----- Original Message ----- From: "X-Istence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Re: Permissions problem on /home/vpopmail after re-compile
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 4:24 PM > >>Subject: Permissions problem on /home/vpopmail after re-compile > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>hi all, > >>> > >>>I have been having a qmailadmin problem for a while now, after playing > >>> > >>> > >>with > >> > >> > >>>vpopmail I think I have got to the bottom. (quite a simple one when you > >>> > >>> > >>look > >> > >> > >>>at it properly) > >>> > >>>The initial problem was qmailadmin gave me the error "could not open" > >>> > >>> > >and > > > > > >>>that was it > >>> > >>>I rebuilt qmailadmin - I rebuilt vpopmail nothing seemed to work. > >>> > >>>However I tried to add a domain using the command line today as I > >>> > >>> > >decided > > > > > >>to > >> > >> > >>>spend some proper time on this problem. > >>> > >>>I ran a ./vadddomain test.com > >>>typed in the password 2 times > >>>and got back "Error: Could not open qmail default" > >>> > >>>a quick search of bluedot.net revieled that qmail default is > >>> > >>> > >>.qmail-default > >> > >> > >>>in the domain dir of the domain creating. > >>> > >>>so the problems is a simple permissions problem. Now comes to the > >>> > >>> > >>confusing > >> > >> > >>>bit. > >>> > >>> > >>>All the domains bar inter7.com and hugo.com where created from the first > >>>vpopmail install > >>> > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/vpopmail/domains]# ls -la > >>>total 44 > >>>drwx------ 10 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Sep 21 15:13 . > >>>drwxr-xr-x 9 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Sep 10 20:21 .. > >>>-rw-r--r-- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 34 Sep 9 10:12 .dir-control > >>>drwxr-x--- 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Apr 23 13:24 > >>> > >>> > >aspectevents.co.uk > > > > > >>>drwx------ 4 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 17 14:15 hacktek.co.uk > >>>drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Sep 21 15:06 hugo.com > >>>drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Sep 21 15:13 inter7.com > >>>drwxr-x--- 4 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Sep 10 20:08 mdlan.co.uk > >>>drwxr-x--- 4 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 May 29 17:08 > >>>parsonsmotorsport.co.uk > >>>drwxr-x--- 6 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Apr 30 15:38 > >>> > >>> > >projecthugo.co.uk > > > > > >>>drwxr-x--- 4 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Apr 25 15:15 sfproject.co.uk > >>> > >>>As you can see the X permissions is missing from the group permissions > >>> > >>> > >on > > > > > >>>the 2 test domains created. So vpopmail is actually creating the domains > >>>with the right user/group vpopmail:vchkpw (so the ./configure options > >>> > >>> > >>appear > >> > >> > >>>to have worked) yet it appears to have just forgot about the group > >>>permissions ??? > >>> > >>>The group permissions at not a build time option ?? so why when I have > >>>rebuilt the same version of vpopmail with the same configure options > >>> > >>> > >does > > > > > >>it > >> > >> > >>>simpley forget to apply group permissions. vadddomain creates the dir > >>> > >>> > >with > > > > > >>>the wrong group permissions so it can't create the .qmail-default domain > >>>inside. > >>> > >>>Any suggestions as to why vpopmail is doing this ? > >>> > >>>(Thanks for the input on the qmailadmin list also some good advice - the > >>>fact that I didn't get anywhere made me get my head down today) > >>> > >>> > >>>thanks, > >>> > >>>Matt. > >>> > >>> > >>An interesting note is > >> > >>a.) vpopmail ./vadddomain causes the error > >>b.) qmailadmin complains of an error "cannot open dir" > >>c.) vqadmin does NOT complain of any error. It creates a dir with the SAME > >>permissions as the other none working domains (as though the group > >>permissions had been forgot) but it manages to create the .qmail-defaults > >>file. This is very interesting as I understand it vqadmin simpley uses > >>vadddomain - and if the permissions are correct with drwx------ and not > >>drwxr-x why can vadddomain not create the .qmail-defaults file when it > >>creates a domain. > >> > >>Thanks > >> > >>Matt. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please post a ls -al of /home/vpopmail/ > > Re-read the post, its in there. Matt.
