Michael Renner wrote:
> ...snip...
> qmail: 974053338.446009 alert: cannot start: unable to switch to queue
> directory
>
> ...snip ...
> cassiopeia:/root # ls -ld /var/spool/qmail
> drwxr-x--- 11 qmailq qmail1024 Nov 10 23:51 /var/spool/qmail
IMHO queue has to
Hello,
after installing qmail again on my machine
I'm having some troubles with qmail. Here's what I get
while starting /etc/init.d/qmail
qmail: 974053338.446009 alert: cannot start: unable to switch to queue
directory
I've looked through the archives, and I checked the per
int as to why
> it is not starting. If I try to start qmail from the command line using
> '/var/qmail/rc &' then do a 'ps -ef | grep qmail' I don't see anything
> however there is now a message in /var/adm/messages which says :
> " cygnus qmai
mmand line using
'/var/qmail/rc &' then do a 'ps -ef | grep qmail' I don't see anything
however there is now a message in /var/adm/messages which says :
" cygnus qmail: 961545697.225492 alert: cannot start unable to switch to
queue directory"
The queue direc
: This was ruhnnning fine for weeks, then all of a sudden it's givintg this
: errror when I try to start it:
: "qmail: 937928346.622853 alert: cannot start: unable to switch to queue
: directory"
I'm sure it's something like a permissions problem.
Try downloading que
It's qmail 1.03, on Solaris 2.6 (+ patches).
Thanks,
-Hawke
- Original Message -
From: Hawke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 9:44 AM
Subject: cannot start: unable to switch to queue directory
> This was ruhnnning fine
This was ruhnnning fine for weeks, then all of a sudden it's givintg this
errror when I try to start it:
"qmail: 937928346.622853 alert: cannot start: unable to switch to queue
directory"
Anyone have any idea?
Thanks,
-Hawke
- "D. Carlos Knowlton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
| [date][hostname] qmail: 91850531.791142 alert: cannot start: unable to
| switch to queue directory
That means exactly what it says. qmail-send, running as user qmails
and group qmail, cannot chdir("queue") from /var/qma
), run the procmail 'rc' and I get this message:
[date][hostname] qmail: 91850531.791142 alert: cannot start: unable to
switch to queue directory
Does having the machine behind a firewall, unable to access the DNS to
autodetect its host name, make any difference? I did the same thin
