[tpop3d-discuss] Maildir auth failure - Panic mode!!

ODHIAMBO Washington wash at wananchi.com
Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:43:02 +0300


* Chris Lightfoot <chris@ex-parrot.com> [20030627 13:29]: wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 01:24:25PM +0300, ODHIAMBO Washington wrote:
> > 
> > I have changed my Exim to deliver to /var/spoo/virtual/$(domain)/$(user)/Maildir
> > but now I am stuck. Deliveries occur normally, but authentication with tpop3d
> > fails.
> > In tpop3d.conf I have
>     [...]
> > -ERR Unable to open mailbox; it may be locked by another concurrent session.
> > Connection closed by foreign host.
> > 
> > 
> > I have even changed the permissions on the Maildirs to be 775 but no luck.
> > 
> > Any help??
> >
> 
> can you run tpop3d with the -v option and tell me what
> appears in the log?

Jun 27 13:41:25 ns2 tpop3d[34482]: listeners_post_select: client [8]62.8.65.182/pop.wananchi.com: connected
Jun 27 13:41:26 ns2 tpop3d[34482]: connection_parsecommand: client [8]62.8.65.182/pop.wananchi.com: received `USER
xxxxx@xxxxxx.xx.ke'
Jun 27 13:41:26 ns2 tpop3d[34482]: connection_sendresponse: client [8]62.8.65.182/pop.wananchi.com: sent `+OK Tell me your
password.'
Jun 27 13:41:26 ns2 tpop3d[34482]: connection_parsecommand: client [8]62.8.65.182/pop.wananchi.com: received `PASS [...]'
Jun 27 13:41:26 ns2 tpop3d[34482]: auth_mysql_new_user_pass: SQL query: SELECT concat(domain.path, '/', popbox.mbox_name),
popbox.password_hash, domain.unix_user, 'bsd' FROM popbox, domain WHERE popbox.local_part = 'xxxxx' AND popbox.domain_name =
'xxxxxx.xx.ke' AND popbox.domain_name = domain.domain_name
Jun 27 13:41:26 ns2 tpop3d[34482]: authcontext_new_user_pass: began session for `xxxxx@xxxxxx.xx.ke' with mysql; uid 69, gid
6
Jun 27 13:41:26 ns2 tpop3d[34482]: fork_child: [8]xxxxx@xxxxxx.xx.ke(62.8.65.182): successfully authenticated with mysql






 	Best regards,
	Odhiambo Washington
        Wananchi Online Ltd.


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