I get an error on restarting my server that reads: /etc/rc2.d/S20saslauthd: line 54: syntax error near unexpected token '('... when I check it, everything is identical to what appears in the perfect setup instructions.....what am i missing or doing wrong?
postfix problem lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2005-09-18 16:15 S10sysklogd -> ../init.d/sysklogd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2005-09-18 16:15 S11klogd -> ../init.d/klogd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2005-09-18 16:14 S14ppp -> ../init.d/ppp lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2005-09-18 20:55 S15bind9 -> ../init.d/bind9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2005-09-18 20:36 S18portmap -> ../init.d/portmap lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2005-09-18 20:38 S19spamassassin -> ../init.d/spamassassin lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2005-09-18 21:47 S20courier-authdaemon -> ../init.d/courier-authdaemon lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2005-09-18 21:47 S20courier-imap -> ../init.d/courier-imap lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2005-09-18 21:47 S20courier-imap-ssl -> ../init.d/courier-imap-ssl lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2005-09-18 21:47 S20courier-pop -> ../init.d/courier-pop lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2005-09-18 21:47 S20courier-pop-ssl -> ../init.d/courier-pop-ssl lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2005-09-18 16:14 S20exim4 -> ../init.d/exim4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2005-09-18 16:14 S20inetd -> ../init.d.inetd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2005-09-18 20:36 S20lpd -> ../init.d/lpd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2005-09-18 16:13 S20makedev -> ../init.d/makedev lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2005-09-18 21:05 S20mysql -> ../init.d/mysql lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2005-09-18 21:16 S20postfix -> ../init.d/postfix lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2005-09-18 21:16 S20saslauthd -> ../init.d/saslauthd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2005-09-18 20:37 S20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2005-09-18 20:36 S21nfs-common -> ../init.d/nfs-common lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2005-09-18 20:51 S21quotarpc -> ../init.d/quotarpc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2005-09-18 22:08 S50proftpd -> ../init.d/proftpd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2005-09-18 16:15 S89atd -> ../init.d/atd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2005-09-18 16:14 S89cron -> ../init.d/cron lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2005-09-18 21:51 S91apache2 -> ../init.d/apache2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2005-09-18 20:47 S99fetchmail -> ../init.d/fetchmail lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2005-09-18 16:13 S99rmnologin -> ../init.d/rmologin lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2005-09-18 16:13 S99stop-boodlogd -> ../init.d/stop-bootlogd
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Apology Sorry getting very frustrating following what we are supposed to and only comming up against walls. My apologies.
No problem. Can you post your /etc/init.d/saslauthd here? BTW, you can use WinSCP ( http://winscp.net/eng/index.php ) to copy files to and from your Linux box, so you can copy /etc/init.d/saslauthd to your Windows desktop, open it in a text editor and post the contents here.
Re: #!/bin/sh -e NAME=saslauthd DAEMON="/usr/sbin/${NAME}" DESC="SASL Authentication Daemon" DEFAULTS=/etc/default/saslauthd PWDIR="/var/spool/postfix/var/run/${NAME}" PIDFILE="${PWDIR}/saslauthd.pid" dir="root sasl 755 ${PWDIR} createdir() { # $1 = user # $2 = group # $3 = permissions (octal) # $4 = path to directory [ -d "$4" ] || mkdir -p "$4" chown -c -h "$1:$2" "$4" file "/etc/init.d/saslauthd", 88 lines
Re: Am comfortable using putty to copy and paste the information you need. Thanks for the information will keep on file.
This is what we get: #!/bin/sh -e NAME=saslauthd DAEMON="/usr/sbin/${NAME}" DESC="SASL Authentication Daemon" DEFAULTS=/etc/default/saslauthd PWDIR="/var/spool/postfix/var/run/${NAME}" PIDFILE="${PWDIR}/saslauthd.pid" dir="root sasl 755 ${PWDIR} createdir() { # $1 = user # $2 = group # $3 = permissions (octal) # $4 = path to directory [ -d "$4" ] || mkdir -p "$4" chown -c -h "$1:$2" "$4" chmod -c "$3" "$4" } test -f "${DAEMON}" || exit 0 # Source defaults file; edit that file to configure this script. :
That's not the whole file. If you use the sreen up and screen down keys you'll see that there's more in that file. Try to use the WinSCP solution that I proposed to you.
#!/bin/sh -e NAME=saslauthd DAEMON="/usr/sbin/${NAME}" DESC="SASL Authentication Daemon" DEFAULTS=/etc/default/saslauthd PWDIR="/var/spool/postfix/var/run/${NAME}" PIDFILE="${PWDIR}/saslauthd.pid" dir="root sasl 755 ${PWDIR} createdir() { # $1 = user # $2 = group # $3 = permissions (octal) # $4 = path to directory [ -d "$4" ] || mkdir -p "$4" chown -c -h "$1:$2" "$4" chmod -c "$3" "$4" } test -f "${DAEMON}" || exit 0 # Source defaults file; edit that file to configure this script. if [ -e "${DEFAULTS}" ]; then . "${DEFAULTS}" fi # If we're not to start the daemon, simply exit if [ "${START}" != "yes" ]; then exit 0 fi # If we have no mechanisms defined if [ "x${MECHANISMS}" = "x" ]; then echo "You need to configure ${DEFAULTS} with mechanisms to be used" exit 0 fi # Add our mechanimsms with the necessary flag PARAMS="${PARAMS} -a ${MECHANISMS}" START="--start --quiet --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --startas ${DAEMON} --name ${NAME} -- ${PARAMS}" # Consider our options case "${1}" in start) echo -n "Starting ${DESC}: " #dir=`dpkg-statoverride --list $PWDIR` test -z "$dir" || createdir $dir if start-stop-daemon ${START} >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo "${NAME}." else if start-stop-daemon --test ${START} >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "(failed)." exit 1 else echo "${DAEMON} already running." exit 0 fi fi ;; stop) echo -n "Stopping ${DESC}: " if start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" \ --startas ${DAEMON} --retry 10 --name ${NAME} \ >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo "${NAME}." else if start-stop-daemon --test ${START} >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "(not running)." exit 0 else echo "(failed)." exit 1 fi fi ;; restart|force-reload) $0 stop exec $0 start ;; *)
/etc/init.d/saslauthd contains errors. Please delete /etc/init.d/saslauthd: Code: rm -f /etc/init.d/saslauthd Then create a new one that has the exactly same contents as the one in http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_debian_sarge. I also post it here: Code: #!/bin/sh -e NAME=saslauthd DAEMON="/usr/sbin/${NAME}" DESC="SASL Authentication Daemon" DEFAULTS=/etc/default/saslauthd PWDIR="/var/spool/postfix/var/run/${NAME}" PIDFILE="${PWDIR}/saslauthd.pid" dir="root sasl 755 ${PWDIR}" createdir() { # $1 = user # $2 = group # $3 = permissions (octal) # $4 = path to directory [ -d "$4" ] || mkdir -p "$4" chown -c -h "$1:$2" "$4" chmod -c "$3" "$4" } test -f "${DAEMON}" || exit 0 # Source defaults file; edit that file to configure this script. if [ -e "${DEFAULTS}" ]; then . "${DEFAULTS}" fi # If we're not to start the daemon, simply exit if [ "${START}" != "yes" ]; then exit 0 fi # If we have no mechanisms defined if [ "x${MECHANISMS}" = "x" ]; then echo "You need to configure ${DEFAULTS} with mechanisms to be used" exit 0 fi # Add our mechanimsms with the necessary flag PARAMS="${PARAMS} -a ${MECHANISMS}" START="--start --quiet --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --startas ${DAEMON} --name ${NAME} -- ${PARAMS}" # Consider our options case "${1}" in start) echo -n "Starting ${DESC}: " #dir=`dpkg-statoverride --list $PWDIR` test -z "$dir" || createdir $dir if start-stop-daemon ${START} >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo "${NAME}." else if start-stop-daemon --test ${START} >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "(failed)." exit 1 else echo "${DAEMON} already running." exit 0 fi fi ;; stop) echo -n "Stopping ${DESC}: " if start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" \ --startas ${DAEMON} --retry 10 --name ${NAME} \ >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo "${NAME}." else if start-stop-daemon --test ${START} >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "(not running)." exit 0 else echo "(failed)." exit 1 fi fi ;; restart|force-reload) $0 stop exec $0 start ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/${NAME} {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2 exit 1 ;; esac exit 0 Then run Code: chmod 755 /etc/init.d/saslauthd /etc/init.d/saslauthd start
Hi, I am having the same probelm, I have tryed the config that you have pasted on the forums and still have SASL Authentication Deamon: (failed). If there are any reasons you could think of that would be great. just to make it easyer here is my /etc/init.d/saslauthd Code: #!/bin/sh -e NAME=saslauthd DAEMON="/usr/sbin/${NAME}" DESC="SASL Authentication Daemon" DEFAULTS=/etc/default/saslauthd PWDIR="/var/spool/postfix/var/run/${NAME}" PIDFILE="${PWDIR}/saslauthd.pid" dir="root sasl 755 ${PWDIR}" createdir() { # $1 = user # $2 = group # $3 = permissions (octal) # $4 = path to directory [ -d "$4" ] || mkdir -p "$4" chown -c -h "$1:$2" "$4" chmod -c "$3" "$4" } test -f "${DAEMON}" || exit 0 # Source defaults file; edit that file to configure this script. if [ -e "${DEFAULTS}" ]; then . "${DEFAULTS}" fi # If we're not to start the daemon, simply exit if [ "${START}" != "yes" ]; then exit 0 fi # If we have no mechanisms defined if [ "x${MECHANISMS}" = "x" ]; then echo "You need to configure ${DEFAULTS} with mechanisms to be used" exit 0 fi # Add our mechanimsms with the necessary flag PARAMS="${PARAMS} -a ${MECHANISMS}" START="--start --quiet --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --startas ${DAEMON} --name ${NAME} -- ${PARAMS}" # Consider our options case "${1}" in start) echo -n "Starting ${DESC}: " #dir=`dpkg-statoverride --list $PWDIR` test -z "$dir" || createdir $dir if start-stop-daemon ${START} >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo "${NAME}." else if start-stop-daemon --test ${START} >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "(failed)." exit 1 else echo "${DAEMON} already running." exit 0 fi fi ;; stop) echo -n "Stopping ${DESC}: " if start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" \ --startas ${DAEMON} --retry 10 --name ${NAME} \ >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo "${NAME}." else if start-stop-daemon --test ${START} >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "(not running)." exit 0 else echo "(failed)." exit 1 fi fi ;; restart|force-reload) $0 stop exec $0 start ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/${NAME} {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2 exit 1 ;; esac exit 0
