Are you using mysql? or any other kind of database? I have figured out trying to backup database files while they are running 'is not' a good thing at all, the hard way... Luckily I didnt lose any data but my mysql went up using 98% of the cpu all day until I stop it and start again. A suggestion might be using mysqldump to dump the database and backup the dumps instead of the database files itself. Although even that is not suggested for running databases (I dont know exactly why). But this is not an issue of this mailing list anyhow.
Evren On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Max Andersen wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonas Pasche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Please define "is not working". What did you do, what did the computer > > do, what did you expect it to do? What did you check, and how did you > > check it? > > > > Sorry, I'll try and deepen my steps: > > Aftter backing up my box (which failed miserably and I had to do a 'service > smb stop') my pop3 client got errors. > > I've checked : > /service/qmail-pop3d: up (pid 4237) 2723 seconds > /service/qmail-pop3d/log: up (pid 1051) 15160 seconds > /service/qmail-pop3ds: up (pid 4242) 2723 seconds > /service/qmail-pop3ds/log: up (pid 1048) 15160 seconds > > to see if they're stopping/restarting constantly. They were not. > > Then tried connecting with both pop3 and IMAP, to see if it was vchkpw, that > was the problem. both use it: > > pop3: > snip---- > telnet localhost 110 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > +OK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > user [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +OK > pass xxxxxxx > -ERR authorization failed > Connection closed by foreign host. > ----snip > > imap: > snip----- > telnet localhost 143 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > * OK Courier-IMAP ready. Copyright 1998-2002 Double Precision, Inc. See > COPYING for distribution information. > a001 login [EMAIL PROTECTED] xxxxxxx > a001 OK LOGIN Ok. > a001 logout > * BYE Courier-IMAP server shutting down > a001 OK LOGOUT completed > Connection closed by foreign host. > ----snip > > Then I tried a diff on the qmail-popup to see if the file there was damaged, > but they match with original file. > > Then I tried to see if my pop3d logfile was producing anything funny, but > everything seems fine. > > And checking the procedures in the /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-pop3d/run > > #!/bin/sh > > VPOPMAILUID=`id -u vpopmail` > VPOPMAILGID=`id -g vpopmail` > > exec /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -l 0 -R -H -v \ > -u"$VPOPMAILUID" -g"$VPOPMAILGID" 0 110 \ > /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup fizban.netformidling.dk \ > /home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw \ > /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1 > > shows that it looks like it should. > > Therefore, I'm a bit clueless right now. If it is permissions on the > qmail-popup, vchkpw, then here : > > -rwx--x--x 1 root qmail 12480 Apr 3 11:11 > /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup > -rw---x--x 1 vpopmail vchkpw 45264 Apr 3 11:19 > /home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw > > I've also done a : > > chown -R /home/vpopmail/domains > > as suggested on google, whebn i searched for answers > > I hope I included enough info. > > Sincerely > Max > > > >
