cp -Rp /old/var/qmail /var/ and cp -Rp /old/home/vpopmail /home/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "shaklee39" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [vchkpw] problem with authentication
> Ok . Can you explain to me how did you move the directories . ? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "shaklee39" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 7:13 PM > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] problem with authentication > > > > Well that must be the problem, I have no way of checking if the old box > and > > this one because the old /etc was wiped after the incident. Is there any > way > > to recover this? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "shaklee39" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 4:06 PM > > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] problem with authentication > > > > > > > Hi > > > Did you check the user ids are the same betwenn you wiped box and the > > > freebsd box . > > > It is also not clear what type of authentication you were using . > > > > > > Thanks > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "shaklee39" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 7:03 PM > > > Subject: [vchkpw] problem with authentication > > > > > > > > > > Hi, we recently had a problem on our server where someone accidently > did > > a > > > > "rm -rf /" for a few seconds (yes it is true) and /etc along with many > > > other > > > > things were wiped out. Thankfully the qmail and vpopmail directories > > were > > > > not changed. Our host installed a new drive with freebsd on it and I > > > copied > > > > the qmail and vpopmail folders over to the new drive and tried to > start > > it > > > > up. I did the regular checks such as disabling sendmail and moving the > > > > startup scripts. vdominfo reports all the domains have the correct > > number > > > of > > > > users. When I start qmail there are no errors but authentication no > > longer > > > > works. The install is per LWQ directions. In the pop logs all I see is > > > stuff > > > > like this: > > > > > > > > @400000003e89b5440e764f04 tcpserver: end 445 status 256 > > > > @400000003e89b5440e776c2c tcpserver: status: 0/20 > > > > @400000003e89b583057164fc tcpserver: status: 1/20 > > > > @400000003e89b5830578b02c tcpserver: pid 481 from 66.127.229.52 > > > > @400000003e89b583057c59ac tcpserver: ok 481 0:66.213.105.32:110 > > > > :66.127.229.52:: > > > > 3257 > > > > > > > > but nothing more after a failed attempt at a pop login. I have no idea > > > where > > > > to go from here as to how to debug this login problem any help is > > > > appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
