[Dovecot] file_wait_lock with dovecot 0.99.14-1sarge

[Timo Sirainen]

On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 16:34 +0200, Jorge Salamero Sanz wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> i've just installed dovecot from debian sarge and i get this error:
> 
> Jun 28 16:31:50 server pop3(user): file_wait_lock() failed with custom flags 
> file /mnt/nfs/users/user//mail/.customflags: No locks
>  available
> 
> (maildir in nfs)
> 
> how seriously i should take it ? is it fixed in newer versions ?

It means that fcntl locks don't work with NFS without lockd installed.
Don't try to use 0.99.x with NFS, install 1.0rc1 instead, and see this
wiki page:

http://wiki.dovecot.org/NFS

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