Hi, here is a long thread [sorry] between me and ken at inter7.com. I'm trying to get the debian qmail working but I don't think I have vchkpw working properly with vpopmail. I can send mail ok but on receiving I believe the trouble is vchkpw is not working with vpopmail to authenticate passwords for test users. Ken suggests I compile the new version from source but that's just not the debian way so... if anyone can give advice on this I'm eager to listen. Best, Justin
-----Original Message----- From: Ken Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 11:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [vchkpw] vchkpw help request Wow. Too much for me to read through and debug for ya! Sorry. I would go with a source code installation. Sounds like the debian maintainer made changes to the base code so it will take a code review for him to make those same changes in the latest stable/development releases. Ken On Tuesday 23 April 2002 12:48 pm, you wrote: > Hi ken, thanks for the reply. I believe the trouble is with vchkpw > authenticating passwords. I can send from an account but can't receive > mail-- I get <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. vpopmail (#5.1.1). I'll go over > the vchkpw config again at inter7.com/vpopmail/install and will > hopefully have it figured out. > > ps aux shows this line. > > 'qmaild 2198 0.0 0.0 1376 576 ? S Apr21 0:00 > /usr/bin/tcpserver -l hostname -u 64011 -g 65534 -x /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb' > > while I tried tcpserver -l 'myhostname' but tcpserver gave me back the > help menu. what is the syntax for changing the tcpserver hostname to > myhostname? I already edited qmail and vpopmail in /etc/init.d > > I chown vpopmail.vchkpw /var/lib/vpopmail/domains > > > Lastly: I see three of these in /etc 'inetd.conf.qmail-preinst.24432' > > I assume I can safely remove the two older ones and perhaps any old > subsequent ones after qmail restarts? > > Thanks much! Justin > > Ps: if you think I've gone off track anywhere-- which doc do you > recommend I re-read. > > I emailed the deb package maintainer about the new vpopmail and he said > the packaging was completely different and wouldn't get to building it > for a while. Debian has equivs to make dummy deb packages though I've > yet to fool around with it. > > In one of the docs you mention a debian specific .so linking error. In > my experience this was only present on an install with the almost stable > woody or debian 3.0 version-- might be worth mentioning? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] vchkpw help request > > Those debian packages are very old. > You might want to install from source code instead and get > the latest versions. > > Ken Jones > > On Monday 22 April 2002 12:40 pm, justin cunningham wrote: > > Hello, I'm having trouble with a vpopmail & qmail functionality and am > > hoping someone here can help me out. > > > > This is a debian packaged install built by a co-worker who compiled > > the > > > debs for the server from which I'm emailing you so it's not a compile > > config error. The server is debian stable. > > > > Currently I can vadd domain and test users, establish connection from > > mua to mail.domain.com but can't access nor authenticate pop3. > > > > All debs installed properly. > > > > autorespond_1.0.0-1_i386.deb > > courier-imap_0.31-vauth.1_i386.deb > > ezmlm-idx_0.53-4_i386.deb > > libmysqlclient6_3.22.30-4.deb > > libvpopmail-dev_4.9.9-1_i386.deb > > libvpopmail-freecdb_4.9.9-1_i386.deb > > libvpopmail-lmysql_4.9.9-1_i386.deb > > libvpopmail-mysql_4.9.9-1_i386.deb > > libvpopmail1_4.9.9-1_i386.deb > > qmail_1.03-17_i386.deb > > qmailadmin_0.45-1_i386.deb > > ucspi-tcp_0.84-1_i386.deb > > vpopmail-bin_4.9.9-1_i386.deb > > vpopmail-doc_4.9.9-1_all.deb > > > > > > Created the me file manually; made it mail.mydomain.com, edited > > /etc/hosts to show > > 127.x localhost hostname > > 208.x mail.mydomain.com mail > > > > added -l 'hostname' to /etc/init.d/vpopmail & qmail <-- identical to > > my > > > mailserver > > > > added '#pop3 stream tcp nowait root > > /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup qmail-popup hostname.mydomain.com > > /var/lib/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir' to > > /etc/init.d.conf.' > > > > this shouldn't matter since it's commented out but added anyway. > > > > There are three of these in /etc 'inetd.conf.qmail-preinst.24432' I > > thought that was a pid but didn't see it in ps aux. -must be from > > restarting qmail and vpopmail a few times. > > > > Tried telling tcpserver -l not to resolve dns and replace 'hostname' > > with 'hostname' but it didn't accept syntax shown in man tcpserver. I > > looked online and this option is really for servers that are also > > running named so it shouldn't be relevant. > > > > Compared all conf files to my mailserver e.g. same setup et al and > > they're the same. > > > > There was mention in the vpopmail install doc of adding vchkpw to the > > popserver e.g. vpopmail but the config is identical to mailhub. > > > > netstat & nmap localhost show relevant ports open and listening. > > > > Thanks for any help. justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
