Courier-MTA Port

[The Other Guy]

Hi,

I've been trying to configure the Courier mail servers (the whole lot, not
just IMAP) as it seems like the simplest to configure and use (due to the
Web interface) without going to a commercial option. If anyone has comments
on this server and why I should avoid it, please let me know. While qmail
seems popular, it doesn't seem to be actively developed any longer.

Anyway, I've installed Courier-MTA from the ports, specifying no additional
options from the interactive menu.
Following the instructions at http://www.courier-mta.org/install.html I get
as far as the "Test child process termination" and run in to the following
problem -

$ sh perftest1 1000 "testacct-test-1"
/usr/local/etc/courier/authmodulelist: Permission denied
/usr/local/etc/courier/authmodulelist: Permission denied
/usr/local/etc/courier/authmodulelist: Permission denied
/usr/local/etc/courier/authmodulelist: Permission denied
...

The port info does say to RTFM, which I have attempted to do by following
the instructions step-by-step, but apparently I have missed something
essential, possibly I assumed the port install would have done something for
me that it hasn't. Could anyone advise me what I am likely to be doing
wrong?

Thanks,

The Other Guy

[Dan Foster]

In article <3d97c8b5@slave>,

The Other Guy <the.ot...@rem0ve.hoggle.cjb.net> wrote:
>
>I've been trying to configure the Courier mail servers (the whole lot, not
>just IMAP) as it seems like the simplest to configure and use (due to the
>Web interface) without going to a commercial option. If anyone has comments
>on this server and why I should avoid it, please let me know. While qmail
>seems popular, it doesn't seem to be actively developed any longer.
>
>Anyway, I've installed Courier-MTA from the ports, specifying no additional
>options from the interactive menu.
>Following the instructions at http://www.courier-mta.org/install.html I get
>as far as the "Test child process termination" and run in to the following
>problem -
>
>$ sh perftest1 1000 "testacct-test-1"
>/usr/local/etc/courier/authmodulelist: Permission denied
>/usr/local/etc/courier/authmodulelist: Permission denied
>/usr/local/etc/courier/authmodulelist: Permission denied
>/usr/local/etc/courier/authmodulelist: Permission denied
>...

ls -ld /usr/local/etc
ls -ld /usr/local/etc/courier
ls -l /usr/local/etc/courier/authmodulelist

Do you have read+execute permission for the directories leading
up to it as well as for the actual executable, too?

That's where I'd start.

-Dan