Yes this files exists. It is a ‘rsa private key’.
Does the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02periodic exist?
And if so does it contain the following:
APT::Periodic::MaxAge “7”;
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists “1”;
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade “1”;
APT::Periodic::Verbose “0”;
So I got it to work finally!
I had to add the missing packages;
sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ mail-server^ openssh-server^
That may have been overkill but I am comfortable with the pfSense. So even if I am running an unnecessary service, no traffic is getting to the machine on any ports unless needed.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Keith.
There were some residual parameters set from the various attempts to get this to work that I didn’t like being there, so I decided to start completely over.
Reinstalled the OS again (desktop version still).
Added the lamp-server. Tried to install MiaB; no go.
Added the mail-server. Tried to install the MiaB; no go.
Added the openssh-server. Tried to install the MiaB; success!
Keith.
Congrats!!!
I’m sorry I tried to discourage you initially but over the 3+ years that I have been participating with Mail-in-a-Box, I had seen other attempts to do what you did go down in flames. I think the difference was your determination for it to work and the fact that your *nix skills were most likely more advanced than the others.
I still wouldn’t recommend to others that they try this – it is too unsupported of a modification, But again, good job!
From those three packages, I suspect the problem was the line in setup that creates an SSH key for use with rsync backups by running ssh-keygen which was probably not installed on your system. It is provided by the openssh-client package, which you probably got when you added openssh-server. I will add openssh-client to the list of packages we install.
Thanks for the compliment.
I think I might disagree with your recommendation at this time though. Starting over from the beginning actually did not take long at all. And if @JoshData is correct in that the only reason I had to install all three servers was an accident of order, the process would be two package installs easier.
As of today, I have finished adding all 320 email accounts to the server (the API is fantastic), manually set about 40 of them with filters for forwarding (some internal some external) via the webmail, and already started planning out the email migration process for next week (54 of the accounts; a not too shabby 15 gigs worth). The remaining 200 or so are accounts for mailing lists (severed by an incredibly old MacMini).
After getting this thing to work, the biggest complaint I have is the unrelenting enforcement of the 8 character password length. It just happens that the 200 or so mailing list accounts all have 7 character passwords! Changing the password on the list server is going to be a brutally boring repetitive task next week (no API on it).
I am really going to miss the real-time server console of my old email server though. There is a certain comfort watching the activity of all the users logging in and out, the million plus pieces of mail flowing through, and the hundreds of thousands of spam emails servers being blocked or blacklisted.
Again thanks to the two of you for direction pointing; very helpful.
Keith.
Keith,
I’m unclear what account you speak of that can only have an eight character password.
I verified that MAIB email accounts can take longer passwords.
Sorry if it was clear and I just missed it.
Thanks.
Did you try making a 7 character password?
MIAB won’t let me.
I tried it with eight, but 7 won’t work.
Update: Ok, I understand what he was saying. I interpreted it as the account having a max 8 digit pw. Nevermind.
Now you know what OP was talking about … that the password must be AT LEAST 8 characters in length. 
OP’s were only 7.
I feel stupid now. (None of any my passwords are near as short as 7 or 8 characters.)
Thanks.
My list server is completely behind the firewall and unreachable by the internet, so the passwords were sort of ok to be only 7 characters. By the time I got picky and wanted 16 character passwords as a soft requirement there were already 80 plus and so changing them became too much of a task.
Now since MiaB is unrelenting in enforcing the 8 character minimum, tomorrow when we begin the migration process my first step will be to change all the accounts. Not looking forward to the task; though I will be satisfied with the result.
Keith.
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