Re: [cobalt-users] Mailq suddenly gone

["Robbert Hamburg \(HaVa Web- & Procesdesign\)" <user@xxxxxxx>]

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From: "wcstaff" <wcstaff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Mailq suddenly gone


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robbert Hamburg (HaVa Web- & Procesdesign)" <user@xxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 3:02 PM
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Mailq suddenly gone
>
>
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Question:
> >
> > when tailing my maillog on a raq550 i suddenly see the following error
> > Sep 18 20:57:21 server2 MailScanner[26119]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
> Scanner
> > version 4.21-9 starting...
> > Sep 18 20:57:21 server2 MailScanner[26119]: Could not read directory
> > /var/spool/mqueue/q1
> > Sep 18 20:57:21 server2 MailScanner[26119]: Error in configuration file
> line
> > 76, directory /var/spool/mqueue/q1 for outqueuedir does not exist (or is
> not
> > readable)
> >
> > i can confirm that the dir is not present
> >
> > [root admin]# locate /var/spool/mqueue/q1
> > [root admin]# cd /var/spool/mqueue/q1
> > bash: cd: /var/spool/mqueue/q1: No such file or directory
> > [root admin]# cd /var/spool/mqueue/
> > [root mqueue]# dir
> > [root mqueue]# ls -al
> > total 0
> > drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root            6 Sep 18 20:57 .
> > drwxr-xr-x    5 root     root           42 Jun 19 09:44 ..
> > [root mqueue]#
> >
> > should i manually attempt to recreate those q1 q2 q3 and a4 ?
> >
> > If so how should i do that
> >
> > incoming mail seems to function.....
> >
> > thanks in advance
> >
> You will need to manually create that directory. I had the same problem. I
> created it and all works fine.
> make sure you create it as "root"
> Tom

can you give me an example to which that group should owned ?