Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1761 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2010-08-26 01:54, Andre Truter wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 01:34 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> > On 2010-08-25 23:23, Andre Truter wrote:
> > > I installed a sever with openSUSE 11.3 and we use fetchmail on it.
> > >
> > > But when I try to start fetchmail, I get the following:
> > > --<snip>--
> > > #rcfetchmail start
> > > Starting fetchmailfetchmail: can't find a password for
> > > fetchmail@/var/log/fetchmail.
> > > startproc:  exit status of parent of /usr/bin/fetchmail: 3
> > > --<snip>--
> > >
> > > Any idea how to get the daemon to start?
> >
> > /etc/sysconfig/fetchmail exists? Is it correct? Post it here, changing 
> > passwords and logins.
>
> /etc/sysconfig/fetchmail : (Comments removed)
> --<snip>--
> FETCHMAIL_POLLING_INTERVAL="120"
>
> FETCHMAIL_FETCHALL="yes"
>
> FETCHMAIL_SILENT="no"
>
> FETCHMAIL_USER="fetchmail"
>
> FETCHMAIL_EXPERT_OPTIONS=""
> --<snip>--

Ah, sorry, I confused the file. But it helps, too.

> I then have a /etc/fetchmailrc that have the accounts like this:
>
> --<snip>--
> poll pop3.example.co.za
>         proto pop3
>         user "user1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>         pass "thepassword"
>         is user1

You could try manually that file.

> > Have a look at "/var/log/fetchmail".
> It is empty.

Ah.


> I managed to run fetchmail manually as user fetchmail and then it
> complains that no servers are configured.

I have a guess...

The script has this code:

if [ "$FETCHMAIL_USER" = "fetchmail" ] ; then
    if [ -z "$FETCHMAILHOME" ] ; then
        export FETCHMAILHOME=/var/lib/fetchmail
    fi
fi

I wonder if it is looking for the config file in /var/lib/fetchmail. I don't 
see where... ah, yes,
man fetchmail says it is used directly by the daemon.

(I don't have 11.3 available at the moment, just 11.2. I hope it is the same 
script).


The command line used by the service script is this one:


        startproc -u $FETCHMAIL_USER $FETCHMAIL_BIN -d \
    
$FETCHMAIL_POLLING_INTERVAL$FETCHMAIL_FETCHALL_OPTION$FETCHMAIL_SILENT_OPTION \
    $FETCHMAIL_EXPERT_OPTIONS -f $FETCHMAIL_RC -L /var/log/fetchmail 2>&1


Change the redirection at the end to a file, and see what you get there. Ah, 
no, probably what you
already get.


> We are migrating an 11.1 server over to new hardware (with 11.3), so
> this configuration has been working fine on 11.1.

Either you did not move everything, or something has changed on the script or 
the daemon.

> What is baffeling me is that a fresh install on 11.3 asks for a password
> when fetchmail is started.  And the error message does not make sense to
> me.  I also found no reference to it on google.

Huh? That's new to me. You then have to look at the rc script and the man page 
for fetchmail, to see
if it is different and where.


Mmm! Compare the user "fetchmail" in /etc/passwd.

-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

                Carlos E. R.
                (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar))