Re: moving from linux to freebsd...

[Abel Lucano <abel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Chris Wilson wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I am trying to migrate from freebsd to linux (on one of my web servers), and
> I have moved over my data from the vpopmail directory
> (/usr/local/vpopmail/domains), and my qmail configuration (from
> /var/qmail/control and /var/qmail/users). Everything has been setup properly
> on the new server, and qmail works great, except, when I try to login I get
> the following errors:
>
> Dec  5 04:35:42 talis vpopmail[24164]: vchkpw: autocreate dir errno 13
> /usr/local/vpopmail/domains/test.com/postmaster
> postmaster@test.com:127.0.0.1
>
> I also get the following error when trying to deliver mail:
>
> Dec  5 04:44:28 talis qmail: 1039092268.012419 new msg 227595
> Dec  5 04:44:28 talis qmail: 1039092268.024325 info msg 227595: bytes 730
> from <cwilson@ns1.netxn.com> qp 24179 uid 501
> Dec  5 04:44:28 talis qmail: 1039092268.102016 starting delivery 1: msg
> 227595 to local test.com-postmaster@test.com
> Dec  5 04:44:28 talis qmail: 1039092268.102059 status: local 1/10 remote
> 0/20
> Dec  5 04:44:28 talis qmail: 1039092268.103366 delivery 1: deferral:
> Unable_to_switch_to_/usr/local/vpopmail/domains/test.com:_access_denied._(#4
> .3.0)/
> Dec  5 04:44:28 talis qmail: 1039092268.103391 status: local 0/10 remote
> 0/20
>
>
>
> if I add a new domain, it works fine. However i would like to preserve the
> existing user accounts/mail. Does anyone know a fix/workaround for this?
> Thanks! :)
>
> Chris Wilson
>
>
>
>



Hi Chris,

Maybe your question could be better answered in Vpopmail list; it's not a
specific Qmail topic or Qmail  issue.

Description of your problem sounds like a crypt difference between Linux
and Freebsd when encrypted passwords were moved between machines.

regards,


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Abel Lucano
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