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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Qmail on OpenBSD 5.7 qmail-queue problem.

OpenBSD 5.7 default install with netqmail-1.06 installation.

The problem: When you try to send mail the qmail server returns the following error:
geroy@newsrv:~$ telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mx1.polycomp.bg ESMTP
helo
250 mx1.polycomp.bg
mail from: test@mail.bg
250 ok
rcpt to: testovacc@gmail.com
250 ok
data
354 go ahead
test test 1 2 3
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451 qq trouble creating files in queue (#4.3.0)
The solution: Default installation of OpenBSD 5.7 makes /var directory mounted with nosuid option. Remove it from /etc/fstab and then reboot.
# cat /etc/fstab
f292a8d8eba5b8dc.b none swap sw
f292a8d8eba5b8dc.a / ffs rw 1 1
f292a8d8eba5b8dc.k /home ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2
f292a8d8eba5b8dc.d /tmp ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2
f292a8d8eba5b8dc.f /usr ffs rw,nodev 1 2
f292a8d8eba5b8dc.g /usr/X11R6 ffs rw,nodev 1 2
f292a8d8eba5b8dc.h /usr/local ffs rw,nodev 1 2
f292a8d8eba5b8dc.j /usr/obj ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2
f292a8d8eba5b8dc.i /usr/src ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2
f292a8d8eba5b8dc.e /var ffs rw,nodev,nosuid 1 2
remove nosuid to look like this:
f292a8d8eba5b8dc.e /var ffs rw,nodev 1 2
Save and reboot.