From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 9 14:47:14 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 F1C1B1065687 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:47:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=pauls=161ca38b6@utdallas.edu) Received: from ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu (ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.111]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6DA48FC1A for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:47:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=pauls=161ca38b6@utdallas.edu) X-Group: RELAYLIST X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,383,1220245200"; d="scan'208";a="10548780" Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu ([129.110.20.110]) by ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu with ESMTP; 09 Oct 2008 09:18:26 -0500 Received: from utd65257.utdallas.edu (utd65257.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4E4BA8BEB; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 09:18:26 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:18:26 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: Da Rock , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1223533280.12779.23.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <1223533280.12779.23.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========ED46CCD6189D616CA32B==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: 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 14:47:14 -0000 --==========ED46CCD6189D616CA32B========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On Thursday, October 09, 2008 01:21:20 -0500 Da Rock=20 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... > What you should be doing is posting this to the postfix users list where people = like Wietse Venema, the developer of Postfix, can answer your questions and=20 help you solve your problem. Seriously. Sebatian and others there have a=20 tremendous amount of experience with Postfix and will be much more help to you=20 than most people here. --=20 Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========ED46CCD6189D616CA32B==========--