Re: Problems switching from tcpserver to tcpsvd

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 13:12:24 +0000, Gerrit Pape <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 02:48:44PM +0530, Rajkumar s wrote:
> >           I had added the -u qmaild:nofiles option in the run file ,
> > But the problem still persists , its repeatedly asking for password
> > when i configure the account in outlook express and tried sending
> > mails.
> 
> I suggest to test by other means than using the mail client to find out
> what's going on; probably the patch to qmail you use includes some
> documentation on how to test its functionality.
> 
> > I too think that the following lines exit 1
> >    /Programs/Qmail/1.03/bin/qmail-smtpd \
> >    /Programs/Qmail/1.03/bin/checkpassword /bin/true 2>&1
> 
> > run file is provided below:
> >
> > exec tcpsvd -vv -t1800 \
> >    -c100 -C'10:421 per host concurrency limit reached\r\n' \
> >    -i/Programs/Qmail/1.03/etc/smtp \
> >    -u qmaild:nofiles 202.144.28.164 25 \
> >    /Programs/Qmail/1.03/bin/qmail-smtpd \
> >    /Programs/Qmail/1.03/bin/checkpassword /bin/true 2>&1
> 
> You could check whether the ipsvd instruction work as indended by
> dumping the environment to the log, with tcpsvd, and with tcpserver, to
> compare them, e.g.
> 
>  exec tcpsvd -vv -t1800 \
>     -c100 -C'10:421 per host concurrency limit reached\r\n' \
>     -i/Programs/Qmail/1.03/etc/smtp \
>     -u qmaild:nofiles 202.144.28.164 25 \
>     sh -c 'env >&2; exec /Programs/Qmail/1.03/bin/qmail-smtpd \
>     /Programs/Qmail/1.03/bin/checkpassword /bin/true' 2>&1
> 
> Or dump and compare a system call trace, e.g. under linux
> 
>  exec tcpsvd -vv -t1800 \
>     -c100 -C'10:421 per host concurrency limit reached\r\n' \
>     -i/Programs/Qmail/1.03/etc/smtp \
>     -u qmaild:nofiles 202.144.28.164 25 \
>     strace -f -o/tmp/trace /Programs/Qmail/1.03/bin/qmail-smtpd \
>     /Programs/Qmail/1.03/bin/checkpassword /bin/true 2>&1
> 
> HTH, Gerrit.
> 

Dear sir,
        I had  dumped all those to logs , but from the logs i found
the the message "access denied" , will there may be any permission
problems.

I tried establing connection using telnet 202.144.28.164 25

Log messages are provided below:

2005-03-09_06:03:42.21809 tcpsvd: info: status 1/100
2005-03-09_06:03:42.21814 tcpsvd: info: pid 7202 from 59.92.0.74
2005-03-09_06:03:42.21858 tcpsvd: warning: unable to unlink:
/Programs/Qmail/1.03/etc/smtp/0: access denied
2005-03-09_06:03:42.21861 tcpsvd: info: concurrency 7202 59.92.0.74 1/10
2005-03-09_06:03:42.21861 tcpsvd: info: start 7202
mail.tenet.res.in:202.144.28.164 ::59.92.0.74:1286
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22092 CONSOLE=/dev/console
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22093 TERM=linux
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22093 TCPLOCALHOST=mail.tenet.res.in
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22094 INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.84
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22094 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22094 vga=0
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22094 RUNLEVEL=3
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22095 PWD=/Programs/Qmail/1.03/supervise/qmail-smtpd
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22095 TCPCONCURRENCY=1
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22095 PROTO=TCP
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22095 TCPREMOTEIP=59.92.0.74
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22096 PREVLEVEL=N
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22096 acpi=off
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22096 TCPLOCALPORT=25
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22097 TCPLOCALIP=202.144.28.164
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22097 HOME=/
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22097 SHLVL=1
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22097 TCPREMOTEPORT=1286
2005-03-09_06:03:42.22098 _=/usr/local/sbin/env
2005-03-09_06:04:13.30936 tcpsvd: info: end 7202 exit 111
2005-03-09_06:04:13.30940 tcpsvd: info: status 0/100


2005-03-09_06:05:54.20285 tcpsvd: info: status 1/100
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20295 tcpsvd: info: pid 7229 from 202.144.28.163
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20342 tcpsvd: warning: unable to unlink:
/Programs/Qmail/1.03/etc/smtp/202.144.28.163: access denied
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20346 tcpsvd: warning: unable to unlink:
/Programs/Qmail/1.03/etc/smtp/0: access denied
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20348 tcpsvd: info: concurrency 7229 202.144.28.163 1/10
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20348 tcpsvd: info: start 7229
mail.tenet.res.in:202.144.28.164 ::202.144.28.163:51272
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20579 CONSOLE=/dev/console
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20580 TERM=linux
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20581 TCPLOCALHOST=mail.tenet.res.in
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20581 INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.84
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20581 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20581 vga=0
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20582 RUNLEVEL=3
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20582 PWD=/Programs/Qmail/1.03/supervise/qmail-smtpd
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20582 TCPCONCURRENCY=1
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20582 PROTO=TCP
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20583 TCPREMOTEIP=202.144.28.163
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20583 PREVLEVEL=N
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20583 acpi=off
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20583 TCPLOCALPORT=25
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20584 TCPLOCALIP=202.144.28.164
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20584 HOME=/
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20584 SHLVL=1
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20584 TCPREMOTEPORT=51272
2005-03-09_06:05:54.20585 _=/usr/local/sbin/env
2005-03-09_06:05:54.49501 tcpsvd: info: end 7229 exit 111
2005-03-09_06:05:54.49502 tcpsvd: info: status 0/100

On including strace option in run file and  when i tried to establish
smtp connection , i',m getting the response as "connection  to the
host lost" , So i couldn't using strace option.

Sincerely,
S.Rajkumar