> 1. Does qpsmtpd need to be "compiled" and installed? No it doesn't. The Makefile is broken, forget about it. > # ./qpsmtpd-forkserver > without the -u parameter (which is supposed to default to smtpd) results in the message: > Could not create spool_dir /root/tmp/: Permission denied at lib/Qpsmtpd.pm line 464. > Why would it try to create /root/tmp, if it's supposed to run as smtpd? Because you run it out of "/root" and it is supposed to used ~/tmp if not told otherwise. You might want to create a special directory for qpsmtpd, e.g. /opt/qpsmtpd and move qpsmtpd to there. If you then create /opt/qpsmtpd/tmp and make it owned by the smtpd-user, it should work. > Peter J. Holzer wrote that "It's basically the same patch as for 0.28." > and I was able to dig that one up somewhere as qpsmtpd-xinetd.tar.gz, > which also includes run.xi -- that seems like a step in the right direction, > but how do I tell this thing to run on port 25? I have no knowledge about xinetd, but i guess there is a generic way in xinetd to tell it the port. Don't you have any other services in xinetd and can lookup how its done there? > 4. Well, xinetd seems to be out of favor anyway, and this link > http://wiki.qpsmtpd.org/inetd?DokuWiki=9f8ba8fcd90e3c53f6a715c256a51775&do=revisions > shows that there used to be an xinetd page in the wiki, but it was moved two > weeks ago by jamtur01, and since then it has vanished. The last revision of the page can be seen here: http://wiki.qpsmtpd.org/deploy:inetd?rev=1168341647 It just states, that inetd and xinetd doesn't work. > However, in line 18 of http://wiki.qpsmtpd.org/deploy:sysvinit is > . /etc/init.d/functions > I don't have that executable -- what does it do? I guess this is redhat specific. > I have so many bits and pieces, and none seem to fit together. Can anyone put me on the > right track? Quickstart: Get rid of your current installation, unpack the tarball into /opt/qpsmtpd and create the tmp as described above, then run qpsmtpd-forkserver from that directory. Regards Michael -- It's an insane world, but i'm proud to be a part of it. -- Bill HicksThread Previous | Thread Next