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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: problems with qpopper Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 22:12:27 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 36 Message-ID: <31BA5D3B.1D0E@www.play-hookey.com> References: <dwoods-0706961055100001@furball.metcomp.com> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (Win16; I) Darrin R. Woods wrote: > > I have never set up a pop3 server and its been awhile since I've had to > administer a UNiX system... But here's my problem, I'm sure its an easy > fix and all help is greatly appreciated. > > The Problem: I've got sendmail all configured, Got the binary of qpopper > from FreeBSD and installed it. I've set /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services > correctly. When a pop client tries to get their mail, qpop wont start. > The only message that I get is in the message logs that reads: > > Jun 5 15:21:05 babs inetd[7283]: cannot execute /usr/libexec/popper: Exec > format error > > Popper is installed in /usr/libexec. I've even tried installing popclient > and get the same "Exec format error". > > Could someone please tell me what the error is and how I can get popper to work? > > Thanks in advance. > Just for luck, check the location of popper once more. The pkg_add utility reads the qpop package, popper goes into /usr/local/libexec (not /usr/libexec), and the commented pop3 line at the bottom of /etc/inetd.conf assumes the same directory as the package. When I installed mine, I added the package and uncommented the line in /etc/inetd.conf -- no other changes anywhere, and it works fine. I don't think it matters where you actually put popper, as long as every reference to it points to it correctly. Hope this helps! Ken