Re: "shell-init: could not get current directory"

2000-02-04 Thread Russ Allbery
Mullen, Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, after grinding the heck out of my hard drive, I finally found both > "shell-init" and "could not get current directory" in the same program. > As should have been expected, they were from /bin/bash (and /bin/sh > which is only a symbolic link to

RE: "shell-init: could not get current directory"

2000-02-03 Thread Matthew Brown
> Where and why would bash be called while connecting to > qmail-pop3d, I'd look into your checkpasswd implementation, since that's the point at which the message gets printed. How does qmail-pop3d run checkpasswd? I wouldn't have thought system() knowing Dan's way of doing things, but perhaps

RE: "shell-init: could not get current directory"

2000-02-03 Thread Mullen, Patrick
> Sounds like it's time to modify your /etc/inetd.conf or > tcpserver and add > strace and make sure you dont have any typos. ARGH! I was saying just today that I hate computers, and I now have a fresh reminder of why. Suddenly, it works. Unfortunately, I don't know why it suddenly works, but

RE: "shell-init: could not get current directory"

2000-02-03 Thread John Gonzalez/netMDC admin
Sounds like it's time to modify your /etc/inetd.conf or tcpserver and add strace and make sure you dont have any typos. On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Mullen, Patrick wrote: >> I don't recognize "shell-init", but it's not part of qmail. > >Well, after grinding the heck out of my hard drive, I >finally foun

RE: "shell-init: could not get current directory"

2000-02-03 Thread Mullen, Patrick
> I don't recognize "shell-init", but it's not part of qmail. Well, after grinding the heck out of my hard drive, I finally found both "shell-init" and "could not get current directory" in the same program. As should have been expected, they were from /bin/bash (and /bin/sh which is only a symb

RE: "shell-init: could not get current directory"

2000-02-03 Thread Mullen, Patrick
ser@host user]$ telnet localhost 110 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. +OK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> user user +OK pass password shell-init: could not get current directory +OK list +OK 1 601 . quit +OK Connection closed by foreign host. [user@host use

RE: "shell-init: could not get current directory"

2000-02-03 Thread Mullen, Patrick
> Say the full path to Maildir is /home/user/Maildir. Do: [ snip getting of full path permissions ] > Compare the results with a working Maildir on a working > system. If you > don't see the problem, post the output of those commands here. They are exactly the same (except that originally I h

RE: "shell-init: could not get current directory"

2000-02-03 Thread Dave Sill
"Mullen, Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Any ideas where I should look for these >permissions problems? Say the full path to Maildir is /home/user/Maildir. Do: ls -ld / ls -ld /home ls -ld /home/user ls -ld /home/user/Maildir ls -ld /home/user/Maildir/* Compare the results with a working

RE: "shell-init: could not get current directory"

2000-02-03 Thread Mullen, Patrick
0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain. Escape character is '^]'. +OK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> user me +OK pass mypassword shell-init: could not get current directory +OK list +OK 1 601 quit +OK Connection closed by foreign host. If I am reading the `list` correctly, that is the one message that

Re: "shell-init: could not get current directory"

2000-02-03 Thread Dave Sill
"Mullen, Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >This is the line I'm using to start the pop3 demon is: > >tcpserver -v 0 pop-3 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup myhost.net \ >/bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1 | \ >/var/qmail/bin/splogger qmail-pop3d 3 & > >This line works perfec

"shell-init: could not get current directory"

2000-02-02 Thread Mullen, Patrick
Hello! I have this strange problem, and I can't seem to figure it out. I'm using qmail-1.03 (actually, this problem is with with qmail-pop3d) with tcpserver and the modifications for selective relay, ala open-smtpd. This is the same setup (as far as I can tell) as I use on another server, which w

"shell-init: could not get current directory"

2000-02-02 Thread Mullen, Patrick
[I'm not subscribed to the list, so please reply directly. Thanks. ~PM] Hello! I have this strange problem, and I can't seem to figure it out. I'm using qmail-1.03 (actually, this problem is with with qmail-pop3d) with tcpserver and the modifications for selective relay, ala open-smtpd. This