Found the problem: /var/qmail/bin/qmail-queue must be owned by userid qmailq and have setuid flag (chmod u+s /var/qmail/bin/qmail-queue) "ls -l" should display -r-sr-xr-x as permission (the first r-s is important, not sure about whether the rest of the permission or group ownership matters...) MARK > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:52 AM > To: 'For users of Fedora Core releases' > Subject: Qmail messages stuck in queue because of permission problems > > > I have a problem with qmail: > Incoming emails are stuck in the queue. It seems like the > problem is the > permissions for the queue files - or rather the ownership. > They are owned by root:nofiles. In the maillog if have an entry saying > "deferral: Sorry,_message_has_wrong_owner." > > Fixing the ownership and sending an ALRM signal to qmail-send > immidiately > delivers the stuck emails: > chown qmailq:qmail /var/qmail/queue/mess/*/* > killall -s ALRM qmail-send > > So I added a cronjob that calls a script with these 2 lines > every 2 minutes. > > Now I have 3 questions: > > 1. What do I need to do to have the new queue files be > created with the > right ownership in the first place, so they get processed > properly (I am > suspecting something with the sticky permission flag, but I > havent figured > out where and how) > > 2. I noticed that outgoing emails are still stuck in the > queue, but it might > be due to the recipient being a non-existent address. Will > those be cleared > out eventually or do I have to do a similar fix? > > 3. Could there be any problem with my interim cron solution - > for example if > I call it too often, etc.? > > Thanks, > > MARK > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
