[Dovecot] Imap process crash: assertion failed: (full_fs_access)

[Joseph Tam]

On Mon, 11 Feb 2013, Joseph Tam wrote:

> Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> writes:
>
>> > Any guess at what would cause this?
>> > >  	Feb  7 21:20:53 server dovecot: imap(user): Panic: file
>> >  	mailbox-list-fs-iter.c: line 447 (fs_list_get_roots): assertion
>> >  	failed: (full_fs_access)
>> 
>> LIST command that had invalid parameters that somehow got through the
>> first validity check. What namespace config do you have?
>
> I got more info from the user that had this problem.  He reported that he
> was was setting up a new Email client (Nexus4 Android) and he sent me a
> screenshot of his setup.  Everything look ordinary except perhaps the
> IMAP prefix set to "mail".
> ...
> I've asked the user to change his prefix, and he'll probably report back.

He reported that removing the mail prefix solved it for him.  I then
proceeded to update dovecot from 2.1.14 -> 2.1.15, and asked him to
change it back to the previoux prefix ("mail").  That also worked.
So I don't know what unwedged him, but it's working now.

Joseph Tam <jtam.home at gmail.com>