courier-imap ERROR: authdaemond is not running

w7nz7k · 2011-05-06 00:51:17

I recently upgraded the system and rebooted my server. On squirrelmail, I get a

Error connecting to IMAP server: localhost.
111 : Connection refused

I get:

[root ~]: /etc/rc.d/courier-imap start
ERROR: authdaemond is not running

authdaemod seems to be running which makes everything spooky.

This is what I have installed an running at the moment.

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond sshd ntpd httpd spamd mysqld postfix rpcbind fam authdaemond courier-imap)

I know I am not giving a lot of info, please request, I'll post everything. Any hints, clues, anything will be greatly appreciated

w7zn7k

Cagnulein · 2011-05-06 04:57:40

same issue here

Cagnulein · 2011-05-06 05:43:51

I've resolved the issue. It's in the /etc/rc.d/courier-imap script.
You need to change this line

    if [ ! -f /var/run/daemons/authdaemond ]; then

with this line

    if [ ! -f /var/run/authdaemond.pid ]; then

The full modified script:

#!/bin/bash

CI_DAEMONS=
[ -f /etc/conf.d/courier-imap ] && . /etc/conf.d/courier-imap
[ -z $AUTO_AUTHDAEMON_LAG ]   && AUTO_AUTHDAEMON_LAG=2
[ -z $AUTO_AUTHDAEMON ]       && AUTO_AUTHDAEMON="false"

. /etc/rc.conf
. /etc/rc.d/functions

case "$1" in
  start)

    [ -d /var/run/courier ] || mkdir -p /var/run/courier
    chown courier:courier /var/run/courier

    if [ "$AUTO_AUTHDAEMON" == "true" ]; then
      /etc/rc.d/authdaemond start
      sleep ${AUTO_AUTHDAEMON_LAG}
    fi
    if [ ! -f /var/run/authdaemond.pid ]; then
      echo "ERROR: authdaemond is not running"
      stat_fail
      exit 1
    fi
    for daemon in $CI_DAEMONS; do
      stat_busy "Starting Courier ${daemon}"
      /usr/lib/courier-imap/${daemon}.rc start
      if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
        stat_fail
      else
        add_daemon $daemon
        stat_done
      fi
    done
    ;;
  stop)
    for daemon in $CI_DAEMONS; do
      stat_busy "Stopping Courier ${daemon}"
      /usr/lib/courier-imap/$daemon.rc stop > /dev/null
      if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
        stat_fail
      else
        rm_daemon $daemon
        stat_done
      fi
    done
    if [ "$AUTO_AUTHDAEMON" == "true" ]; then
      /etc/rc.d/authdaemond stop
    fi
    ;;
  restart)
    $0 stop
    sleep 1
    $0 start
    ;;
  *)
    echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"  
esac
exit 0
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herve18 · 2011-05-13 08:20:14

I had the same issue on a production server, along with famd and rcpbind (same resolution by editing the rc script).

That's the first time I am disappointed about Archlinux.

herve18 · 2011-05-20 09:13:00

Anyone knows what happened? No news was published about changes in rc scripts.

The only thing that may be related is the new rc.d binary but not a word about rc scripts needing to be changed.

smv · 2011-07-15 00:36:00

The fix is not needed, unless you screwed /etc/rc.d/authdaemond, which does

ln -s /var/spool/authdaemon/pid /var/run/authdaemond.pid
add_daemon authdaemond

where add_daemon is taken from /etc/rc.d/functions and it creates /var/run/daemons/authdaemond
Here it works fine without the fix and all files are in place.

ls -al /var/spool/authdaemon/pid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 iul 14 18:01 /var/spool/authdaemon/pid

ls -al /var/run/authdaemond.pid
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 iul 14 18:01 /var/run/authdaemond.pid -> /var/spool/authdaemon/pid

ls -al /var/run/daemons/authdaemond
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 iul 14 18:01 /var/run/daemons/authdaemond

Also, please keep in mind that /etc/rc.d/courier-imap is to be deprecated.

tuxfusion · 2011-08-07 12:28:29

ls -al /var/run/daemons/authdaemond
ls: cannot access /var/run/daemons/authdaemond: No such file or directory

someone should file a bug report , 4/5 people in this thread have this effect

EDIT:

it's a bug i the rc.script new folder for daemons is /run/daemons/ :

ls -al /run/daemons/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug  7 14:24 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 15 12:12 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 Aug  7 14:24 authdaemond

EDIT 2:

my bug report:

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25434

Edit 3:
my temporary fix this :

rm -r /var/run/daemons/
ln -s /run/daemons/ /var/run/

Result ->

rc.d start pop3d pop3d-ssl imapd imapd-ssl 
:: Starting Courier pop3d                                                           [DONE] 
:: Starting Courier pop3d-ssl                                         [DONE] 
:: Starting Courier imapd                           [DONE] 
:: Starting Courier imapd-ssl                     [DONE]

Last edited by tuxfusion (2011-08-07 12:59:59)

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#1 2011-05-06 00:51:17

courier-imap ERROR: authdaemond is not running

#2 2011-05-06 04:57:40

Re: courier-imap ERROR: authdaemond is not running

#3 2011-05-06 05:43:51

Re: courier-imap ERROR: authdaemond is not running

#4 2011-05-13 08:20:14

Re: courier-imap ERROR: authdaemond is not running

#5 2011-05-20 09:13:00

Re: courier-imap ERROR: authdaemond is not running

#6 2011-07-15 00:36:00

Re: courier-imap ERROR: authdaemond is not running

#7 2011-08-07 12:28:29

Re: courier-imap ERROR: authdaemond is not running

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