[Annoyed] Cyrus-imapd/sasl upgrade and lmtpd behaviour...

Simon Loader simon at surf.org.uk
Mon Dec 30 00:01:20 EST 2002


check permissions on /var/imap/socket/lmtp
and are you sure you dont want no auth on the lmtp server ?

HTH

-- 
Simon Loader



Steve Clement wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> first off all I want to say hello to the list as I am new on it. Small 
> and boring intro:
> I am a Unix Sysadmin from Luxembourg and in constant fight with lmtpd 
> when it comes to updates :(
> 
> following stuff has been updated:
> 
> cyrus-sasl/imapd-2.1.5 -> cyrus-imapd-2.1.11 sasl-2.1.10
> 
> I used the very same configure lines as before all worked allright but 
> when I restarted the 'master ' program I saw this entry in the logs:
> 
> iron deliver[15406]: connect(/var/imap/socket/lmtp) failed: Connection 
> refused
> 
> This is really annoying and now my live servers are fucked, so no mail 
> for me anymore nor for my clients. Obvious question: what changed/have I 
> done wrong?
> 
> Now my cyrus.conf file might not be really up to date as the ctl_deliver 
> is deprecated, but that aint the problem.
> I remember having this problem before but I can't remember how I fixed 
> it. But I do remember it took days to figure out.
> 
> Find attached my 2 conf files.
> 
> If you guys can't help please point me too some other place as this is 
> really urgent.
> 
> Thank you all very much in advance,
> 
> Steve
> 
> my imapd.conf:
> 
> configdirectory: /var/imap
> partition-default: /var/spool/imap
> admins: 1stadmin 2ndadmin
> sasl_pwcheck_method: auxprop
> pwcheck_method: sasldb
> tls_cert_file: /var/imap/someserver.pem
> tls_key_file: /var/imap/someserver.pem
> 
> my cyrus.conf:
> 
>   # standard standalone server implementation
> 
>   START {
>     # do not delete these entries!
>     mboxlist      cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -r"
>     deliver       cmd="ctl_deliver -r"
> 
>     # this is only necessary if using idled for IMAP IDLE
>     #  idled                cmd="idled"
>   }
> 
>   # UNIX sockets start with a slash and are put into /var/imap/socket
>   SERVICES {
>     # add or remove based on preferences
>     imap         cmd="imapd" listen="localhost:imap" prefork=1
>   #  imap          cmd="imapd" listen="imap" prefork=0
>     imaps         cmd="imapd -s" listen="imaps" prefork=0
>     pop3          cmd="pop3d" listen="pop3" prefork=0
>   #  pop3s         cmd="pop3d -s" listen="pop3s" prefork=0
>   #  sieve         cmd="timsieved" listen="sieve" prefork=0
> 
>     # at least one LMTP is required for delivery
>   #  lmtp         cmd="lmtpd" listen="lmtp" prefork=0
>     lmtpunix      cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/imap/socket/lmtp" prefork=1
>   }
> 
>   EVENTS {
>     # this is required
>     checkpoint    cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -c" period=30
> 
>     # this is only necessary if using duplicate delivery suppression
>   #  delprune      cmd="ctl_deliver -E 3" period=1440
>   }
> 
> 






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