RE: readproctitle service errors: ...temporary failure?multilog:fatal: unable to lock directory /var/log/qmail

["Fabien GARZIANO" <fabien.garziano@caliseo.com>]

 Hi Kyle,


Thanks for the answer. First here is my qmail-smtpd run script : 

[root@srv05 qmail-smtpd]# more run
#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/bin/setuidgid qmaill /usr/local/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail

Create the /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd/run file:

#!/bin/sh

QMAILDUID=`id -u qmaild`
NOFILESGID=`id -g qmaild`
MAXSMTPD=`cat /var/qmail/control/concurrencyincoming`
LOCAL=`head -1 /var/qmail/control/me`

if [ -z "$QMAILDUID" -o -z "$NOFILESGID" -o -z "$MAXSMTPD" -o -z "$LOCAL" ]; 
then
    echo QMAILDUID, NOFILESGID, MAXSMTPD, or LOCAL is unset in
    echo /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd/run
    exit 1
fi

if [ ! -f /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts ]; then
    echo "No /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts!"
    echo "Refusing to start SMTP listener because it'll create an open relay"
    exit 1
fi

exec /usr/local/bin/softlimit -m 2000000 \
    /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -R -l "$LOCAL" -x /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb -c 
"$MAXSMTPD" \
        -u "$QMAILDUID" -g "$NOFILESGID" 0 smtp /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd 2>&1


... And here's the qmail-smtpd log run script (regarding Joshua answer): 
[root@srv05 log]# more run
#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/bin/setuidgid qmaill /usr/local/bin/multilog t 
/var/log/qmail/smtpd

I still dont get it. I understand multilog can't lock /var/log/qmail/smtp 
because it already got a lock on /var/log/qmail/. But both run script don't 
point to the same directory. Did you mean I should not have qmail-send and 
qmail-smtpd log run script pointing to the same dir tree (last dir is 
different).
I've tried something : I've mkdir /var/log/smtpd. Chowned it to qmaill, 
modified my /service/qmail-smtpd/log/run script to : 

[root@srv05 ~]# vi /service/qmail-smtpd/log/run
#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/bin/setuidgid qmaill /usr/local/bin/multilog t /var/log/smtpd

... restarted qmail-smtpd and even restart the whole system. But I still got a 
readproctitle saying the same thing. 
The funniest thing is that in fact smtpd is not necessary for me, as I don't 
plan this host to handle smtpd connections. But I'm want to understand.

BTW, Kyle, yes it's a lot of open ports. But don't worry, this host is for 
testing purpose only, and I never take time to clean it ^^;

Thanks very much for the help.



> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Kyle Wheeler [mailto:kyle-qmail@memoryhole.net] 
> Envoyé : mercredi 6 juin 2007 19:50
> À : qmail@list.cr.yp.to
> Objet : Re: readproctitle service errors: ...temporary 
> failure?multilog:fatal: unable to lock directory /var/log/qmail
> 
> On Wednesday, June  6 at 06:17 PM, quoth Fabien GARZIANO:
> >When I try to start service manually throught svc :
> >
> >[root@srv05 qmail-smtpd]# svc -d .
> >[root@srv05 qmail-smtpd]# ./run
> >multilog: fatal: unable to lock directory /var/log/qmail: temporary 
> >failure
> 
> Hmmm; your qmail-smtpd run file shouldn't have multilog in 
> it. What does this file look like? (post a copy to the list)
> 
> >qmaill    8882  0.0  0.0   1428   300 ?        S    17:45   0:00 
> >/usr/local/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/smtpd
> 
> ...and the reason is because multilog runs in it's own 
> supervised directory (the "qmail-smtpd/log" directory), as shown here.
> 
> >[root@srv05 qmail-smtpd]# netstat -a
> >Connexions Internet actives (serveurs et ~A(c)tablies)
> >Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address               Foreign 
> Address             State
> >tcp        0      0 srv05:32000                 *:*          
>                LISTEN
> >tcp        0      0 *:20000                     *:*          
>                LISTEN
> >tcp        0      0 *:32769                     *:*          
>                LISTEN
> >tcp        0      0 *:mysql                     *:*          
>                LISTEN
> >tcp        0      0 *:netbios-ssn               *:*          
>                LISTEN
> >tcp        0      0 *:sunrpc                    *:*          
>                LISTEN
> >tcp        0      0 *:10000                     *:*          
>                LISTEN
> >tcp        0      0 *:omni                      *:*          
>                LISTEN
> >tcp        0      0 *:ftp                       *:*          
>                LISTEN
> >tcp        0      0 srv05:ipp                   *:*          
>                LISTEN
> >tcp        0      0 srv05:5335                  *:*          
>                LISTEN
> >tcp        0      0 *:microsoft-ds              *:*          
>                LISTEN
> 
> EGADS that's a lot of stuff. Please tell me you're actually 
> *using* all those services? Otherwise, it's probably a good 
> idea to shut them all off (never have a server listening to 
> the network unless you actually need it to).
> 
> >I've checked lwq site, tried the http://lifewithqmail.org/inst_check
> >script that says everything looks good. I've searched google, this 
> >mailing list archive, without success. Sorry for if this 
> Email is a bit 
> >long, but I got no more solutions right now than asking this list.
> 
> No, this is all good information. If only more people 
> provided as much useful information as you!
> 
> ~Kyle
> --
> Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said 
> it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
>                                                               
> -- Buddha
>