relay-ctrl and qmail
After installing this package, I found that I could not login to check my email (ERR: authorization failed). I had to uncomment the pop-3 and smtp lines in inetd.conf to be able to connect to the server at all (these had been commented out during by the installation routine). I am trying to use this package so that I can relay from my home workstation in California with a dynamic IP address. Any advice? Thanks, Bill _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Relay-ctrl and qmail
Now that we're all in agreement on what relay-ctrl is, let me get more specific about what is not happening for me with this package ;) I check the spool directory: --- [root@hoss relay-ctrl]# ls -l total 0 [root@hoss relay-ctrl]# --- I log into my server and collect my email with Eudora, and then check the spool directory again: -- [root@hoss relay-ctrl]# ls -l total 0 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root workshop0 Feb 27 12:43 63.207.13.190 [root@hoss relay-ctrl]# -- I now check the cron log to make sure that relay-ctrl-age has run since the timestamp on the above file: --- root (02/27-12:47:00-5529) CMD (/usr/sbin/relay-ctrl-age) --- So far so good. Now I attempt to relay a message from my workstation at the above IP address: '553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1)'. So obviously, the database isn't being updated. Here is my invocation of tcpserver and relay-ctrl --- tcpserver -v -R 0 pop-3 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup (fqdn - no, its the real name not 'fqdn') \ /bin/checkpassword /usr/sbin/relay-ctrl-allow /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1 | \ /var/qmail/bin/splogger pop3d & Here are the contents of /etc/relay-ctrl: [root@hoss relay-ctrl]# ls -l total 6 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root qmail 4 Feb 26 18:52 expiry -rw-rw-r-- 1 root qmail 22 Feb 26 18:52 rule -rw-rw-r-- 1 root qmail 9 Feb 26 18:52 smtpcdb -rw-rw-r-- 1 root qmail 11 Feb 26 18:53 smtprules -rw-rw-r-- 1 root qmail 22 Feb 26 18:53 spooldir -rw-rw-r-- 1 root qmail 18 Feb 26 18:54 tcprules [root@hoss relay-ctrl]# cat * 900 :allow,RELAYCLIENT='' smtp.cdb smtp.rules /var/spool/relay-ctrl /usr/bin/tcprules [root@hoss relay-ctrl]# -- What is going on here? What else should I check? Thanks, Bill _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: Relay-ctrl and qmail
Hi Bruce and Charles, No luck yet. I tried Bruce's suggestion with the same outcome as before: --- tcpserver -v -R -x /etc/smtp.cdb 0 pop-3 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup hoss.willysworkshop.com \ /bin/checkpassword /usr/sbin/relay-ctrl-allow /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1 | \ /var/qmail/bin/splogger pop3d & --- And Charles, here are the diagnostics you requested (I hope) >Okay, lets see some information on the file itself. How about > `ls -ld / /etc /etc/tcpcontrol /etc/tcpcontrol/*` -- [root@hoss relay-ctrl]# ls -ld / /etc /etc/tcpcontrol /etc/tcpcontrol/* drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 1024 Feb 26 12:35 / drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 3072 Feb 27 22:34 /etc drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 27 21:27 /etc/tcpcontrol -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail2072 Feb 26 12:48 /etc/tcpcontrol/pop-3.cdb -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail2072 Feb 26 13:12 /etc/tcpcontrol/pop-3.cdb .rpmnew -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail 7 Feb 26 12:48 /etc/tcpcontrol/pop-3.rul es -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail 7 Feb 26 13:12 /etc/tcpcontrol/pop-3.rul es.rpmnew -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail2074 Feb 26 12:48 /etc/tcpcontrol/qmqp.cdb -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail2074 Feb 26 13:12 /etc/tcpcontrol/qmqp.cdb. rpmnew -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail 6 Feb 26 12:48 /etc/tcpcontrol/qmqp.rule s -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail 6 Feb 26 13:12 /etc/tcpcontrol/qmqp.rule s.rpmnew -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail2072 Feb 26 12:48 /etc/tcpcontrol/qmtp.cdb -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail2072 Feb 26 13:12 /etc/tcpcontrol/qmtp.cdb. rpmnew -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail 7 Feb 26 12:48 /etc/tcpcontrol/qmtp.rule s -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail 7 Feb 26 13:12 /etc/tcpcontrol/qmtp.rule s.rpmnew -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2072 Feb 27 21:27 /etc/tcpcontrol/smtp.cdb -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail2072 Feb 26 13:12 /etc/tcpcontrol/smtp.cdb. rpmnew -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail 7 Feb 26 12:48 /etc/tcpcontrol/smtp.rule s -rw-r--r-- 1 root qmail 7 Feb 26 13:12 /etc/tcpcontrol/smtp.rule s.rpmnew [root@hoss relay-ctrl]# >Then, use tcprulescheck on the cdb file to see if that IP address is >in there: > `TCPREMOTEIP=1.2.3.4 tcprulescheck /etc/tcpcontrol/smtp.cdb` [root@hoss workshop]# TCPREMOTEIP=63.207.13.190 tcprulescheck /etc/tcpcontrol/smtp.cdb rule : allow connection [root@hoss workshop]# -- Anyway, there's the dope. I did find an error in tcpcontrol, to whit: I had not specified the full path to the smtp.cdb file. Unfortunately fixing this did not solve the problem. Thanks, Bill _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Relay-ctrl and qmail: problem more fundamental, I think
OK, I've done some newbie-snooping and found that relay-ctrl-age wasn't updating the database. I removed the path in the smtpcdb rules file, and that fixed that. I then did a tcprulescheck and got: [root@hoss /etc]# TCPREMOTEIP=64.161.212.206 tcprulescheck /etc/tcpcontrol/smtp. cdb rule 64.161.212.206: set environment variable RELAYCLIENT= allow connection [root@hoss /etc]# In addition, I noted the the smtp.cdb file was being updated every minute according to ls -l . So now methinks I should be able to relay, no? no. Same message, "5.5.3 sorry, blah blah blah". OK, so then I stopped the relay-ctrl-age in the cron, and manually compiled the smtp.cdb file from a text file according to documentation (after allowing the spool file to expire, so that there was nothing in the database referring to my dynamic IP). I got the exact same result with tcprulescheck as above. I try relaying again, but no luck. So the question is, doesn't this sound like a more fundamental issue than relay-ctrl? Is there something perhaps with qmail that would disallow relaying regardless of what the CDB database says? thanks, Bill >From: Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Relay-ctrl and qmail >Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:19:59 -0600 > >Bill Isaacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now that we're all in agreement on what relay-ctrl is, let me get > > more specific about what is not happening for me with this package ;) >[...] > > I now check the cron log to make sure that relay-ctrl-age has run > > since the timestamp on the above file: > > --- > > root (02/27-12:47:00-5529) CMD (/usr/sbin/relay-ctrl-age) > > --- > > > > So far so good. >[...] > > So obviously, the database isn't being updated. > >Okay, lets see some information on the file itself. How about > `ls -ld / /etc /etc/tcpcontrol /etc/tcpcontrol/*` > >Then, use tcprulescheck on the cdb file to see if that IP address is >in there: > `TCPREMOTEIP=1.2.3.4 tcprulescheck /etc/tcpcontrol/smtp.cdb` > >Replace 1.2.3.4 with the IP address of the machine you POP-checked your >mail from immediately before doing the above steps. > >Charles >-- >--- >Charles Cazabon<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >GPL'ed software available at: http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/ >Any opinions expressed are just that -- my opinions. >--- _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Fwd: Re: Relay-ctrl and qmail: problem more fundamental, I think
I have a feeling I'll get laughed at, but here goes. I'm not using svscan. This is what I have in (*gulp*) inetd.conf: smtpstream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd >From: Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Relay-ctrl and qmail: problem more fundamental, I think >Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 12:47:10 -0600 > >Bill Isaacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > that fixed that. I then did a tcprulescheck and got: > > > > [root@hoss /etc]# TCPREMOTEIP=64.161.212.206 tcprulescheck > > /etc/tcpcontrol/smtp. > > cdb > > rule 64.161.212.206: > > set environment variable RELAYCLIENT= > > allow connection > > [root@hoss /etc]# > > > > In addition, I noted the the smtp.cdb file was being updated every >minute > > according to ls -l . > > > > So now methinks I should be able to relay, no? no. Same message, >"5.5.3 > > sorry, blah blah blah". > >The .cdb file is fine, but you're not being allowed to relay. Therefore, >the problem is in your qmail-smtpd start script. Please post that. >If you're using svscan, post the contents of .../service/smtpd/run . > >Charles >-- >--- >Charles Cazabon<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >GPL'ed software available at: http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/ >Any opinions expressed are just that -- my opinions. >--- _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: Relay-ctrl and qmail: problem more fundamental, I think
Lost, lost, lost! OK, I'm a newbie with most of this stuff, but I'm having a problem invoking smtp with tcpserver. Trying this: tcpserver -v -R -x /etc/tcpcontrol/smtp.cdb 0 pop-3 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup hoss.willysworkshop.com \ /bin/checkpassword /usr/sbin/relay-ctrl-allow /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1 | \ /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd \ /var/qmail/bin/splogger pop3d & results in this: [root@hoss smtpd]# 220 hoss.willysworkshop.com ESMTP 502 unimplemented (#5.5.1) and this on my POP client: Could not connect to "hoss.willysworkshop.com" Cause: connection refused(10061) What am I doing wrong with the tcpserver invocation? >From: Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Relay-ctrl and qmail: problem more fundamental, I >think >Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:11:57 -0600 > >Bill Isaacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a feeling I'll get laughed at, but here goes. > >No, laughing is reserved for people who send mail like "qmail isn't working >for me. Why?" to the mailing list. > > > I'm not using svscan. This is what I have in (*gulp*) inetd.conf: > > > > smtpstream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env tcp-env > > /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd > >Okay. You need to change this; take it out of inetd.conf and kill -HUP >inetd. Start qmail-smtpd with tcpserver -- if you want, you can >supervise and svscan it as well. The tcpserver invocation must include the >option and value "-x /etc/tcpcontrol/smtp.cdb". > >So the problem was that the .cdb file was never being consulted, and >therefore >the RELAYCLIENT environment variable was not being set (conditionally or >not). > >Charles >-- >--- >Charles Cazabon<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >GPL'ed software available at: http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/ >Any opinions expressed are just that -- my opinions. >--- _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Fwd: Re: Relay-ctrl and qmail: problem more fundamental, I think
At the risk of sounding really stupid, do I need to invoke BOTH the corrected script (minus the qmail-smtpd part) AND the old one (pop-3, etc.)? In other words, will I have two tcpserver scripts, one invoking the pop-3 and the other the qmail smtpd? As I said, I am a complete newbie with email and no great shakes with much of this stuff to begin with. I hope you folks aren't getting to tired of answering these dumb questions. Thanks, Bill >From: Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Relay-ctrl and qmail: problem more fundamental, I think >Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 15:15:08 -0600 > >Bill Isaacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Lost, lost, lost! > > > > OK, I'm a newbie with most of this stuff, but I'm having a problem >invoking > > smtp with tcpserver. Trying this: > > > > tcpserver -v -R -x /etc/tcpcontrol/smtp.cdb 0 pop-3 > > /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup hoss.willysworkshop.com \ > > /bin/checkpassword /usr/sbin/relay-ctrl-allow /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d > > Maildir > > 2>&1 | \ > > /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd \ > > /var/qmail/bin/splogger pop3d & > >Okay, a couple of problems here. One, you're trying to bind to the pop3 >port (the argument pop-3). That should be either "smtp" or "25". >Two, you're not invoking the right program. > >Try something more like: > >tcpserver g GID -u UID -DRvX \ >-x /etc/tcpcontrol/smtp.cdb 0 smtp \ >qmail-smtpd > >Change GID and UID to the GID and UID values that the server should run >as. The last argument is the program which tcpserver runs for each >connection. -v turns on some status messages, -R turns off ident lookups >on the remote host, -D turns on TCP_NODELAY, -X says accept connections >even if the cdb file doesn't exist. > >Charles >-- >--- >Charles Cazabon<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >GPL'ed software available at: http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/ >Any opinions expressed are just that -- my opinions. >--- _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
