I came across an error after upgrading a Plesk server from 8.6 to 9.2.3:
# /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/mchk –with-spam
==> Checking for: mailsrv_conf_init… ok
==> Checking for: mail_mailbox_restore… ok
==> Checking for: mailsrv_entities_dump… ok
==> Checking for: mail_admin_aliases… ok
==> Checking for: mail_auth_dump… ok
==> Checking for: mailman_lists_dump… ok
==> Checking for: mail_responder_restore… ok
==> Checking for: mail_drweb_restore… ok
==> Checking for: mail_kav_restore… not exsists
==> Checking for: mail_spf_restore… ok
==> Checking for: mail_dk_restore… ok
==> Checking for: mail_grey_restore… ok
awk: cmd. line:50: (END OF FILE)
awk: cmd. line:50: invalid char ‘�’ in expression
unable to process “pop3d”
awk: cmd. line:50: (END OF FILE)
awk: cmd. line:50: invalid char ‘�’ in expression
unable to process “pop3d-ssl”
awk: cmd. line:50: (END OF FILE)
awk: cmd. line:50: invalid char ‘�’ in expression
unable to process “imapd”
awk: cmd. line:50: (END OF FILE)
awk: cmd. line:50: invalid char ‘�’ in expression
unable to process “imapd-ssl”
As it turns out, all the sub-processes completed normally if run on their own, so the problem was with mchk itself. If ound out that mchk calls courier_authpsa_configure and found that there is a syntax error – looks like a newline inserted by accident.
To get around this, open /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/courier_authpsa_configure in a text editor and scroll down to line 80. Replaced the following line:
}\
‘ $conf >>$temp
}
with:
}’ $conf >>$temp
}
Now mchk should complete normally:
# /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/mchk –with-spam
==> Checking for: mail_spam_restore… ok
==> Checking for: mailsrv_conf_init… ok
==> Checking for: mail_mailbox_restore… ok
==> Checking for: mailsrv_entities_dump… ok
==> Checking for: mail_admin_aliases… ok
==> Checking for: mail_auth_dump… ok
==> Checking for: mailman_lists_dump… ok
==> Checking for: mail_responder_restore… ok
==> Checking for: mail_drweb_restore… ok
==> Checking for: mail_kav_restore… not exsists
==> Checking for: mail_spf_restore… ok
==> Checking for: mail_dk_restore… ok
==> Checking for: mail_grey_restore… ok
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