Qmail Install

[Andersond]

I am installing Qmail on a Suse 9.0 installation and following the LifewithQmail instructions.

When I come to create the /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-send/log/run file I am receiving the following error message:

multilog: fatal: unable to switch to current directory: access denied.

Does anyone know what is causing this error and what I need to do to remedy it?

 

[thedaver]

Did you do this?

mkdir -p /var/log/qmail/send
mkdir -p /var/log/qmail/smtpd
mkdir -p /var/log/qmail/pop3d
mkdir -p /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-send/log
mkdir -p /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd/log
mkdir -p /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-pop3d/log
chmod +t /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-send
chmod +t /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd
chmod +t /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-pop3d


and is this your qmail-send/log/run file?
vi /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-send/log/run

#!/bin/sh
# Keep 30 logs of max 10Mb each
#
# They will get rotated when they reach 10Mb in size,
# or at midnight when our crontab script fires (whichever event comes 1st)
exec /usr/local/bin/setuidgid qmaill /usr/local/bin/multilog t s10000000 n30 /var/log/qmail/send



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[Andersond]

Have carried out the mkdir and chmod commands.
The qmail-send/log/run does not exist.

 

[Wishdiak]

Andersond,

If you've done 'mkdir -p /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-send/log' then you should be able to 'touch /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-send/log' without getting an error. Are you logged in as root when you attempt this?


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[Andersond]

The command I am using to create the file is:

exec /var/local/bin/setuidgid qmaill /usr/local/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail

I am logged on as root when it is run

When I run it I am receiving the message stated in my original query above.

 

[Wishdiak]

Andersond,

Your last post says you get the error when executing
exec /var/local/bin/setuidgid qmaill /usr/local/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail

From that, it looks like the problem is with the directory /var/log/qmail. Does /var/log/qmail exist?


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[Andersond]

Yes - /var/log/qmail exists

 

[Wishdiak]

Andersond,

If /var/log/qmail exists, then check the ownership and permissions. /var/log/qmail should be chowned by qmaill (note the extra character) as your /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-send/log/run script is trying to write to it as user 'qmaill'.


Wishdiak

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[Andersond]

Have changed ownership to qmaill and now works fine.
I now have an SMTP server problem - please see separate thread!

 

[Wishdiak]

Andersond,

Glad to hear it worked, see you in the other thread.


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