did the gentoo handbook install and everything was going flawless until i tried logging in my first client and I received an AUTH FAILED in my logs. I tried re emerging everything and even forced a new version of >net-libs/courier-authlib-0.62.2 in .keywords. Finally I stumbled across an obscure bug on debian about a missing libvpopmail.so causing the same issue. sure enough, nahda! Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/qmail-howto.xml 2. 3. Actual Results: always the same!!! Expected Results: missing module
emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/server, gcc-4.3.4, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.30-gentoo-r5 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r5-x86_64-Pentium-R-_Dual-Core_CPU_E5300_@_2.60GHz-with-gentoo-1.12.11.1 Timestamp of tree: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:30:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.0_p28 dev-lang/python: 2.6.2-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control /var/vpopmail/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="(-selinux) acl amd64 apache2 berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt ctype cups debug dri fortran ftp gdbm gpm iconv imap ipv6 maildir mmx modules mudflap multilib mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre perl pppd python readline reflection session snmp spl sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd truetype unicode xml xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga neomagic nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa vga via vmware voodoo" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Nov 16 10:25:19 Gentoo-DC1 authdaemond: stopping authdaemond children Nov 16 10:25:19 Gentoo-DC1 authdaemond: modules="authvchkpw", daemons=5 Nov 16 10:25:19 Gentoo-DC1 authdaemond: Installing libauthvchkpw Nov 16 10:25:19 Gentoo-DC1 authdaemond: file not found
This can only be treated as a doc bug - take a look at the ebuilds - even 0.60.6 has a hard fail on vpopmail useflag.
(In reply to comment #3) > This can only be treated as a doc bug - > take a look at the ebuilds - even 0.60.6 > has a hard fail on vpopmail useflag. > Then how do I make it work? Emerge with use flags fails and that is not in the docs....
(In reply to comment #4) > > Then how do I make it work? > By not trying to make it work. There probably was a very good reason to drop that code. Only thing that can be done here is updating the guide.
(In reply to comment #5) > (In reply to comment #4) > > > > Then how do I make it work? > > > By not trying to make it work. > There probably was a very good reason to drop that code. > Only thing that can be done here is updating the guide. > From the research I have done, I think you are correct. VPoPMail seams to be dead or dying. I am closing this ticket in my mind, due to supplemental support. Thank you!
Nothing the GDP can do about it. If you look at the very beginning of the guide, there's already a big DRAFT disclaimer on it. It's not an official doc. Reassigning to the vpopmail/qmail maintainer/team. The courier-authlib ebuilds need fixing as upstream stopped supporting vpopmail. Mike, since this is your guide, you'll need to make any changes, like switching to dovecot or whatever. None of the GDP knows about that. Otherwise, we'll have to slap an OBSOLETE disclaimer at the top, and/or prune the guide if it's written for broken/nonexistent packages.
So obviously there is no bug at all, vpopmail is just deprecated / not supported by courier any more