Re: [Sheflug] Qmail queue directory hassles.

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> alert: cannot start: unable to switch to queue directory
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> The alert: line is from qmail...
> 

Well...I don't know if you've changed anything, but in qmail 1.03, that 
message is only given out by qmail-start.c:

void reread()
{
 if (chdir(auto_qmail) == -1)
  {
   log1("alert: unable to reread controls: unable to switch to home 
directory\n");
   return;
  }


And it is literally a "I can't change into the directory"...nothing more 
fancy than that. So:
	- Check permissions (how is qmail being started? And as 
		what user?)
	- Does the queue directory exist (do "strings qmail-start" 
		and see if you can ascertain what it thinks is the
		queue directory; auto_qmail is a variable that defaults
		to /var/qmail/queue, unless you specifiy summat different
		and build time)

Reading further; why are you running qmail-start from *inetd? Only 
qmail-smtpd should be running from *inetd.

The permissions I have, for reference: qmail-smtpd starts as user qmaild. My 
/var/qmail/queue is owned by qmailq, group qmail.

Chris...


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