Re: [Vserver] qmail-queue-scanner on vserver

From: John Alberts <john.m.alberts_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu 07 Dec 2006 - 04:15:05 GMT
Message-ID: <a23b6f900612062015u1c4d19adqa857baf6345806e5@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you both for your replies. I'll just go ahead and let it
install and modify the script as suggested. I wasn't sure if the
Gentoo ebuild did any behind the scenes *magic* that I might not catch
by configuring it manually. I guess I'll find out. :)

John

On 12/6/06, Chuck <chuck@sbbsnet.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 December 2006 17:24, John Alberts wrote:
> > I'm running vserver on Gentoo (host and guest) and I'm following this
> > guide (http://gentoo-wiki.com/QmailRocksOnGentoo) for installing the
> > whole Qmail Rocks set of packages.
> > Everything seems to be working great except I can't get
> > qmail-queue-scanner to detect spamassassin running.
> > The way the build process works for qmail-queue-scanner, is it tries
> > to detect what is installed and running and then customizes the perl
> > script to use the detected services. I think the script is trying to
> > detect if it's running by using localhost, so it keeps saying that
> > spamassassin isn't running, even though it clearly is running.
>
> the configure script can be edited and the hardcoded 127.0.0.1 changed to the
> primary ip of the guest if it is really doing that. the only one i know of so
> far that hard codes that in configure is nagios.
> >
> > I guess my question is; Has anyone else been able to get
> > qmail-queue-scanner installed and working properly with spamassassin
> > on a vserver?
>
> we have qmail with qmail-scanner, spamassassin (spamd/spamc), clamd, spf
> plugin, and grey listing plugin running in a verver since Nov of 05 with no
> problem at all. it just works. however we have a more simple system than most
> in that it is restricted to contact only our primary smtp server and it is
> only an smtp server with absolutely no relay priv. at all, there are no
> mailboxes on that ... it runs as our secondary mx only.
>
> i dont trust the auto intsalls of qmail scanner so i always go over the .pl
> file manually and correct things here and there to match how we like things
> to be.
>
> i also do not update that vserver very much at all except for severe security
> issues if i ever hear of them .. if it works dont fix it is what i do with
> that one :)
>
> > I installed this same thing on a non-vserver system about 2 years ago
> > and I didn't have this problem.
> >
>
> i cannot vouch for the accuracy of this statement, but i have heard that the
> options/install/configure process has changed since '05 which may be the
> problem now.
>
> > So far, to troubleshoot, I have added the 'Remap Source IP Address'
> > kernel option and rebooted. I've tried 127.0.0.1 localhost and
> > myguestip localhost in the /etc/hosts file.
> > My last attempt was to follow the wiki suggestion of adding a lo
> > adapter. I can now ping 127.0.0.1 in the guest, but no change in the
> > scanner program.
> >
>
> personally i would let it install regardless of what it found, then edit
> the .pl file and be done with it :)
>
> > Of course, I've already done the usual thing of looking for all
> > instances of localhost or 127.0.0.1 and replacing it with myguestip.
> >
> >
> > -John
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> --
>
> Chuck
>
> "...and the hordes of M$*ft users descended upon me in their anger,
> and asked 'Why do you not get the viruses or the BlueScreensOfDeath
> or insecure system troubles and slowness or pay through the nose
> for an OS as *we* do?!!', and I answered...'I use Linux'. "
> The Book of John, chapter 1, page 1, and end of book
>
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