nobody:/:
alias:x:1000:102::/var/qmail/alias:
qmaild:x:1001:102::/var/qmail:
qmaill:x:1002:102::/var/qmail:
qmailp:x:1003:102::/var/qmail:
qmailq:x:1004:103::/var/qmail:
qmailr:x:1005:103::/var/qmail:

Then under /var/qmail/alias

It has the .qmail-default
etc..

Thanks
Bob Ross


> - Original Message -
> From: "Charles Cazabon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 6:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Alias Error
>
>
> > Bob Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > delivery 10: deferral: Unable_to_find_alias_user!/
> >
> > qmail requires a system user account named "alias".  It's part of a
> > standard install.  If you didn't install according to "Life with qmail",
> > perhaps you should start over by following that.
> >
> > Charles
> > --
> > ---
> > Charles Cazabon<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > GPL'ed software available at:  http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/
> > ---
> >
>

[colwilson@colwilson.com: Re: error in mail delivery - after connection established nothing hap pens for 30 sec & connection resets]

[Henning Brauer]

Isn't it a pity _how_ stupid one can be?


From: "Col Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 09:41:14 +0200

I have repeatedly tried to unsubscribe from this list and now all I can do
is bounce messages until I am removerd, SORRY.


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Re: Alias Error

[Mike Scher]

Qmail makes the determination in qmail-getpw after determining the
local part:

pw = getpwnam(username);


What does:

/var/qmail/bin/qmail-getpw alias

...return?

It should be something like:

alias1000102/var/qmail/alias

If it's not, you have some kind of problem there.

Is the alias user in shadow as well?

  -M

On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Bob Ross wrote:

> Yes it's there.
>
> nobody:x:99:99:nobody:/:
> alias:x:1000:102::/var/qmail/alias:
> qmaild:x:1001:102::/var/qmail:
> qmaill:x:1002:102::/var/qmail:
> qmailp:x:1003:102::/var/qmail:
> qmailq:x:1004:103::/var/qmail:
> qmailr:x:1005:103::/var/qmail:
>
> Then under /var/qmail/alias
>
> It has the .qmail-default
> etc..
>
> Thanks
> Bob Ross
>
>
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Charles Cazabon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 6:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: Alias Error
> >
> >
> > > Bob Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > delivery 10: deferral: Unable_to_find_alias_user!/
> > >
> > > qmail requires a system user account named "alias".  It's part of a
> > > standard install.  If you didn't install according to "Life with qmail",
> > > perhaps you should start over by following that.
> > >
> > > Charles
> > > --
> > > ---
> > > Charles Cazabon<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > GPL'ed software available at:  http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/
> > > ---
> > >
> >
>

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 Sr. Research Consultant
  Attorney, Anthropologist, Part-Time Guru
   Mailaise: n, ('mail-aze).  See Outlook.

supervise question

[David Dahl]

-- 
when i look at my processes i get two lines like this:
#ps -aux

root 12102  0.0  0.0 00 ?Z02:14   0:00 
[supervise ]

Has anyone seen this before, and is it a problem?

Regards,

David Dahl

Re: Alias Error

[Bob Ross]

It gave me.

alias1000102/var/qmail/alias

- Original Message -
From: "Mike Scher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bob Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: Alias Error


> Qmail makes the determination in qmail-getpw after determining the
> local part:
>
> pw = getpwnam(username);
>
>
> What does:
>
> /var/qmail/bin/qmail-getpw alias
>
> ...return?
>
> It should be something like:
>
> alias1000102/var/qmail/alias
>
> If it's not, you have some kind of problem there.
>
> Is the alias user in shadow as well?
>
>   -M
>
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Bob Ross wrote:
>
> > Yes it's there.
> >
> > nobody:x:99:99:nobody:/:
> > alias:x:1000:102::/var/qmail/alias:
> > qmaild:x:1001:102::/var/qmail:
> > qmaill:x:1002:102::/var/qmail:
> > qmailp:x:1003:102::/var/qmail:
> > qmailq:x:1004:103::/var/qmail:
> > qmailr:x:1005:103::/var/qmail:
> >
> > Then under /var/qmail/alias
> >
> > It has the .qmail-default
> > etc..
> >
> > Thanks
> > Bob Ross
> >
> >
> > > - Original Message -
> > > From: "Charles Cazabon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 6:04 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Alias Error
> > >
> > >
> > > > Bob Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > delivery 10: deferral: Unable_to_find_alias_user!/
> > > >
> > > > qmail requires a system user account named "alias".  It's part of a
> > > > standard install.  If you didn't install according to "Life with
qmail",
> > > > perhaps you should start over by following that.
> > > >
> > > > Charles
> > > > --
> > >
> ---
> > > > Charles Cazabon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > GPL'ed software available at:
http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/
> > >
> ---
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>   Michael Brian Scher  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sr. Research Consultant
>   Attorney, Anthropologist, Part-Time Guru
>Mailaise: n, ('mail-aze).  See Outlook.
>
>

Re: Alias Error

[Bob Ross]

Yes it's in shadow.

- Original Message -
From: "Mike Scher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bob Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: Alias Error


> Qmail makes the determination in qmail-getpw after determining the
> local part:
>
> pw = getpwnam(username);
>
>
> What does:
>
> /var/qmail/bin/qmail-getpw alias
>
> ...return?
>
> It should be something like:
>
> alias1000102/var/qmail/alias
>
> If it's not, you have some kind of problem there.
>
> Is the alias user in shadow as well?
>
>   -M
>
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Bob Ross wrote:
>
> > Yes it's there.
> >
> > nobody:x:99:99:nobody:/:
> > alias:x:1000:102::/var/qmail/alias:
> > qmaild:x:1001:102::/var/qmail:
> > qmaill:x:1002:102::/var/qmail:
> > qmailp:x:1003:102::/var/qmail:
> > qmailq:x:1004:103::/var/qmail:
> > qmailr:x:1005:103::/var/qmail:
> >
> > Then under /var/qmail/alias
> >
> > It has the .qmail-default
> > etc..
> >
> > Thanks
> > Bob Ross
> >
> >
> > > - Original Message -
> > > From: "Charles Cazabon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 6:04 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Alias Error
> > >
> > >
> > > > Bob Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > delivery 10: deferral: Unable_to_find_alias_user!/
> > > >
> > > > qmail requires a system user account named "alias".  It's part of a
> > > > standard install.  If you didn't install according to "Life with
qmail",
> > > > perhaps you should start over by following that.
> > > >
> > > > Charles
> > > > --
> > >
> ---
> > > > Charles Cazabon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > GPL'ed software available at:
http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/
> > >
> ---
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>   Michael Brian Scher  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sr. Research Consultant
>   Attorney, Anthropologist, Part-Time Guru
>Mailaise: n, ('mail-aze).  See Outlook.
>
>

Re: Alias Error

[Bob Ross]

Yes it's in shadow also.

- Original Message -
From: "Mike Scher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bob Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: Alias Error


> Qmail makes the determination in qmail-getpw after determining the
> local part:
>
> pw = getpwnam(username);
>
>
> What does:
>
> /var/qmail/bin/qmail-getpw alias
>
> ...return?
>
> It should be something like:
>
> alias1000102/var/qmail/alias
>
> If it's not, you have some kind of problem there.
>
> Is the alias user in shadow as well?
>
>   -M
>
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Bob Ross wrote:
>
> > Yes it's there.
> >
> > nobody:x:99:99:nobody:/:
> > alias:x:1000:102::/var/qmail/alias:
> > qmaild:x:1001:102::/var/qmail:
> > qmaill:x:1002:102::/var/qmail:
> > qmailp:x:1003:102::/var/qmail:
> > qmailq:x:1004:103::/var/qmail:
> > qmailr:x:1005:103::/var/qmail:
> >
> > Then under /var/qmail/alias
> >
> > It has the .qmail-default
> > etc..
> >
> > Thanks
> > Bob Ross
> >
> >
> > > - Original Message -
> > > From: "Charles Cazabon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 6:04 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Alias Error
> > >
> > >
> > > > Bob Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > delivery 10: deferral: Unable_to_find_alias_user!/
> > > >
> > > > qmail requires a system user account named "alias".  It's part of a
> > > > standard install.  If you didn't install according to "Life with
qmail",
> > > > perhaps you should start over by following that.
> > > >
> > > > Charles
> > > > --
> > >
> ---
> > > > Charles Cazabon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > GPL'ed software available at:
http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/
> > >
> ---
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>   Michael Brian Scher  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sr. Research Consultant
>   Attorney, Anthropologist, Part-Time Guru
>Mailaise: n, ('mail-aze).  See Outlook.
>
>

Re: supervise question

[Lukas Beeler]

yes, it is
check your logs, probably a process controlled by supervise isn't running 
properly..  Iv'e got the problem, that supervise write's it's error 
messages only to tty1. try to run svscan from commandline without 
backgrounding it, and check the output

At 14:35 15.07.2001 -0500, David Dahl wrote:

>--
>when i look at my processes i get two lines like this:
>#ps -aux
>
>root 12102  0.0  0.0 00 ?Z02:14   0:00 [supervise 
>]
>
>Has anyone seen this before, and is it a problem?
>
>Regards,
>
>David Dahl

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RE: Alias Error

[Joshua Nichols]

> alias:x:1000:102::/var/qmail/alias:

> Then under /var/qmail/alias

And the ownership on /var/qmail/alias?

It should be alias.qmail


--joshua.

Re: Alias Error

[Bob Ross]

Correct. I have deleted everything and reinstalled everything a few
different times, and this is the only machine with this stupid error.


- Original Message -
From: "Joshua Nichols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 1:59 PM
Subject: RE: Alias Error


>
> > alias:x:1000:102::/var/qmail/alias:
>
> > Then under /var/qmail/alias
>
> And the ownership on /var/qmail/alias?
>
> It should be alias.qmail
>
>
> --joshua.
>
>

Re: Alias Error

[Bob Ross]

I'm sorry I did catch all of it.

The ownership is alias.qmail

Group is qmail

Linux Slackware kernel 2.2.13

Stock - no patches

Compiled on server that is running it.

Under /var/qmail/alias
.qmail-daemon
.qmail-postmaster
.qmail-root

all chmod 644


- Original Message -
From: "Mike Scher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bob Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: Alias Error


> Yes, but could you answer the questions I asked.  I really cannot help you
> without that information.  See the questions below.
>
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Bob Ross wrote:
>
> > I get this error with every email coming in to any user.
> >
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Strange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Bob Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 1:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: Alias Error
> >
> >
> > > Have the qmail* and alias UIDs changed at all since you installed
qmail?
> > > Second, what's the content of the .qmail-* files in /var/qmail/alas?
> > >
> > > I'm looking through the code to see where it looks up users, and I
really
> > > don't see how with a valid alias account it could return that error.
> > >
> > > Some other questions:
> > > What OS/hardware?
> > > Is your system running stock qmail, or are there patches?
> > > Was it compiled on your server or installed from an RPM or pkg?
> > > Was it compiled on one of your servers, but not the one it's running
on?
> > >
> > > Really, all the detail you can give would help.
> > >
> > >   -M
> > >
> > > Michael Brian Scher (MS683/MS3213)  Anthropologist, Attorney, Policy
> > Analyst
> > > Mainlining Internet Connectivity for Fun and Profit
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >  Give me a compiler and a box to run it, and I can move the mail.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>   Michael Brian Scher  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sr. Research Consultant
>   Attorney, Anthropologist, Part-Time Guru
>Mailaise: n, ('mail-aze).  See Outlook.
>
>

Re: [colwilson@colwilson.com: Re: error in mail delivery - after connection established nothing hap pens for 30 sec & connection resets]

[Johannes Huettemeister]

On Sun Jul 15, 2001 at 09:2227PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote:
> Isn't it a pity _how_ stupid one can be?
> 

LOL, but at least he used a template for these mails. Exactly the
same mail I got, and not even one spelling mistake.
 


> 
> From: "Col Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: 
> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 09:41:14 +0200
> 
> I have repeatedly tried to unsubscribe from this list and now all I can do
> is bounce messages until I am removerd, SORRY.

Re: supervise question

[David Dahl]

This is in /var/log/messages and syslog

Jul 13 04:01:19 mckenna : Security Warning: There is modifications 
for port listening on your machine :
Jul 13 04:01:19 mckenna : -  Opened ports : tcp0  0 
*:ndmp  *:* LISTEN  26231/perl
Jul 13 04:01:19 mckenna : -  Opened ports : tcp0  0 
*:smtp  *:* LISTEN 
28443/tcpserver
Jul 13 04:01:19 mckenna : -  Opened ports : udp0  0 
*:ndmp  *:* 26231/perl
Jul 13 04:01:19 mckenna : - Closed ports  : tcp0  0 
*:smtp  *:* LISTEN 
5711/tcpserver


i'm not sure what all of this means...



>yes, it is
>check your logs, probably a process controlled by supervise isn't 
>running properly..  Iv'e got the problem, that supervise write's 
>it's error messages only to tty1. try to run svscan from commandline 
>without backgrounding it, and check the output
>
>At 14:35 15.07.2001 -0500, David Dahl wrote:
>
>>--
>>when i look at my processes i get two lines like this:
>>#ps -aux
>>
>>root 12102  0.0  0.0 00 ?Z02:14   0:00 
>>[supervise ]
>>
>>Has anyone seen this before, and is it a problem?

-- 

Re: supervise question

[Lukas Beeler]

At 16:47 15.07.2001 -0500, David Dahl wrote:

>This is in /var/log/messages and syslog
>
>Jul 13 04:01:19 mckenna : Security Warning: There is modifications for 
>port listening on your machine :
>Jul 13 04:01:19 mckenna : -  Opened ports : tcp0  0 
>*:ndmp  *:* LISTEN  26231/perl
>Jul 13 04:01:19 mckenna : -  Opened ports : tcp0  0 
>*:smtp  *:* LISTEN 28443/tcpserver
>Jul 13 04:01:19 mckenna : -  Opened ports : udp0  0 
>*:ndmp  *:* 26231/perl
>Jul 13 04:01:19 mckenna : - Closed ports  : tcp0  0 
>*:smtp  *:* LISTEN 5711/tcpserver
>
>
>i'm not sure what all of this means...
hmm, iam not really sure what produces this output, probably a firewall 
programm are something like that.
What kind of OS are you running ? Which firewall software are you using ?
does qmail itself work ?
what's the output of supervise running in foreground ?
-- 
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Help with virtual domains - mail bouncing

[Matt Fearnow]

I need help with a virtual domain.  One of our sister companies site has 
been down for a while, and email is starting to bounce to their domain.

We were going to setup qmail to be able to at least hold their mail, until 
either 1) we were able to create the necessary alias's or 2) their site 
comes online.

I created entries in control/rcpthosts, and control/virtualdomains:

control/rcpthosts:
ourdomain.com
sisterdomain.com

control/virtualdomains:
ourdomain.com:ourdomain-com
sisterdomain.com:alias

But when I restart qmail, all mail for their domain starts bouncing because 
I dont have their alias's setup yet.  Is there a way around this?  Please help

Matt 

Re: supervise question

[Adrian Ho]

On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 04:47:00PM -0500, David Dahl wrote:
> This is in /var/log/messages and syslog
> [...]
> i'm not sure what all of this means...

That looks like a report from Mandrake's security manager (I assume that's
what you're running on that box).

Check the output of:

svstat /service/*

If you see one or more services up for 0 seconds, that's the service you
want to check out -- it's failing to start properly.

-- 
Adrian HoTinker, Drifter, Fixer, Bum   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Archived @:  
Useful URLs:  
  

Hi

[michel]

Hi,I have installed qmail-1.03+checkpassword-0.90,
And i have patch the qmail with qmail-smtpd-auth-0.30
I use tcpserver to start qmail-smtpd:
/usr/local/bin/tcpserver -u501 hostname 25 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd 
/bin/checkpassword /bin/true &
when i telnet hostname 25 I find auth has worked,
but the checkpassword is NOT working rightly,
I input the wrong userid and password and i can pass the auth,
why?

Re: [colwilson@colwilson.com: Re: error in mail delivery - after connection established nothing hap pens for 30 sec & connection resets]

[Adam McKenna]

On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 10:45:19PM +0200, Johannes Huettemeister wrote:
> On Sun Jul 15, 2001 at 09:2227PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote:
> > Isn't it a pity _how_ stupid one can be?
> > 
> 
> LOL, but at least he used a template for these mails. Exactly the
> same mail I got, and not even one spelling mistake.

Really?  When did "removered" become correct spelling?

> > From: "Col Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: 
> > Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 09:41:14 +0200
> > 
> > I have repeatedly tried to unsubscribe from this list and now all I can do
> > is bounce messages until I am removerd, SORRY.

--Adam

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Re: supervise question

[David Dahl]

I think i know what is wrong...

here is the output of svstat /service/*:
(i ran this as an unpriveleged user)
=

svstat /service/*
/service/log: unable to open supervise/ok: access denied
/service/qmail-pop3d: unable to open supervise/ok: access denied
/service/qmail-send: unable to open supervise/ok: access denied
/service/qmail-smtpd: unable to open supervise/ok: access denied
/service/run: unable to chdir: not a directory
/service/supervise: unable to chdir: access denied


I have some files in /service that are not soposed to be there...


This was my first try setting up qmail...  my second try was much 
better (on another linux mandrake machine), it has none of these 
problems.

my next step is vmailmgr and oMailadmin...  any pitfalls to be aware 
of?  I have already read the howto and some of the docs...


Thanks!

David Dahl



>On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 04:47:00PM -0500, David Dahl wrote:
>>  This is in /var/log/messages and syslog
>>  [...]
>>  i'm not sure what all of this means...
>
>That looks like a report from Mandrake's security manager (I assume that's
>what you're running on that box).
>
>Check the output of:
>
>   svstat /service/*
>
>If you see one or more services up for 0 seconds, that's the service you
>want to check out -- it's failing to start properly.
>
>--
>Adrian HoTinker, Drifter, Fixer, Bum   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Archived @:  
>Useful URLs:  
>   


-- 

Re: [colwilson@colwilson.com: Re: error in mail delivery - after connection established nothing hap pens for 30 sec & connection resets]

[Todd Lyons]

If this plaintext message is shown as an attachment, your MS mailer is broken.
begin  Henning Brauer quotation:

>Isn't it a pity _how_ stupid one can be?
>From: "Col Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>I have repeatedly tried to unsubscribe from this list and now all I can do
>is bounce messages until I am removerd, SORRY.

I don't know if you should discount it too quickly.  When subscribing, 
it took 6 messages before one worked.  They were all accepted, just
the first five were ignored (logs show they were accepted).  He might be
pointing out a problem.
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