[vchkpw] Back up and disastor recovery
I have just complete a move to qmail/sqwebmail/vpopmail and love it! Now I just need some final steps here. I understand back up and recovery for qmail but how do I go about backing up my virtual domains and restoring in case of disastor? Sorry this is so vague, simple links to helpful docs are just fine! Thank You, Chris D. Network Security Mendo Link, LLC "An Ounce Of Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure." Om Namo Narayanaya
Re: [vchkpw] Back up and disastor recovery
Chris, I've not got any experience of this so I may be missing something crucial but I would say that all you really need to worry about is backing up your /home/vpopmail directory. In the event of a disaster coming to pass, simply restore that directory. R. Chris said: > I have just complete a move to qmail/sqwebmail/vpopmail and love it! > Now I just need some final steps here. I understand back up and > recovery for qmail but how do I go about backing up my virtual domains > and restoring in case of disastor? Sorry this is so vague, simple links > to helpful docs are just fine! -- Robin Bowes | http://robinbowes.com "I can't keep lookin' at loneliness, and tryin' to call it freedom."
Re: [vchkpw] enable-users-big-dir
On Thursday 15 August 2002 00:34, Raboo Treed wrote: > Hey, I got a question, how does it affect vpopmail if I use the > --enable-users-big-dir=n, except that it allows me to have one letter users > too? > > /R it stops directory hashing for user directories. so lets say you have a domain with lots of users and you have disabled users-big-dir then all users of that domain have a directory directly in ~vpopmail/domains/domain.com depending on the filesystem this might get somewhat slower. don't worry when you only have 100 or 1000 users.. should be ok to disable users-big-dir -- Best Regards --- Justin Heesemannionium Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ionium.org
Re: [vchkpw] Back up and disastor recovery
At 09:14 AM 8/15/2002 +0100, Robin Bowes wrote: >Chris, > >I've not got any experience of this so I may be missing something crucial >but I would say that all you really need to worry about is backing up your >/home/vpopmail directory. In the event of a disaster coming to pass, >simply restore that directory. > >R. Don't forget /var/qmail/users/assign and the cdb file. If you keep your qmail(os) backup separate from your vpopmail backups... This shouldn't be a problem if you don't add/remove domains often but, do be careful. Yes, this did bite me so I adjusted the way I backup the mail. Loren >Chris said: > > I have just complete a move to qmail/sqwebmail/vpopmail and love it! > > Now I just need some final steps here. I understand back up and > > recovery for qmail but how do I go about backing up my virtual domains > > and restoring in case of disastor? Sorry this is so vague, simple links > > to helpful docs are just fine! > >-- >Robin Bowes | http://robinbowes.com >"I can't keep lookin' at loneliness, and tryin' to call it freedom."
[vchkpw] hi
hi i just got a nifty new disk array and i would like to move my vpopmail directory onto that nice nifty disk array are there any things i should be aware of or things to look out for is there any way without a reinstall that i can change to allow 1 character email addresses i have vpopmail 5.2.1 Thanks Patrick
RE: [vchkpw] Back up and disastor recovery
Also you'll need your /var/qmail/control dir as well, as it houses rcpthosts, virtualdomains, and other required files. -Clayton -Original Message- From: Loren Jordan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Back up and disastor recovery At 09:14 AM 8/15/2002 +0100, Robin Bowes wrote: >Chris, > >I've not got any experience of this so I may be missing something crucial >but I would say that all you really need to worry about is backing up your >/home/vpopmail directory. In the event of a disaster coming to pass, >simply restore that directory. > >R. Don't forget /var/qmail/users/assign and the cdb file. If you keep your qmail(os) backup separate from your vpopmail backups... This shouldn't be a problem if you don't add/remove domains often but, do be careful. Yes, this did bite me so I adjusted the way I backup the mail. Loren >Chris said: > > I have just complete a move to qmail/sqwebmail/vpopmail and love it! > > Now I just need some final steps here. I understand back up and > > recovery for qmail but how do I go about backing up my virtual domains > > and restoring in case of disastor? Sorry this is so vague, simple links > > to helpful docs are just fine! > >-- >Robin Bowes | http://robinbowes.com >"I can't keep lookin' at loneliness, and tryin' to call it freedom."
[vchkpw] INIT: Id "SV" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
Hi, i have installed a new kernel. Now every boot i got this error: INIT: Id "SV" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes i looked in the inittab: SV:123456:respawn:/command/svscanboot something with qmail. But what could it be. Please help me. I am newbie in qmail. thx Michael
[vchkpw] INIT: Id "SV" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
Hi, i have installed a new kernel. Now every boot i got this error: INIT: Id "SV" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes i looked in the inittab: SV:123456:respawn:/command/svscanboot something with qmail. But what could it be. Please help me. I am newbie in qmail. thx Michael
[vchkpw] smtp-auth problems
Hi, I am sorry if this has been covered before on the list but I couldn't find it. Feel free to point me towards a previous post. I have installed qmail with the starttls and smtp-auth patches. I am having some trouble getting smtp-auth working. I am using vpopmail version 5.2 with the following config options: --enable-roaming-users=y --enable-tcprules-prog=/usr/bin/tcprules --enable-relay-clear-minutes=120 --enable-qmail-ext=y --enable-md5-passwords --enable-passwd=y --enable-logging=y --enable-clear-passwd=n Now I understand that if I want to user cram-md5 I would need to enable clear passwds. However I can not get smtp-auth to work with PLAIN or LOGIN. Actually it says that PLAIN is not supported and I get authentication errors when using LOGIN. For example: user: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I get the following in mail.log: Aug 15 16:53:53 voffice vpopmail[9776]: vchkpw: system user not found test:192.168.1.16 My qmail-smtpd run using supervise is: #!/bin/sh exec 2>&1 exec envdir ./env sh -c ' exec /usr/bin/softlimit -m $MEMORYLIMIT \ /usr/bin/envuidgid qmaild \ /usr/bin/tcpserver -UHRDv -x tcp.cdb $IP smtp \ /usr/sbin/qmail-smtpd voffice.myspinach.org /usr/sbin/vchkpw /bin/true ' Any help appreciated. Iain. -- GnuPG key: 580EE8D7 available on public key servers.
[vchkpw] creation of directories and files when user created (Using MySql)
Hi all Just a bit of a question for the list. I have a setup that is working fine so far (vpopmail5.37), except for one thing. When I create a new account, I do it via a direct entry into the vpopmail table (using MySql backend), this works fine, the account exists, and the first time they log in, it creates the user directory.. all except for one thing. I need to set up various sub-directory structures for consistency, and may even need to create a default .qmail file (tho I am still finding out if this is going to be a .qmail file in the users directory, or a .qmail-user file in the domain directory) for individual spam filtering via spam assassin, which I have quite nicely happenin on a domain by domain basis. I had thought that any structure created in /home/vpopmail/Maildir/ would carry through (sorta like skel stuff), but it doesnt copy the structure even when the user is added from the comand line. All the sub-Maildirs under the /home/vpopmail/Maildir directory are owned by vpopmail/vchkpwd and have properties as follows: [root@alpha Maildir]# ls -lA total 28 drwx--2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 cur drwx--5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 .Drafts drwx--2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 new drwx--5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 .Sent Items drwx--5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 22 20:29 .SPAM drwx--2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 tmp drwx--5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 .Trash I have read as much as I can, everything seems to be ok (if anyone needs specific info, let me know) I was wondering if I have missed something blindingly obvious (has happened before). Thanks for any help Regards David Cook
RE: [vchkpw] creation of directories and files when user created (Using MySql)
Where are you getting the idea that ~vpopmail/Maildir gets moved into any new user creation? To my knowledge, this feature does not exist Regards, Tren > -Original Message- > From: David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 8:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [vchkpw] creation of directories and files when user > created (Using MySql) > > > Hi all > > Just a bit of a question for the list. > > I have a setup that is working fine so far (vpopmail5.37), > except for one thing. > > When I create a new account, I do it via a direct entry into > the vpopmail table (using MySql backend), this works fine, > the account exists, and the first time they log in, it > creates the user directory.. all except for one thing. > > I need to set up various sub-directory structures for > consistency, and may even need to create a default .qmail > file (tho I am still finding out if this is going to be a > .qmail file in the users directory, or a .qmail-user file in > the domain directory) for individual spam filtering via spam > assassin, which I have quite nicely happenin on a domain by > domain basis. > > I had thought that any structure created in > /home/vpopmail/Maildir/ would carry through (sorta like skel > stuff), but it doesnt copy the structure even when the user > is added from the comand line. > > All the sub-Maildirs under the /home/vpopmail/Maildir > directory are owned by vpopmail/vchkpwd and have properties > as follows: > > [root@alpha Maildir]# ls -lA > total 28 > drwx--2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 cur > drwx--5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 .Drafts > drwx--2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 new > drwx--5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 .Sent Items > drwx--5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 22 20:29 .SPAM > drwx--2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 tmp > drwx--5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 .Trash > > I have read as much as I can, everything seems to be ok (if > anyone needs specific info, let me know) I was wondering if I > have missed something blindingly obvious (has happened before). > > Thanks for any help > > Regards > > David Cook > >
Re: [vchkpw] creation of directories and files when user created (Using MySql)
Hi again, Well to be quite honest, it wasn't something that I had read, but I couldn't find (not saying it isn't there) what purpose that particular directory structure had (as it wasnt apparantly associated with any user). So it was presumption on my part (incorrect it seems). I dont necessarily think it was an unreasonable one, in that the skel system of creation of directories on system user creation is one that is there, so again, I presumed that that was its (the ~/vpopmail/Maildir) function, to create a standard set of Maildirs for a user. Sorry if I was wrong, tho it may be an interesting feature to think about implementing??? Regards David - Original Message - From: "Tren Blackburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 12:44 PM Subject: RE: [vchkpw] creation of directories and files when user created (Using MySql) > Where are you getting the idea that ~vpopmail/Maildir gets moved into > any new user creation? To my knowledge, this feature does not exist > > Regards, > > Tren > > > -Original Message- > > From: David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 8:19 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [vchkpw] creation of directories and files when user > > created (Using MySql) > > > > > > Hi all > > > > Just a bit of a question for the list. > > > > I have a setup that is working fine so far (vpopmail5.37), > > except for one thing. > > > > When I create a new account, I do it via a direct entry into > > the vpopmail table (using MySql backend), this works fine, > > the account exists, and the first time they log in, it > > creates the user directory.. all except for one thing. > > > > I need to set up various sub-directory structures for > > consistency, and may even need to create a default .qmail > > file (tho I am still finding out if this is going to be a > > .qmail file in the users directory, or a .qmail-user file in > > the domain directory) for individual spam filtering via spam > > assassin, which I have quite nicely happenin on a domain by > > domain basis. > > > > I had thought that any structure created in > > /home/vpopmail/Maildir/ would carry through (sorta like skel > > stuff), but it doesnt copy the structure even when the user > > is added from the comand line. > > > > All the sub-Maildirs under the /home/vpopmail/Maildir > > directory are owned by vpopmail/vchkpwd and have properties > > as follows: > > > > [root@alpha Maildir]# ls -lA > > total 28 > > drwx--2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 cur > > drwx--5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 .Drafts > > drwx--2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 new > > drwx--5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 .Sent Items > > drwx--5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 22 20:29 .SPAM > > drwx--2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 tmp > > drwx--5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Mar 11 06:26 .Trash > > > > I have read as much as I can, everything seems to be ok (if > > anyone needs specific info, let me know) I was wondering if I > > have missed something blindingly obvious (has happened before). > > > > Thanks for any help > > > > Regards > > > > David Cook > > > > > >
Re: [vchkpw] creation of directories and files when user created (Using MySql)
Have been having a think, Is this possible at all then, with my setup (using php/mysql to create users), that is, getting a default set of Maildirs/.qmail files created on user creation? if so has anyone got any suggestions? I would prefer to not run shell commands/script (security) via php if possibletho I guess a cgi could provide the solution, and I'm not using the inbuilt vpopmail support in php (have had a few probs with it happening properly). Regards David (always interested in learning)
