Topic: SME V9 issues

[nixgeek]

Hello, i've stumbled upon this distro and it is very cool... I wanted a simple to use Open Source Email server distro with an Admin GUI... and SME is perfect for that.  I do prefer Centos 6 vs 5... So I went with v9 alpha... Couple of issues and sorry to put this post here I did not see a dev or one for v9.   Anywho, if a client is setup for pops (995) - it would seem that an error occurs or its just not working my client app thunderbird appears to connect but does not pull any emails.  If I switch it to pop (110) it does pull the emails. My client does not leave email on the server.  I tried to connect and login as root via ssh [after enabling ssh] and it says - Too many authentication failures for root.  So I am thinking root cannot login via ssh.

Any advice?

[Stefano]

yes.. bugzilla (link above)

thank you

[idp_qbn]

nixgeek
SME9 is still Alpha and has bugs. As Stefano suggested, you can click on the Bugs link above and report the problem ("raise a bug").

However, you need to give a lot more information about your system and what your settings are so someone can help.

By the way, are you trying to collect mail as "root" from the server - perhaps your problem is a password issue and the root account was locked. Reboot and see if you can logon at the console (ie physically at the server).

Root can certainly logon via ssh - many people regularly administer remote SME systems using something like puTTy and ssh.

In the meantime, since SME is all new to you, try SME 8 and get used to it, then give SME 9 another go.

Cheers and good luck.
Ian

[CharlieBrady]

Any advice?

Use:

env - ssh root@a.b.c.d

You have ssh-agent running, but don't have a valid RSA ssh key set up. You need to remove SSH_AUTH_SOCK from the environment before running ssh.

Or just log in as root on the console.

[CharlieBrady]

By the way, are you trying to collect mail as "root" from the server

"root" never receives mail in SME server - or in any system which uses qmail as the MTA.

Use "admin".

[nixgeek]

Thanks for all the replies.  I forgot one option for ssh and once I enabled it I was able to login via ssh as root just fine.

The issue I have is the SSL env doesn't seem setup or at least when a non-root client is trying to pop email I am not prompted for a SSL cert [which I would believe it is self-signed] on the first connect via Pop3s [995].  My client seems all is well and no email available but if I log in with horde I can see the email sitting there. When set the client back to non-SSL pop3 [110] I download
the email without issue.

I am using Thunderbird 17.0.5 in Windows 7(64bit)

Tim

[Stefano]

ok, now, please, fill a bug in bugzilla

thank you