ah...we are definetly getting closer to the problem...
I do run courier-map with authdaemon and this is my pop3d/run script
#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/bin/softlimit -m 2000000 \
/usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -R -H -l 0 0 110
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup \
theworldnetwork.com /home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1
>From: Bill Shupp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: open-smtp and tcp.smtp?
>Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:12:24 -0500
>
>
>On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at 04:05 PM, eddie karam wrote:
>
>>once again thanks Bill...
>>i looked at the timestamp and although the open-smtp does update
>>everytime i check mail, the tcp.smtp and the tcp.smtp.cdb do not...
>
>tcp.smtp should not get updated. It only changes when you edit it
>manually. But tcp.smtp.cdb should, and this explains your problem.
>
>>all 3 files open-smtp, tcp.smtp, and tcp.smtp.cdb are owned by usur
>>root group root...
>>and this is my smtp run script:
>
>Unless your POP server is running as root, this is probably a problem.
>
>>#!/bin/sh
>>QMAILDUID=`id -u qmaild`
>>NOFILESGID=`id -g qmaild`
>>MAXSMTPD=`cat /var/qmail/control/concurrencyincoming`
>>exec /usr/local/bin/softlimit -m 4000000 \
>> /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -R -l 0 -x
>>/home/vpopmail/etc/tcp.smtp.cdb -c "$MAXSMTPD" \
>> -u "$QMAILDUID" -g "$NOFILESGID" 0 smtp
>>/var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd 2>&1
>>
>>could my problem be that my user and group id are the qmail id's?
>>should it be root, as the open-smtp, tcp.smtp, and tcp.smtp.cdb?
>>or should it be the other way around and qmail should own the
>>open-smtp, tcp.smtp, and tcp.smtp.cdb files?
>
>Your smtp script looks ok to me. Can you post your pop script? I run
>mine as vpopmail.vchkpw.
>
>NOTE: If you run courier-imap with authdaemon (which is the default)
>and roaming imap (not the default) it will change the ownership of these
>files to root.root.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Bill
>
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