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Disabling cppop automagical restart

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  1. IC3D

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    I am trying to stop and disable POP services on one of my WHM boxes all together. I have an internal app communicating via IMAP and SMTP but POP services for this box is unnecessary and will never be used, so I thought I would disable it.

    In - Main >> Service Configuration >> Mailserver Configuration
    I unset POP3D POP3DSSL

    Then I ran:

    /etc/init.d/cpanel stop
    touch /etc/cppopdisable
    /etc/init.d/cpanel start

    Now for the past 24hrs every 5mins I get an email:

    pop failed @ Tue Mar 1 10:42:42 2011. A restart was attempted automagically.
    Service Check Method: [tcp connect]
    Failure Reason: Unable to connect to port 110

    WHM 11.28.83
    CENTOS 5.5 x86_64

    How do I disable this from trying to restart every 5 minutes?
     
    #1 IC3D, Mar 1, 2011
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    So I found some Info regarding chkservd script configuration; which is really dated:
    http://forums.cpanel.net/f5/cron-jobs-restart-services-22085.html

    so - find * | grep chkservd

    lead me here: /etc/chkserv.d/chkserv.d.conf

    which listed all the services:
    cpsrvd:1
    exim:1
    ...
    ...
    ...
    pop:1

    .... I changed pop from 1 to 0 ... (disable)

    waiting another go around (5 min) to see if this finally stops


    Assuming this is right this time, we shall see
     
    #2 IC3D, Mar 1, 2011
    Last edited: Mar 1, 2011
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    cppop is deprecated in recent versions of cPanel and should be disabled anyway. Editing the /etc/chkserv.d/chkdservd.conf file is the correct approach. Also, remove the cppop file from /etc/chkserv.d. Restart tailwatchd (chkservd is a driver that is part of tailwatchd) and watch /var/log/chkservd.log to make sure the service is no longer being detected as down:

    Code:
    # mv /etc/chkserv.d/cppop /root
# /scripts/restartsrv_tailwatchd
# tail -f /var/log/chkservd.log
    Use Ctrl+C to stop the tail -f command.
     
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    #3 cPanelJared, Mar 1, 2011
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    Much appreciation on the fast response and the detail...

    I will have to go back through and cleanly do this per your notes.... for now chkserv process isn't checking, restarting or throwing errors on cppop anymore!

    Thanks
     
    #4 IC3D, Mar 1, 2011
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    Hi,

    Would massively appreciate help with the same problem. Disabled email due to using GoogleApps for email, but am getting the POP automagical email every 5 mins - argh!

    Bit of a server noob I'm afraid.

    Tried SSH:

    Code:
    # mv /etc/chkserv.d/cppop /root
# /scripts/restartsrv_tailwatchd
# tail -f /var/log/chkservd.log
    But the first line gives this message:

    Thanks!
     
    #5 stainer1, May 29, 2011
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    What scripts do you have in /etc/chkserv.d location? If you have one called pop instead, move that one:

    Code:
    mv /etc/chkserv.d/pop /root
     
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    #6 cPanelTristan, May 30, 2011
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