Exim & ProFTPD stopped working after big update

[Zelda]

Hello,

I updated my CentOS VPS. After that, I updated from PHP 5 to 7.4. with this guide (https://www.transip.nl/knowledgebase/artikel/654-directadmin-tutorial-series-vps-updaten/) Now I get the error message that exim and proftpd stopped working in directadmin admin notifications.

This is my current setup:

Installed version of DirectAdmin: 1.645 build 4c6940b34d995a6418287b8b89b4471eb07a9c19

Latest version of CustomBuild plugin: 1.0.37
Installed version of CustomBuild plugin: 1.0.37

Latest version of Apache: 2.4.54
Installed version of Apache: 2.4.54

Latest version of Nginx: 1.23.2
Installed version of Nginx: 1.23.2

Latest version of ProFTPD: 1.3.8
Installed version of ProFTPD: 1.3.8

Latest version of mod_ruid2: 0.9.8
Installed version of mod_ruid2: 0.9.8

Latest version of dovecot: 2.3.19.1
Installed version of dovecot: 2.3.19.1

Latest version of dovecot.conf: 0.4
Installed version of dovecot.conf: 0.4

Latest version of Exim: 4.93.0.4
Installed version of Exim: 4.93.0.4

Latest version of lego: 953d5c85145b6a2b9a52f2d919faf23e04a359b3
Installed version of lego: 953d5c85145b6a2b9a52f2d919faf23e04a359b3

Latest version of exim.conf: 4.5.43
Installed version of exim.conf: 4.5.43

Latest version of SpamAssassin: 3.4.6
Installed version of SpamAssassin: 3.4.6

Latest version of PHP 7.0: 7.0.33
Installed version of PHP 7.0: 7.0.33

Latest version of PHP 7.4: 7.4.33
Installed version of PHP 7.4: 7.4.33

Latest version of RoundCube: 1.6.0
Installed version of RoundCube: 1.4.9

I tried:

[root@server custombuild]# ./build exim

curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
Download of https://files.directadmin.com/services/custombuild/exim-4.93.0.4.tar.gz failed, re-downloading the file...

When I try to start exim it says:

[root@server custombuild]# exim
2022-12-20 12:18:59 Exim configuration error in line 1022 of /etc/exim.conf:
option "message_linelength_limit" unknown

There are a lot of websites running, I can't figure it out why exim doesn't work. Also I get connection time out when trying to connect with FTP or SFTP. I think this is the problem of Exim.

Does anyone have any clue what to try / do next? Allready updated CentOs.

 

[Ohm J]

trying change Exim to 4.96 and rebuild Exim again.
4.93 is too old, DA doesn't support anymore.


for Proftpd, trying find error log. like " service proftpd status -l " and post it here. becarefully, don't post any sensitive data to public board.

 

[Zelda]

Thank you for your fast reply. When I try this:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build update
./build set eximconf yes
./build set exim_conf_release 4.96

It gives an error:

[root@server custombuild]# ./build set eximconf_release 4.96
4.96 is not a valid setting for eximconf_release option.

How is this possible? Thank you again for your help.

PS: Found another thread with this error message. He updated requirements but I'm not sure what that means (https://forum.directadmin.com/threads/how-to-upgrade-exim-safely.60845/)

 

[Ohm J]

maybe you have customize version, Because Exim not have version selector anymore. it alway 4.96.

trying see in DA gui. from link
/admin/custombuild/customize-versions

 

[Zelda]

maybe you have customize version, Because Exim not have version selector anymore. it alway 4.96.

trying see in DA gui. from link
/admin/custombuild/customize-versions

Screenshot attached.

 

[Ohm J]

yes you customize to "4.93", just remove that.

 

[Zelda]

yes you customize to "4.93", just remove that.

I did, then build exim again and it worked!! Thank you so much for your help!! For anyone who needs this:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build update
./build exim