maildrop error...

[Anders Norrbring]

> 
> Anders Norrbring wrote:
> 
> >I managed to solve the login problem, now I get another error when trying
> to
> >verify the install.  And just as before, I don't even know where to start
> >looking, I'm totally new to Cyrus.
> >
> >
> >hulda:~ # telnet localhost 110
> >Trying ::1...
> >telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
> >Trying 127.0.0.1...
> >Connected to localhost.
> >Escape character is '^]'.
> >+OK hulda.the-server.net Cyrus POP3 v2.1.15 server ready
> ><4066026018.1076967268 at hulda.the-server.net>
> >user tsnet0001
> >+OK Name is a valid mailbox
> >pass NOTSHOWN
> >-ERR [SYS/PERM] Unable to open maildrop
> >
> >
> >Where is this "maildrop" configured, and how do I locate the error?
> >
> >Anders.
> >
> >
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> Cyrus is logging everything to local6 syslog facility. You could
> reconfigure your syslogd: "local6.*  /var/log/imapd.log". While keeping
> on eye on /var/log/imapd.log, you should have a look at /var/log/mail as
> well.
> 
> AFAIK, maildrop belongs to postfix not to cyrus ?!
> If this is the case you can't configure maildrop directly but you could
> start postfix.   ;-)
> 
> I you want more help please post a "egrep '(panic|error|failure)'
> /var/log/mail" first.
> 
> Regards,
> Marek


I did a restart of the system and tried again, now this shows up in the
"warn.log":

Feb 17 00:32:59 hulda pop(pam_unix)[773]: could not identify user (from
getpwnam(tsnet0001))

Anders.


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