[Dovecot] General questions about TCP replication with dsync

[Patrick De Zordo]

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: dovecot [mailto:dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org] Im Auftrag von James
> TD Smith
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 5. Juni 2014 17:34
> An: dovecot at dovecot.org
> Betreff: Re: [Dovecot] General questions about TCP replication with dsync
> 
> On 2014-06-04 19:53:19(+0200), Patrick De Zordo wrote:
> > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > > Von: dovecot [mailto:dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org] Im Auftrag von
> > > Robert Schetterer
> > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 4. Juni 2014 19:42
> > > An: dovecot at dovecot.org
> > > Betreff: Re: [Dovecot] General questions about TCP replication with
> > > dsync
> > >
> > > Am 04.06.2014 19:35, schrieb Patrick De Zordo:
> > > > Dovecot version: 2.2.9 (on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS)
> > > >
> > > > 1. Question:
> > > >
> > > > In logs I can see this errors on every sync (on the “slave” server
> > > > / server without changes which should be updated):
> > > >
> > > > ---8<-------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > ---------
> > > >
> > > > dsync-server(email at example.com): Error:
> > > > net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/replicator-doveadm) failed:
> > > > Permission  denied
> > > >
> > > > ---8<-------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > ---------
> > > >
> > > > Googling a bit gave me the information “This should be normal”..?
> > > >
> > > > Well ok, errors in logs are not nice to see, but can someone
> > > > confirm this is really ok? Timo?
> 
> I have a similar setup and have been getting the same errors about
> replicator-doveadm permissions on 2.2.12. I found this message in the list
> archives which say's its not important
> 
> http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2013-April/089559.html
> 
> and suggests changing the permissions on the socket. The right permissions
> would depend on which user(s) the doveadm-server process doing the sync
> is running as. From your questions below it looks like you are using virtual
> users with the vmail user owning the mailboxes, try
> 
> service replicator {
>   unix_listener replicator-doveadm {
>     mode = 0660
>     group = vmail
>   }
> }
> 

OK, thanks!
So I'm going on to read this in my logs.. ;-)

> > > > 2. Question (much more important):
> > > >
> > > > We are using sieve scripts for our users, they are replicated to
> > > > the replica-host but this errors appears in logs on every synchronized
> message:
> > > >
> > > > ---8<-------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > ---------
> > > > dsync-server(email at example.com): Error: Failed to access mailbox
> > > > dovecot/sieve: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for
> > > > more information.
> > > >
> > > > dsync-server(email at example.com): Error:
> > > > stat(/var/vmail/example.com/email/.dovecot.sieve/tmp) failed: Not
> > > > a directory
> > > >
> > > > ---8<-------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > ---------
> > > >
> > > > So what’s going on there?
> > > >
> > > > This is strange and should not be, right?
> > > >
> > > > Any hints?
> 
> It looks like it thinks the .dovecot.sieve file should be a Maildir. Are you using
> the Maildir++ format for your mail stores? That uses "." as a separator for
> mailbox names. You might want to try changing the "sieve" config option
> from ".dovecot.sieve" to something which doesn't contain dots and rename
> the files to match.
> 

I'm using "/" as separator ("separator = /" in configuration)..
SO it shouldn't be the problem..

Is your sync up and running? With sieve scripts?

> James
> 
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