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    • C
      cheesyboofs
      last edited by

      ls /lib

      geom                    libc.so.6               libmd.so.4
      libalias.so.6           libc.so.7               libncurses.so.7
      libalias_cuseeme.so     libcam.so.4             libncursesw.so.7
      libalias_dummy.so       libcrypt.so.4           libpcap.so.5
      libalias_ftp.so         libcrypto.so.5          libreadline.so.7
      libalias_irc.so         libdevstat.so.6         libsbuf.so.4
      libalias_nbt.so         libedit.so.6            libssp.so.0
      libalias_pptp.so        libgcc_s.so.1           libthr.so.3
      libalias_skinny.so      libgeom.so.4            libufs.so.4
      libalias_smedia.so      libipsec.so.3           libutil.so.7
      libbegemot.so.3         libkiconv.so.3          libz.so.4
      libbsdxml.so.3          libkvm.so.4
      libbsnmp.so.4           libm.so.5

      cat /etc/fstab

      Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump    Pass#

      /dev/ad0s1a             /               ufs     rw              1       1
      /dev/ad0s1b             none            swap    sw              0       0
      fdescfs                 /dev/fd         fdescfs rw              0       0

      /usr/local/etc/rc.d/spamd.sh restart

      No matching processes were found
      killall: warning: kill -TERM 29643: No such process
      killall: warning: kill -TERM 29641: No such process
      whitelist whitelist 0 entries
      blacklist blacklist 0 entries

      I have now copied over libc.so.6 from 1.2-Release and now I get no errors but I'm also not getting any hits in my Spamd Database and no mails to exchange. I am getting hits on the firewall rule. please check my settings to confirm I'm not missing anything obvious.

      I have no NAT set up for port 25 because I'm asuming Spamd does that

      As you can see I have six mails coming in but none in the spamd database.

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        wallabybob
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        That your restart attempts on spamd seem to consistently report events like

        killall: warning: kill -TERM 96371: No such process

        suggests to me that one or two processes that the spamd restart is supposed to start are not staying running.

        An earlier reply showed

        rc_start() {
                /sbin/mount_fdescfs fdescfs /dev/fd
        /usr/local/sbin/spamd-setup -d &
        /sbin/pflogd &
        /usr/local/libexec/spamd  -G 25:4:864 -n "pfsense" -c 800 -B 700 -w 1 127.0.0.1 &
        /usr/local/libexec/spamlogd

        So after the spamd startup has completed spamd-setup, pflogd, spamd and spamlogd should have been started. I have only the vaguest knowledge of spamd so based only on conventions I have observed, I would expect pflogd, spamd and spamlogd to continue running in the background. An inspection of the stop function in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/spamd.sh should give clues to which processes should still be running. The ps command can then be used to check they are running. If you find any of the programs not running try starting it by typing the corresponding command in rc_start() - you might get some clues why the program didn't continue running. A few weeks ago I was chasing a problem with bandwidthd not staying running. It was only when I tried starting it by shell command that I discovered the problem was missing libraries.

        The name spamd-setup suggests spamd-setup might perform purely an initialisation function and so exit when it has completed that. But the rc_start() function starts a number of processes asynchronously. So what if spamd starts BEFORE spamd-setup has completed its initialisation? (This question can be difficult to answer. Sometimes clues are left in log files.) spamd might exit (even exit quietly) if it starts before necessary initialisation has completed. You might have this problem if everything starts and stays running when you start the programs individually by shell command but find that one or more programs don't stay running when started by /usr/local/etc/rc.d/spamd.sh

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          cheesyboofs
          last edited by

          Thanks for your response, I have done as you suggested and ran the commands manually to try and find out where it may be going wrong but am having trouble interpreting the results.

          cat /usr/local/etc/rc.d/spamd.sh

          #!/bin/sh

          This file was automatically generated

          by the pfSense service handler.

          rc_start() {
                  /sbin/mount_fdescfs fdescfs /dev/fd
          /usr/local/sbin/spamd-setup -d &
          /sbin/pflogd &
          /usr/local/libexec/spamd  -G 25:4:864 -n "mail.cheeyboofs.co.uk" -c 800 -B 100 127.0.0.1 &
          /usr/local/libexec/spamlogd

          }

          rc_stop() {
                  /usr/bin/killall spamd-setup
          /usr/bin/killall spamlogd
          /usr/bin/killall spamd
          /usr/bin/killall pflogd
          sleep 2
          }

          case $1 in
                  start)
                          rc_start
                          ;;
                  stop)
                          rc_stop
                          ;;
                  restart)
                          rc_stop
                          rc_start
                          ;;
          esac

          –------------------------------------------------------

          /sbin/mount_fdescfs fdescfs /dev/fd

          /usr/local/sbin/spamd-setup -d &

          [1] 74419

          whitelist whitelist 0 entries

          blacklist blacklist 0 entries
          #/sbin/pflogd &
          [2] 74458
          [1]    Done
          #/usr/local/sbin/spamd-setup -d

          /usr/local/libexec/spamd  -G 25:4:864 -n "mail.cheeyboofs.co.uk" -c 800 -B 100 127.0.0.1 &

          [3] 74581
          [2]    Done
          #/sbin/pflogd

          /usr/local/libexec/spamlogd

          [3]  + Done
          #/usr/local/libexec/spamd -G 25:4:864 -n mail.cheeyboofs.co.uk -c 800 -B 100  …

          –------------------------------------------------------

          PID USERNAME  THR PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE    TIME   WCPU COMMAND
          1829 root        4  44   20  3596K  1088K select   0:55  0.00% slbd
          1675 root        1   8   20  3484K  1624K wait     0:25  0.00% sh
          1531 root        1   8   20  3132K   800K nanslp   0:07  0.00% check_reload_status
          1469 _ntp        1  44    0  3132K  1224K select   0:05  0.00% ntpd
            857 root        1   4    0 44824K 18140K accept   0:04  0.00% php
          1450 dhcpd       1  44    0  3132K  2140K select   0:04  0.00% dhcpd
            847 root        1   4    0  5072K  2828K kqread   0:03  0.00% lighttpd
            545 root        1  44    0  4892K  3460K select   0:02  0.00% openvpn
            452 root        1 -58    0  5696K  1848K bpf      0:01  0.00% tcpdump
            393 _dhcp       1  44    0  3132K  1264K select   0:01  0.00% dhclient
            316 _dhcp       1  44    0  3132K  1260K select   0:01  0.00% dhclient
            856 root        1   4    0 45848K 18380K accept   0:01  0.00% php
            924 nobody      1  44    0  3132K  1340K select   0:01  0.00% dnsmasq
          68801 root        1  44    0  7736K  3276K select   0:00  0.00% sshd
          1478 root        1   8    0  3212K  1256K nanslp   0:00  0.00% cron
          71932 root        1  44    0  7736K  3188K select   0:00  0.00% sshd
          1470 root        1  44    0  3132K  1216K select   0:00  0.00% ntpd
          68843 root        1  44    0  4912K  2292K select   0:00  0.00% sftp-server
          1533 root        1   8    0  3132K   888K nanslp   0:00  0.00% minicron
          70234 root        1  44    0  3240K  1272K select   0:00  0.00% syslogd
          72751 root        1  20    0  4524K  2380K pause    0:00  0.00% tcsh
            118 root        1  44    0  1888K   452K select   0:00  0.00% devd
            852 root        1   8    0 39704K  5236K wait     0:00  0.00% php
            853 root        1   8    0 39704K  5236K wait     0:00  0.00% php
          77733 root        1  44    0  3516K  1888K RUN      0:00  0.00% top
          1568 root        1   8    0  3488K  1448K wait     0:00  0.00% login
          1569 root        1   8    0  3488K  1448K wait     0:00  0.00% login
          72081 root        1  -8    0  3132K   772K piperd   0:00  0.00% sshlockout_pf
          72087 root        1   8    0  3484K  1336K wait     0:00  0.00% sh
          72088 root        1   8    0  3484K  1348K wait     0:00  0.00% sh
          68842 root        1   8    0  3484K  1324K wait     0:00  0.00% sh
          1572 root        1   5    0  3484K  1344K ttyin    0:00  0.00% sh
          77109 _spamd      1   8    0 13788K  4972K nanslp   0:00  0.00% spamd
          1573 root        1   5    0  3484K  1344K ttyin    0:00  0.00% sh
          1570 root        1   8    0  3484K  1336K wait     0:00  0.00% sh
          1571 root        1   8    0  3484K  1336K wait     0:00  0.00% sh
          77107 _pflogd     1 -58    0  3344K  1388K bpf      0:00  0.00% pflogd

          –------------------------------------------------------

          /usr/bin/killall spamd-setup

          No matching processes were found

          /usr/bin/killall spamlogd

          /usr/bin/killall spamd

          killall: warning: kill -TERM 74582: No such process

          /usr/bin/killall pflogd

          –------------------------------------------------------

          PID USERNAME  THR PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE    TIME   WCPU COMMAND
          1829 root        4  44   20  3596K  1088K select   0:55  0.00% slbd
          1675 root        1   8   20  3484K  1624K wait     0:26  0.00% sh
          1531 root        1   8   20  3132K   800K nanslp   0:07  0.00% check_reload_status
          1469 _ntp        1  44    0  3132K  1224K select   0:06  0.00% ntpd
            857 root        1   4    0 44824K 18140K accept   0:04  0.00% php
          1450 dhcpd       1  44    0  3132K  2140K select   0:04  0.00% dhcpd
            847 root        1   4    0  5072K  2828K kqread   0:03  0.00% lighttpd
            545 root        1  44    0  4892K  3460K select   0:02  0.00% openvpn
            452 root        1 -58    0  5696K  1848K bpf      0:01  0.00% tcpdump
            393 _dhcp       1  44    0  3132K  1264K select   0:01  0.00% dhclient
            316 _dhcp       1  44    0  3132K  1260K select   0:01  0.00% dhclient
            856 root        1   4    0 45848K 18380K accept   0:01  0.00% php
            924 nobody      1  44    0  3132K  1340K select   0:01  0.00% dnsmasq
          68801 root        1  44    0  7736K  3276K select   0:00  0.00% sshd
          1478 root        1   8    0  3212K  1256K nanslp   0:00  0.00% cron
          71932 root        1  44    0  7736K  3188K select   0:00  0.00% sshd
          1470 root        1  44    0  3132K  1216K select   0:00  0.00% ntpd
          68843 root        1  44    0  4912K  2292K select   0:00  0.00% sftp-server
          1533 root        1   8    0  3132K   888K nanslp   0:00  0.00% minicron
          70234 root        1  44    0  3240K  1280K select   0:00  0.00% syslogd
          72751 root        1  20    0  4524K  2380K pause    0:00  0.00% tcsh
            118 root        1  44    0  1888K   452K select   0:00  0.00% devd
            852 root        1   8    0 39704K  5236K wait     0:00  0.00% php
            853 root        1   8    0 39704K  5236K wait     0:00  0.00% php
          78295 root        1  44    0  3516K  1756K RUN      0:00  0.00% top
          1568 root        1   8    0  3488K  1448K wait     0:00  0.00% login
          1569 root        1   8    0  3488K  1448K wait     0:00  0.00% login
          72081 root        1  -8    0  3132K   772K piperd   0:00  0.00% sshlockout_pf
          72087 root        1   8    0  3484K  1336K wait     0:00  0.00% sh
          72088 root        1   8    0  3484K  1348K wait     0:00  0.00% sh
          68842 root        1   8    0  3484K  1324K wait     0:00  0.00% sh
          1572 root        1   5    0  3484K  1344K ttyin    0:00  0.00% sh
          1573 root        1   5    0  3484K  1344K ttyin    0:00  0.00% sh
          1570 root        1   8    0  3484K  1336K wait     0:00  0.00% sh
          1571 root        1   8    0  3484K  1336K wait     0:00  0.00% sh
            250 root        1  44    0  5020K  2812K select   0:00  0.00% sshd
            453 root        1  -8    0  3132K   728K piperd   0:00  0.00% logger

          –------------------------------------------------------

          And I can't seem to find out what

          spamd[73273]: /sbin/pfctl returned status 1

          means, is it a good thing or bad thing?

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            cheesyboofs
            last edited by

            I have now given up on the Spamd package  :( I have found a free package to install on the exchange server its self that does the same thing and does it well JEP(S) http://www.proxmea.com/?q=node/19
            Cheers

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              wallabybob
              last edited by

              I'll add an explanation in italics for some of the things you saw.

              @cheesyboofs:

              Thanks for your response, I have done as you suggested and ran the commands manually to try and find out where it may be going wrong but am having trouble interpreting the results.

              /sbin/mount_fdescfs fdescfs /dev/fd

              /usr/local/sbin/spamd-setup -d &

              [1] 74419
              The & on the end of the command causes it to run in the background without the shell waiting for it to complete. The command runs in process 74419

              whitelist whitelist 0 entries

              blacklist blacklist 0 entries
              #/sbin/pflogd &
              [2] 74458
              [1]    Done
              process 74419 has exited: spamd-setup has completed
              #/usr/local/sbin/spamd-setup -d

              /usr/local/libexec/spamd  -G 25:4:864 -n "mail.cheeyboofs.co.uk" -c 800 -B 100 127.0.0.1 &

              [3] 74581
              spamd is running in process 74581
              [2]    Done
              pflogd has exited. This is suspicious. Perhaps there was already a pflogd running.
              #/sbin/pflogd
              Run pflogd, this time wait for its completion.

              /usr/local/libexec/spamlogd

              Now that the previous command (pflogd) has completed run spamlogd and wait for its completion.
              [3]  + Done
              process 74581, spamd,  has completed
              #/usr/local/libexec/spamd -G 25:4:864 -n mail.cheeyboofs.co.uk -c 800 -B 100  …

              And I can't seem to find out what

              spamd[73273]: /sbin/pfctl returned status 1

              means, is it a good thing or bad thing?

              It probably means pfctl exited with status 1 which could be a status unique to pfctl or it could be pfctl reporting that it got an unexpected error return status 1 (EPERM, permission error) from a system call.

              As I suspected spamd is exiting rather than continuing to run in the background. If you wanted to explore this further you could consult the spamd manual page by typing spamd into the man page or keyword search box at http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi (spamd came to FreeBSD from OpenBSD) and look for the command options for getting more output from spamd). If you don't already know your way around a Unix system you probably have a fair bit of learning if you want to pursue this further.

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                iced98lx
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                @cheesyboofs:

                I have now given up on the Spamd package  :( I have found a free package to install on the exchange server its self that does the same thing and does it well JEP(S) http://www.proxmea.com/?q=node/19
                Cheers

                what's the free version lacking over the paid version? (out of curiosity, run an exchange box as well)

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                  cheesyboofs
                  last edited by

                  Hi,

                  Not much.

                  It does what it should, all the rest is just garnish! The one thing missing in the free version is auto white listing, so if for instance you don't get another eBay mail in a certain amount of time it will be automatically gray listed again. But you will still get the mail because of course the eBay server will keep trying. So far out of 1468 mails, 1405 have been blocked. I was a bit unsure about installing a third part app on my exchange server but it does seem quite un-intrusive and easy to remove should I want to and until I can get SpamD working I have no choice.

                  Cheers

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                    iced98lx
                    last edited by

                    It says it can use sender/recipient e-mails as qualifiers, can you white list a sender e-mail with that program? Perhaps not with the free version..

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                      cheesyboofs
                      last edited by

                      Yes you can.

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                        Guest
                        last edited by

                        This thread is veering entirely off topic.

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                          iced98lx
                          last edited by

                          @submicron:

                          This thread is veering entirely off topic.

                          You're entirely correct, my apologies.

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