I have been having trouble with a qmail installation on Slackware Linux
(kernel 2.2.12). I have had the qmail package on and cleanly off again
serveral times after different patches, add-ons, etc. Let me share some
details and then explain what functionality I am missing.
qmail-1.03 (+relayclient patch)
default paths
default users/groups from INSTALL.ids
group nofiles = 101
group qmail = 1000
user alias id=1001 grp=101
user qmaild id=1000 grp=101
user qmaill id=1002 grp=101
user qmailp id=1003 grp=101
user qmailq id=1004 grp=1000
user qmailr id=1005 grp=1000
user qmails id=1006 grp=1000
/etc/rc.d/rc.local reads:
tcprules /etc/tcp.smtpd.cdb /etc/tcp.smtp.temp < /etc/tcp.smtp
PATH=/var/qmail/bin:$PATH
QMAILDUID='id -u qmaild'
NOFILESGUID="101"
sh -cf '/var/qmail/rc &'
tcpserver 0 smtp /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd -v \
-x/etc/tcp.smtp.cdb -u$QMAILDUID -g$NOFILESGID \
2>&1 | /var/qmail/bin/splogger smtpd 3 &
/var/qmail/rc reads:
exec env - PATH="/var/qmail/bin:$PATH" \
qmail-start " cat /var/qmail/control/defaultdelivery " \
accustamp
/var/qmail/coontrol/defaultdelivery reads:
./Maildir/
- root and one user (group=root) have a ./Maildir/ in $HOME
- ./Maildir/ is owned by the respective user
- /var/qmail/bin/* rights: user=root group=qmail
(except: qmail-queue owned by qmailq)
Problem 1:
I can send mail out through SMTP but the only way I can allow relaying is to
rm rcpthosts. Putting the /etc/tcp.smtp values into a cdb with many
different IP's specifying ,RELAYCLIENT="" is not working. Applying the
relayclient patch to use control/relay* is not working. I am wide open for
relay abuse until this is corrected. I am aware of the number of people
with relay problems but I feel I have triple checked all of the most common
problems.
Problem 2: (This is where I get upset)
Although I (and everyone else!) can successfully send mail out through SMTP,
any mail received is not processed. I have no public DNS name for the
machine so I do not attempt to test remote-to-local mail; however
local-to-local mail is failing regardless. Using echo to: myuser |
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject gets me nothing in the users Maildir. There is
nothing in the syslog, (though at an earlier time I had interesting
messages.) My name server is on the same machine and I can successfully
lookup my IP with my FQDN even if it is not publicly available yet.
Admittedly I had to use config-fast to setup the control files as the stand
config failed. A .qmail file in $HOME points to ./Maildir/ even though it
is the default for all. Relevant ps -x -a info is:
/usr/sbin/syslogd -m 60
tcpserver 0 smtp /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd \
-v -x/etc/tcp.smtp.cdb -u1000 -g101 <<<snip>>>
/var/qmail/bin/splogger stmpd 3
qmail-lspawn cat /var/qmail/control/defaultdelivery
(qmail-start <zombie>)
qmail-clean
qmail-rspawn
qmail-send
Other Information:
- Slackware 3.6 installation; kernel 2.0.35 to 2.2.12
- Tried /users/assign for an existing linux account and used qmail-newu to
put it into cdb successfully. No Luck.
- The machine uses ipchains and ipmasqadm and acts as a gateway.
- Syslog was "exiting on signal 15" after new kernel. Seems to have
dissappeared now.
- Future plans for box is to be a pop server likely using vpopmail/vchkpw
- using daemontools-0.61
- Read FAQ, several HOWTOs, Usenet and INSTALL files (over and over again)
I nearly considered using smail after 3 days of this trouble and
unfortunately I am getting less and less time to spend on this problem. I
will refuse to give up so long as I receive suggestions from this list on
what to check next. Your suggestions are appreciated and eagerly awaited.
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