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Fedora 4 TPS mail problem

I used the Fedora 4 TPS Howto, and all worked perfeckt until right now.
Suddenly dovecot won`t start, I get a message that the port i already in use.

This is the services on my system:

Code:

[root@ ~]# service --status-all

acpid (pid 2413) is running...

anacron is stopped

Nightly apt update is disabled.

atd (pid 2726) is running...

auditd (pid 2226) is running...

Configured Mount Points:

------------------------

/usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /net program /etc/auto.net



Active Mount Points:

--------------------

/usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /net program /etc/auto.net

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)

 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination                                                                                                                                



Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)

 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination                                                                                                                                



Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)

 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination                                                                                                                                

hcid is stopped

sdpd is stopped

cpuspeed is stopped

crond (pid 2685) is running...

cupsd (pid 2421) is running...

dc_client is stopped

dc_server is stopped

cat: /var/run/dhcdbd.pid: No such file or directory

Device not specified in /etc/sysconfig/diskdump

dovecot is stopped

gpm (pid 2663) is running...

hald (pid 2753) is running...

Usage: /etc/init.d/hidd {start|stop|restart|reload|condrestart}

httpd (pid 2949 2948 2947 2946 2945 2944 2943 2942 2904) is running...

Firewall is stopped.

irattach is stopped

Usage: /etc/init.d/ispconfig_server {start|stop|restart}

mdmpd is stopped

mDNSResponder (pid 2405) is running...

dbus-daemon (pid 2744) is running...

mysqld (pid 2565) is running...

number of zones: 9

debug level: 0

xfers running: 0

xfers deferred: 0

soa queries in progress: 0

query logging is OFF

recursive clients: 0/1000

tcp clients: 0/100

server is up and running

Server address not specified in /etc/sysconfig/netdump

netplugd is stopped

Configured devices:

lo eth0 eth1

Currently active devices:

lo eth0 eth1

NetworkManager is stopped

NetworkManagerDispatcher is stopped

Shutting down NFS mountd: rpc.mountd is stopped

nfsd is stopped

rpc.rquotad is stopped

rpc.statd (pid 2213) is running...

nifd (pid 2375) is running...

nscd is stopped

ntpd is stopped

portmap (pid 2196) is running...

master (pid 2976) is running...

proftpd (pid 3021) is running...

Process accounting is disabled.

rdisc is stopped

rpc.idmapd (pid 2256) is running...

saslauthd (pid 2737 2736 2735 2734 2733) is running...

sendmail is stopped

smbd is stopped

nmbd is stopped

spamd (pid 2676 2675 2674 2673 2672 2655) is running...

squid is stopped

squid: ERROR: No running copy

sshd (pid 3251 2464) is running...

syslogd (pid 2125) is running...

klogd (pid 2127) is running...

tux is stopped

winbindd is stopped

xfs (pid 2713) is running...

xinetd (pid 2472) is running...

ypbind is stopped

Nightly yum update is disabled.

Wich service is interfearing with Dovecot?

(might be serveral services that shouldn`t be running now, I`ve played around abit)

Please post the output of

Code:

netstat -tap

Code:

Active Internet connections (servers and established)

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address               Foreign Address             State       PID/Program name

tcp        0      0 *:imaps                     *:*                         LISTEN      2473/xinetd

tcp        0      0 *:pop3s                     *:*                         LISTEN      2473/xinetd

tcp        0      0 *:mysql                     *:*                         LISTEN      2566/mysqld

tcp        0      0 *:pop2                      *:*                         LISTEN      2473/xinetd

tcp        0      0 *:pop3                      *:*                         LISTEN      2473/xinetd

tcp        0      0 www.xxx.xxx:783              *:*                         LISTEN      2656/spamd.pid

tcp        0      0 *:imap                      *:*                         LISTEN      2473/xinetd

tcp        0      0 *:55567                     *:*                         LISTEN      2214/rpc.statd

tcp        0      0 *:sunrpc                    *:*                         LISTEN      2197/portmap

tcp        0      0 *:81                        *:*                         LISTEN      2883/ispconfig_http

tcp        0      0 *:ftp                       *:*                         LISTEN      3022/proftpd: (acce

tcp        0      0 static47.xxxx.co:domain *:*                         LISTEN      3003/named

tcp        0      0 static48.xxxx.co:domain *:*                         LISTEN      3003/named

tcp        0      0 www.xxx.xx:domain           *:*                         LISTEN      3003/named

tcp        0      0 www.xxx.xx:ipp              *:*                         LISTEN      2422/cupsd

tcp        0      0 www.xxx.xx:5335             *:*                         LISTEN      2406/mDNSResponder

tcp        0      0 www.xxx.xx:rndc             *:*                         LISTEN      3003/named

tcp        0      0 *:smtp                      *:*                         LISTEN      2977/master

tcp        0      0 *:http                      *:*                         LISTEN      2905/httpd

tcp        0      0 *:ssh                       *:*                         LISTEN      2465/sshd

tcp        0      0 ::1:rndc                    *:*                         LISTEN      3003/named

tcp        0      0 *:https                     *:*                         LISTEN      2905/httpd

tcp        0   2892 static48.xxx.com:ssh   static67.xxxx.com:60074 ESTABLISHED 3292/0

Ok, please post the output of

Code:

ls -la /etc/xinetd.d/

Here it is:

Code:

total 112

drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Mar 13 15:54 .

drwxr-xr-x  78 root root 12288 Mar 13 18:08 ..

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   563 Mar  8  2005 chargen

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   580 Mar  8  2005 chargen-udp

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   523 Aug 23  2005 cvs

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   419 Mar  8  2005 daytime

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   438 Mar  8  2005 daytime-udp

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   341 Mar  8  2005 echo

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   360 Mar  8  2005 echo-udp

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   323 Jun 30  2005 eklogin

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   326 Jun 30  2005 gssftp

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   367 Mar 13 15:47 imap

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   362 Mar 13 15:47 imaps

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   450 Mar 13 15:47 ipop2

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   356 Mar 13 13:44 ipop3

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   310 Jun 30  2005 klogin

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   323 Jun 30  2005 krb5-telnet

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   308 Jun 30  2005 kshell

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   332 Mar 13 15:54 pop3s

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   317 May 17  2005 rsync

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   497 Mar  8  2005 time

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   518 Mar  8  2005 time-udp

-rw-r-----   1 root root   405 Aug  2  2005 xproftpd

Ok, please open /etc/xinetd.d/imap, /etc/xinetd.d/imaps, /etc/xinetd.d/ipop2 and /etc/xinetd.d/ipop3 and put

Code:

disable = yes

into each of them. Then do this:

Code:

/etc/init.d/xinetd restart

/etc/init.d/dovecot restart

When I try to restart Dovecot I get

Code:

Stopping Dovecot Imap:                                     [FAILED]

Starting Dovecot Imap: Fatal: listen(995) failed: Address already in use

                                                           [FAILED]

The Netstat -tap showes

Code:

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address               Foreign Address             State       PID/Program name

tcp        0      0 *:pop3s                     *:*                         LISTEN      2472/xinetd

tcp        0      0 *:mysql                     *:*                         LISTEN      2565/mysqld

tcp        0      0 *:33358                     *:*                         LISTEN      2214/rpc.statd

tcp        0      0 www.xxx.xx:783              *:*                         LISTEN      2655/spamd.pid

tcp        0      0 *:sunrpc                    *:*                         LISTEN      2196/portmap

tcp        0      0 *:81                        *:*                         LISTEN      2884/ispconfig_http

tcp        0      0 *:ftp                       *:*                         LISTEN      3024/proftpd: (acce

tcp        0      0 static47.xxx.xxx:domain *:*                         LISTEN      3004/named

tcp        0      0 static48.xxx.xxx:domain *:*                         LISTEN      3004/named

tcp        0      0 www.xxx.xx:domain           *:*                         LISTEN      3004/named

tcp        0      0 www.xxx.xx:ipp              *:*                         LISTEN      2421/cupsd

tcp        0      0 www.xxx.xx:5335             *:*                         LISTEN      2405/mDNSResponder

tcp        0      0 www.xxx.xx:rndc             *:*                         LISTEN      3004/named

tcp        0      0 *:smtp                      *:*                         LISTEN      2978/master

tcp        0      0 *:http                      *:*                         LISTEN      2906/httpd

tcp        0      0 *:ssh                       *:*                         LISTEN      2464/sshd

tcp        0      0 localhost:rndc              *:*                         LISTEN      3004/named

tcp        0      0 *:https                     *:*                         LISTEN      2906/httpd

tcp        0   2072 static48.xxxx.xx:ssh   s164173.xxx.xxx.:1563 ESTABLISHED 2698/0

And the ls -la /etc/xinetd.d/ showes

Code:

total 112

drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Mar 13 15:54 .

drwxr-xr-x  78 root root 12288 Mar 14 10:07 ..

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   563 Mar  8  2005 chargen

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   580 Mar  8  2005 chargen-udp

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   523 Aug 23  2005 cvs

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   419 Mar  8  2005 daytime

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   438 Mar  8  2005 daytime-udp

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   341 Mar  8  2005 echo

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   360 Mar  8  2005 echo-udp

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   323 Jun 30  2005 eklogin

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   326 Jun 30  2005 gssftp

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   368 Mar 14 10:00 imap

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   363 Mar 14 10:01 imaps

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   451 Mar 14 10:02 ipop2

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   357 Mar 14 10:03 ipop3

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   310 Jun 30  2005 klogin

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   323 Jun 30  2005 krb5-telnet

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   308 Jun 30  2005 kshell

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   332 Mar 13 15:54 pop3s

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   317 May 17  2005 rsync

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   497 Mar  8  2005 time

-rw-r--r--   1 root root   518 Mar  8  2005 time-udp

-rw-r-----   1 root root   405 Aug  2  2005 xproftpd

Please add "disable = yes" also in /etc/xinetd.d/pop3s

Then restart xinetd, wait about 30 seconds and then restart dovecot.

Thank you so mutch guys!

Now it works.

I actualy think I understood the problem to, after you explained it.

Thanks again.

I want to change the IP adress on the server, will it be a problem?
Do I have to change the IP somewhere alse than in the ifconf file.....

I see that there are some references to the ip adress in ispconfig.

Just wanted to be sure before I change something :)