I went through the tutorial here on howtoforge for setting up the perfect ubuntu dapper server. I then installed ISPConfig. Everything with ISPConfig seems to be working fine, except for email. I have deployed four sites using ISPConfig and have created email users for each, but I still can't login to my POP3 server using the accounts ISPConfig created. Where do I need to look to begin troubleshooting?
Are you using the ISPconfig's "User" name as account name in your email client, or the email address? If it's the email address, change it to the User name (web1_info, or whatever it is on your system for that email address), and try again
I've tried logging in with just the User name, but to no avail. In my email client, it just tells me that the password was rejected. Here's the tail of my /var/log/mail.log file: Code: Oct 2 03:57:32 reformationstudios courierpop3login: LOGIN FAILED, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127] Oct 2 03:57:33 reformationstudios courierpop3login: LOGOUT, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127] Oct 2 03:57:37 reformationstudios courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127] Oct 2 03:57:37 reformationstudios courierpop3login: chdir "/var/www/web3/user/web3_jhurt": Permission denied I tried changing my password for this user to a couple of different things, but still can't seem to get in. Does the permission denied line in the log mean that my password was incorrect, or that the courierpop3login process doesn't have adequate permissions to access the file that stores the passwords? Also, is the address of my POP3 server just www.mydomain.com, or mydomain.com, or mail.mydomain.com?
Have you enabled the "Maildir" Checkbox in ISPConfig under Management > server > settings? What is the output of: ls -la /var/www/web3/user/ That depends on your DNS setup. You can use any domain that points to your server IP.
I did not have the "maildir" checkbox enabled... Here is the output before enabling that checkbox Code: ls -la /var/www/web3/user total 4 drwxr-xr-x 4 www-data web3 1024 Sep 9 23:08 . drwxr-xr-x 8 www-data web3 1024 Sep 12 04:10 .. -r-------- 1 root root 0 Sep 9 22:55 .no_delete drwxr-xr-x 3 meekish web3 1024 Sep 9 22:56 web3_jhurt drwxr-xr-x 3 meekish web3 1024 Sep 12 04:10 web3_test And the output after enabling that checkbox and adding another user "jed.hurt" : Code: ls -la /var/www/web3/user total 5 drwxr-xr-x 5 www-data web3 1024 Oct 2 16:43 . drwxr-xr-x 8 www-data web3 1024 Sep 12 04:10 .. -r-------- 1 root root 0 Sep 9 22:55 .no_delete drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jed.hurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:43 web3_jed.hurt drwxr-xr-x 4 meekish web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 web3_jhurt drwxr-xr-x 3 meekish web3 1024 Sep 12 04:10 web3_test And here's the tail of my mail.log file after trying to check the email of the new user I just created: Code: Oct 2 16:43:09 reformationstudios postfix/master[14203]: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol Oct 2 16:43:09 reformationstudios postfix/master[14203]: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only Oct 2 16:43:09 reformationstudios postfix/master[14203]: daemon started -- version 2.2.10, configuration /etc/postfix Oct 2 16:43:09 reformationstudios postfix/pickup[14219]: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol Oct 2 16:43:09 reformationstudios postfix/pickup[14219]: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only Oct 2 16:43:09 reformationstudios postfix/qmgr[14220]: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol Oct 2 16:43:09 reformationstudios postfix/qmgr[14220]: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only Oct 2 16:43:30 reformationstudios courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127] Oct 2 16:43:35 reformationstudios courierpop3login: LOGIN FAILED, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127] Oct 2 16:43:35 reformationstudios courierpop3login: LOGOUT, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127] Oct 2 16:45:39 reformationstudios courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127] Oct 2 16:45:45 reformationstudios courierpop3login: LOGIN FAILED, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127] Oct 2 16:45:45 reformationstudios courierpop3login: LOGOUT, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]
Please run Code: chown web3_jhurt /var/www/web3/user/web3_jhurt chown web3_test /var/www/web3/user/web3_test When you want to log in with your email client to the web3_jhurt account, you're using the usernamr web3_jhurt, right? What's the output of Code: ls -la /var/www/web3/user/web3_jhurt ?
Here is the output after chowning those directories: Code: ls -la /var/www/web3/user/web3_jhurt total 87 drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 . drwxr-xr-x 5 meekish web3 1024 Oct 2 16:43 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 103 Oct 2 16:41 .antivirus.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 789 Oct 2 16:41 .autoresponder.rc -rw------- 1 meekish web3 24 Oct 2 16:41 .forward -rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 67866 Oct 2 16:41 .html-trap.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 3889 Oct 2 16:41 .local-rules.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 204 Oct 2 16:41 .mailsize.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 451 Oct 2 16:41 .procmailrc -rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 656 Oct 2 16:41 .quota.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 1146 Oct 2 16:41 .spamassassin.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 2010 Oct 2 16:41 .user_prefs -rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 32 Oct 2 16:41 .vacation.msg drwx------ 5 meekish web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 Maildir drwxrwxr-x 2 meekish web3 1024 Sep 9 22:56 web I'm still unable to login using my POP3 client...
I ran the chown recursively. I'm still unable to login... Here is a recurvsive listing of the web3_jhurt directory: Code: ls web3_jhurt -Rla web3_jhurt: total 87 drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 . drwxr-xr-x 5 www-data web3 1024 Oct 2 16:43 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 103 Oct 2 16:41 .antivirus.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 789 Oct 2 16:41 .autoresponder.rc -rw------- 1 web3_jhurt web3 24 Oct 2 16:41 .forward -rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 67866 Oct 2 16:41 .html-trap.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 3889 Oct 2 16:41 .local-rules.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 204 Oct 2 16:41 .mailsize.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 451 Oct 2 16:41 .procmailrc -rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 656 Oct 2 16:41 .quota.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 1146 Oct 2 16:41 .spamassassin.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 2010 Oct 2 16:41 .user_prefs -rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 32 Oct 2 16:41 .vacation.msg drwx------ 5 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 Maildir drwxrwxr-x 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Sep 9 22:56 web web3_jhurt/Maildir: total 5 drwx------ 5 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 . drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 .. drwx------ 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 cur drwx------ 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 new drwx------ 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 tmp web3_jhurt/Maildir/cur: total 2 drwx------ 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 . drwx------ 5 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 .. web3_jhurt/Maildir/new: total 2 drwx------ 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 . drwx------ 5 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 .. web3_jhurt/Maildir/tmp: total 2 drwx------ 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 . drwx------ 5 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 .. web3_jhurt/web: total 4 drwxrwxr-x 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Sep 9 22:56 . drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 .. -rwxrwxr-x 1 web3_jhurt web3 1197 Sep 9 22:56 index.html I sent an email to [email protected] and did not get a returned to sender email, but my mail.log now looks like this: Code: Oct 7 00:31:09 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25656]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/343316.25656: Permission denied Oct 7 00:31:09 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25612]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/343491.25612: Permission denied Oct 7 00:31:14 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25799]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/955896.25799: Permission denied Oct 7 00:31:19 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25656]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/344780.25656: Permission denied Oct 7 00:31:19 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25612]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/344789.25612: Permission denied Oct 7 00:31:24 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25799]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/957392.25799: Permission denied Oct 7 00:31:29 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25656]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/345266.25656: Permission denied Oct 7 00:31:29 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25612]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/345269.25612: Permission denied Oct 7 00:31:31 reformationstudios courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127] Oct 7 00:31:32 reformationstudios courierpop3login: chdir "/var/www/web3/user/web3_jhurt": Permission denied Oct 7 00:31:34 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25799]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/958869.25799: Permission denied Oct 7 00:31:38 reformationstudios courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127] Oct 7 00:31:38 reformationstudios courierpop3login: chdir "/var/www/web3/user/web3_jhurt": Permission denied Looks like the postfix process is trying to write the received email file to maildir, but can't get directory permissions?
Your mail.log output is abit uncommon for ISPConfig. It seems that your psotfix configuration uses maildrop to deliver the emails, ISPConfig needs procmail. Please post the content of your main.cf file.
Also, the correct permissions for the web3_jhurt directory should be as follows: Code: drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jhurt web3 4096 1. Okt 01:10 . drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jhurt web3 4096 15. Okt 2004 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 534 28. Dez 2005 .antivirus.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 772 28. Dez 2005 .autoresponder.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 28. Dez 2005 .bounce-exceed-quota.txt -rw------- 1 web3_jhurt web3 24 28. Dez 2005 .forward -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67866 28. Dez 2005 .html-trap.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3889 28. Dez 2005 .local-rules.rc drwx------ 5 web3_jhurt web3 4096 15. Okt 2004 Maildir -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 175 28. Dez 2005 .mailsize.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 732 28. Dez 2005 .procmailrc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2680 28. Dez 2005 .quota.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1153 28. Dez 2005 .spamassassin.rc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1641 28. Dez 2005 .user_prefs -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 28. Dez 2005 .vacation.msg drwxrwxr-x 2 web3_jhurt web3 4096 15. Okt 2004 web
Great, I will track down the main.cf file and make sure those permissions are set correctly... *crossing my fingers*
Here it is... How bad is it doc? Code: cat /etc/postfix/main.cf # See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version # Debian specific: Specifying a file name will cause the first # line of that file to be used as the name. The Debian default # is /etc/mailname. #myorigin = /etc/mailname smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) biff = no # appending .domain is the MUA's job. append_dot_mydomain = no # Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings #delay_warning_time = 4h # TLS parameters smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_use_tls = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache # See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for # information on enabling SSL in the smtp client. myhostname = reformationstudios.com alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases myorigin = /etc/mailname #mydestination = reformationstudios.com, localhost.com, , localhost relayhost = mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 mailbox_command = mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtp_use_tls = yes smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom home_mailbox = Maildir/ virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtusertable mydestination = /etc/postfix/local-host-names
Please check the permissions of your user directories (see http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showpost.php?p=43901&postcount=12 ). I guess you made a chown -R sometime.
I ran a 'postfix check' and found out that I had accidentally chowned a bunch of files in /usr/lib/postfix. I chowned those back to root. However, 'postfix check' is still yielding the following warnings: Code: root@reformationstudios:/home/meekish# postfix check postfix: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol postfix: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only postsuper: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol postsuper: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only postfix/postfix-script: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol postfix/postfix-script: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only postfix/postfix-script: warning: not set-gid or not owner+group+world executable: /usr/sbin/postqueue postfix/postfix-script: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol postfix/postfix-script: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only postfix/postfix-script: warning: not set-gid or not owner+group+world executable: /usr/sbin/postdrop How would I go about fixing those?
