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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 8.x => Topic started by: nixgeek on April 20, 2013, 12:47:26 AM
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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?
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yes.. bugzilla (link above)
thank you
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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
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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.
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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".
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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
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ok, now, please, fill a bug in bugzilla ;-)
thank you