Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 08:49:21 +0200 From: herbs <herbert.raimund@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: !@%%## maildrop and postfix - temporary authentication failure Message-ID: <20081009064921.GA28551@greencat.langhans.com.pl> In-Reply-To: <1223533280.12779.23.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <1223533280.12779.23.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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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
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