From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 9 06:59:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F1F310656A9 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 06:59:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from herbs@langhans.com.pl) Received: from langhans.com.pl (host-194126238033.net-serwis.pl [194.126.238.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D9BF8FC4B for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 06:59:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from herbs@langhans.com.pl) Received: by langhans.com.pl (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9B7CB192923; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 08:49:21 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 08:49:21 +0200 From: herbs To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081009064921.GA28551@greencat.langhans.com.pl> References: <1223533280.12779.23.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1223533280.12779.23.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: !@%%## maildrop and postfix - temporary authentication failure X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:59:08 -0000 Is there anything in the instructions about the gid or uid? Maybe there is something wrong. Just an idea.. herbs On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 04:21:20PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > I'm really about to throw this damn server through a closed window (or > better yet a brick wall). I've searched high and low on google for a > straight answer, and any references in mailing lists give an answer of > read the INSTALL file (as if thats supposed to solve everything). > > I have virtual users for email in postfix, and I want to use maildrop to > deliver to the virtual mailboxes. Problem is, when it does use maildrop > it shows an error in the logs as the subject line says. > > I've tried everything, checked everything. That supposed magic solution > in the INSTALL file says only ONE thing needs to be set to get it to > work. Maildrop is owned by root and group is mail. The socket is rwx > globally (all this is set by the port install). The executing user for > pipe in postfix is vmail. > > I've installed the port with authlib and gdbm (even manually adjusted > the makefile to ensure --enable-userdb). Nada. > > The generally consensus is that it should work out of the box- so what > the hell am I doing wrong? Where should I be looking? Specifically: what > is not authenticating? I can manually test maildrop ok. So wtf? > > You'll have to excuse my language here- I'm not sure how much hair I > have left after working on this for several days... > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- ******* Herbert Langhans, Warschau ******* Sprachtraining Langhans ******* http://www.langhans.com.pl ******* herbert at langhans.com.pl ******* NIP 526-229-61-51 ******* Regon 014911759 ******* Tel. 603 341 441