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Re: cannot start: unable to read controls

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Subject: Re: cannot start: unable to read controls
From: Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@math.ntnu.no>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:42:33 +0200 (CEST)
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+ Kyle Wheeler <kyle-qmail@memoryhole.net>:

| Try the script "inst_check", from Life With Qmail - that should find 
| the problem. It's available here: http://lifewithqmail.org/inst_check

Another possibility is to trace the system calls of qmail-start and
its children during startup.  It's kinda low tech, but often effective.

- Harald

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