Re: Please- qmail stopped delivering mail
That is exactly what happened. I was able to correct the SMTP problems by changing ownership back to what they were and killing a couple of messages in the queue. Thanks all for the help! You're all great! --James - load "linux",8,1 >On Mon, 13 Dec 1999 01:40:30, you wrote the following: >-- >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" >To: >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 >> 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 >> >> >> >> > >
Re: Please- qmail stopped delivering mail
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 > > > >
Re: Please- qmail stopped delivering mail
On Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 03:07:46AM -0600, James Blackwell wrote: > 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. This question comes up about every twenty minutes. The answer is to fix the permissions on your trigger file. They should look like this: prw--w--w- 1 qmails qmail 0 Dec 12 10:22 /var/qmail/queue/lock/trigger > 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. This is a whole different problem, to which I don't have the answer. Chris
Re: Please- qmail stopped delivering mail
I'm by no means a qmail expert, but looking at your selective tar backup, I have something for you to check since you need help quickly (and it is early sunday morning and you may not otherwise get replies for many more hours) Check out these files (I'm on RedHat 6.1). They should be links to your qmail's sendmail... # ls -al /usr/lib/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Nov 13 11:58 /usr/lib/sendmail -> /var/qmail/bin/sendmail lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Nov 13 11:59 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /var/qmail/bin/sendmail I suggest this because it may not have been backed up by your selective tar. I'm not familiar with vchkpw, but you may want to check to see if there are other support items outside of the normal directories. Troy # At 03:07 AM 12/12/99 , James Blackwell wrote: >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 > >
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
