August 2013 - dovecot

[Dovecot] dovecot-metadata-plugin v14 patches
by Sergey Sidlyarenko 19 Oct '13

19 Oct '13

Please apply patches for dovecot-metadata-plugin v14. 1. dovecot-metadata-plugin-value_nil - fix plugin crach if entry->value == NULL (strlen(NULL) - segfault). 2. dovecot-metadata-plugin-utf7_support - add support metadata for UTF8 mailfolder. -- Sidlyarenko Sergey https://github.com/lefoyer

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[Dovecot] proxy: get rid of redundant log-informations
by Reindl Harald 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

Hi login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r %k is it possible to get rid of the "proxy(test(a)testserver.rhsoft.net): started proxying to 127.0.0.1:143: " part because on a proxy-only server i know that and it is explicitly not listed in "login_log_format_elements" as well as for the "TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA" it would be enough "TLSv1 DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA" the reason is simple: * all needed informations are present * smaller logfiles * nicer "tail -f" on the syslog without breaks _____________________________________________ Aug 14 16:31:46 testserver dovecot: imap-login: proxy(test(a)testserver.rhsoft.net): started proxying to 127.0.0.1:143: user=<test(a)testserver.rhsoft.net>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=91.118.73.99, TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)

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[Dovecot] Expunged message reappeared, giving a new UID
by Simon Fraser 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

I am running dovecot 2.2.2 with tcp based replication, and experiencing some duplicated emails. `doveconf -n` output is below. I have narrowed it down to the following scenario: An email arrives, and is successfully replicated to both nodes. It is in INBOX/new/ at this point on both servers. Connect with a mail client, and delete the message - without delayed expunge. So, for example, mutt (press 'd' then '$' to sync the mailbox), or Evolution set to immediately delete. The following log entry appears on the server the client is connected to: Jul 26 10:40:55 intmail3a dovecot: imap(srf): Warning: /mail/spool/s/srf/mail/INBOX/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 5: 1374831638.M830754P11591.intmail3a,S=1289,W=1321 (uid 733481 -> 733482) - retrying by re-reading from beginning Jul 26 10:40:55 intmail3a dovecot: imap(srf): Warning: Maildir /mail/spool/s/srf/mail/INBOX: Expunged message reappeared, giving a new UID (old uid=733481, file=1374831638.M830754P11591.intmail3a,S=1289,W=1321) The email reappears in the mailbox, although this time it is in INBOX/new on one node and INBOX/cur on the other. As best I can tell it's always in 'new' on the server the client was connected to and in 'cur' on the other. If any other mailbox operation occurs before the delete (Marking the message in question as 'read', receiving a new message into the mailbox in a different lmtp session, marking as read or deleting & expunging some other message) then this prevents the duplication from happening. What can I do to prevent this happening? Is there a synchronisation interval I can adjust, perhaps? Although the message does get synchronised initially. Thanks in advance, Simon. # 2.2.2: /mail/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS disable_plaintext_auth = no doveadm_password = secret first_valid_uid = 100 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes mail_gid = dovecot mail_home = /mail/spool/%1n/%n mail_location = maildir:~/mail:INBOX=~/mail/INBOX mail_plugins = notify replication mail_uid = dovecot managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = . } passdb { args = /mail/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { mail_replica = tcps:intmail3b:12345 sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap lmtp sieve service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { mode = 0600 user = dovecot } unix_listener replication-notify { mode = 0600 user = dovecot } } service config { unix_listener config { user = dovecot } } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 12345 ssl = yes } user = dovecot } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 } ssl_cert = </mail/etc/certs/mail-cert.pem ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs ssl_key = </mail/etc/certs/mail-key.pem userdb { args = /mail/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.userdb.conf.ext driver = ldap } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = notify replication sieve } protocol lda { mail_plugins = notify replication sieve } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 30 } -- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is operated by Genome Research Limited, a charity registered in England with number 1021457 and a company registered in England with number 2742969, whose registered office is 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE.

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[Dovecot] pop3c migration?
by Gedalya 22 Sep '13

22 Sep '13

Hi, I'm running dsync migrations using imapc and the source IMAP server is just too slow. It has taken 8 hours to migrate a mailbox with 47,000 messages. It seems most of the mailboxes are never accessed with IMAP, so it would be just as good to migrate them via POP3 which should work faster in my case. Is this actually meant to work? doveadm -D -o pop3c_user=xxxxxx(a)example.com -o 'pop3c_password=*******' -o pop3c_host=120.121.122.123 backup -u yyyyy(a)example.com -R pop3c: gives: doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_listescape_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_acl_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_acl_plugin.so: undefined symbol: acl_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_expire_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_expire_plugin.so: undefined symbol: expire_set_init (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_quota_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so: undefined symbol: quota_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_zlib_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_zlib_plugin.so: undefined symbol: i_stream_create_deflate (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so: undefined symbol: fts_list_backend (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Added userdb setting: mail=maildir:/stor/real/domains/example.com/yy/yyyyy/Maildir doveadm(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:storage=5120M doveadm(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=1001, home=/stor/real/domains/example.com/yy/yyyyy doveadm(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=POP3-MIGRATION-NS/, sep=, inbox=no, hidden=yes, list=no, subscriptions=yes location=pop3c: doveadm(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: fs: root=, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:/stor/real/domains/example.com/yy/yyyyy/Maildir doveadm(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: maildir++: root=/stor/real/domains/example.com/yy/yyyyy/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/stor/real/domains/example.com/yy/yyyyy/Maildir, alt= dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=1001, home=/stor/real/domains/example.com/yy/yyyyy dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=POP3-MIGRATION-NS/, sep=, inbox=no, hidden=yes, list=no, subscriptions=yes location=pop3c: dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: fs: root=, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=pop3c: dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: fs: root=, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= Segmentation fault remembering something about that... : # mkdir /tmp/pop3c # chown vmail:vmail /tmp/pop3c/ # doveadm -D -o pop3c_user=xxxxxx(a)example.com -o 'pop3c_password=*******' -o pop3c_host=120.121.122.123 backup -u yyyyy(a)example.com -R pop3c:/tmp/pop3c doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_listescape_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_acl_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_acl_plugin.so: undefined symbol: acl_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_expire_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_expire_plugin.so: undefined symbol: expire_set_init (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_quota_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so: undefined symbol: quota_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_zlib_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_zlib_plugin.so: undefined symbol: i_stream_create_deflate (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so: undefined symbol: fts_list_backend (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Added userdb setting: mail=maildir:/stor/real/domains/example.com/yy/yyyyy/Maildir doveadm(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:storage=5120M doveadm(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=1001, home=/stor/real/domains/example.com/yy/yyyyy doveadm(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=POP3-MIGRATION-NS/, sep=, inbox=no, hidden=yes, list=no, subscriptions=yes location=pop3c: doveadm(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: fs: root=, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:/stor/real/domains/example.com/yy/yyyyy/Maildir doveadm(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: maildir++: root=/stor/real/domains/example.com/yy/yyyyy/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/stor/real/domains/example.com/yy/yyyyy/Maildir, alt= dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=1001, home=/stor/real/domains/example.com/yy/yyyyy dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=POP3-MIGRATION-NS/, sep=, inbox=no, hidden=yes, list=no, subscriptions=yes location=pop3c: dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: fs: root=, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=pop3c:/tmp/pop3c dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: fs: root=/tmp/pop3c/., index=/tmp/pop3c, control=, inbox=, alt= dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /tmp/pop3c/.: mode=0755 gid=-1 dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /stor/real/domains/example.com/yy/yyyyy/Maildir: mode=0700 gid=-1 dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Namespace : /tmp/pop3c/./INBOX doesn't exist yet, using default permissions dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /tmp/pop3c/.: mode=0755 gid=-1 dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: pop3c(120.121.122.123): Looking up IP address dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: pop3c(120.121.122.123): Connecting to 120.121.122.123:110 dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Debug: pop3c(120.121.122.123): Authenticating as xxxxxx(a)example.com dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Panic: file mail-storage.c: line 1311 (mailbox_get_metadata): assertion failed: ((items & MAILBOX_METADATA_GUID) == 0 || !guid_128_is_empty(metadata_r->guid)) dsync(yyyyy(a)example.com): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x45caa) [0xb761ccaa] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(default_fatal_handler+0x47) [0xb761cdc7] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0xb761d647] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mailbox_get_metadata+0x120) [0xb76f3040] -> doveadm() [0x80740bc] -> doveadm(dsync_worker_mailbox_iter_next+0x21) [0x8071c11] -> doveadm() [0x806c1f7] -> doveadm(dsync_brain_sync+0x6c0) [0x806b890] -> doveadm(dsync_brain_sync_all+0x18) [0x806c4f8] -> doveadm() [0x806961b] -> doveadm() [0x8069bbf] -> doveadm() [0x80541ec] -> doveadm(doveadm_mail_try_run+0x257) [0x8054ee7] -> doveadm(main+0x391) [0x805d0c1] -> /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0xb748ae46] -> doveadm() [0x8054001] Aborted Now I'm lost... Am I in the right direction? Thanks, Gedalya # dovecot -n # 2.1.17: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae i686 Debian 7.1 auth_default_realm = example.com auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5 auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain default_client_limit = 8096 dict { expire = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } disable_plaintext_auth = no imapc_host = mail01.example.com mail_gid = vmail mail_plugins = listescape mail_prefetch_count = 50 mail_uid = vmail namespace { hidden = yes list = no location = pop3c: prefix = POP3-MIGRATION-NS/ } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = / type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { expire = Trash expire2 = Trash.* expire3 = Junk expire_dict = proxy::expire pop3_migration_mailbox = POP3-MIGRATION-NS/INBOX sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_before = /var/local/lib/dovecot/sieve/global/fileinto-spam.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } pop3c_host = 120.121.122.123 postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { client_limit = 20480 } service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service imap-login { process_min_avail = 4 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 128 M } service imap { process_limit = 10240 } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = 0.0.0.0 port = 7025 } } service pop3-login { process_min_avail = 4 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 128 M } service pop3 { process_limit = 4096 } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol doveadm { mail_plugins = listescape pop3_migration } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = listescape sieve } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 25 mail_plugins = listescape imap_quota ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/imap.example.com.crt ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/imap.example.com.key } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 mail_plugins = listescape pop3_fast_size_lookups = yes pop3_no_flag_updates = yes pop3_reuse_xuidl = no pop3_save_uidl = yes pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/pop.example.com.crt ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/pop.example.com.key } /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext : driver = mysql connect = ..... default_pass_scheme = PLAIN password_query = SELECT password, \ '/stor/real/domains/%d/%2n/%n' AS userdb_home, \ 'maildir:/stor/real/domains/%d/%2n/%n/Maildir' as userdb_mail, \ concat('*:storage=', quota_mb, 'M') as userdb_quota_rule, \ 'vmail' AS userdb_uid, 'vmail' AS userdb_gid \ FROM email WHERE userid = '%n' AND domain = '%d' and deleted=0 user_query = SELECT '/stor/real/domains/%d/%2n/%n' AS home, \ 'maildir:/stor/real/domains/%d/%2n/%n/Maildir' as mail, \ concat('*:storage=', quota_mb, 'M') as quota_rule, \ 'vmail' AS uid, 'vmail' AS gid \ FROM email WHERE userid = '%n' AND domain = '%d' and deleted=0 iterate_query = SELECT userid as user, domain FROM email where deleted=0

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Re: [Dovecot] Logging passwords on auth failure/dealing with botnets
by Joseph Tam 22 Sep '13

22 Sep '13

"Michael Smith (DF)" writes: > Or another option, is there any good DNS based RBLs for botnet IPs, and > is there any way to tie that in to the dovecot auth system? I've been > looking for botnet rbls, but what I've found so far doesn't seem to > work very well. Most of the IPs that I've had to firewall don't exist > in them. /dev/rob0 writes: > The problem with using XBL, anyway, is that you might have legitimate > logins from listed hosts. Example: a traveler using hotel wifi. We > (TINW) really would need a new DNSBL type (or a special result) for > this sort of abuse. > > It's a nice idea, worth building upon, if someone can fund it (or > find the time to develop it, which really amounts to the same thing.) > Imagine also a Dovecot network of reporters, where brute force > attempts worldwide are reported from Dovecots to the DNSBL, not > merely a one-way tie in. > > I'd also suggest listing SSH brute force attacks in the same DNSBL, > possibly with a different result (127.0.0.$port, so IMAP attackers > list as 127.0.0.143, SSH attackers as 127.0.0.22. Yes, we'd have to > incorporate the third quad for ports > 255, but the general idea is > for result codes to be both machine and human readable as much as > possible.) I use bl.blocklist.de as a DNSRBL for ssh BFD, but I think it also detects BFD for other protocols: http://www.blocklist.de/en/index.html The nice thing about this RBL is that you can also contribute by configuring your Fail2Ban/DenyHost to forward logs to the maintainers, to widen the detection network. I get about a 60% hit on ssh BFD attacks. I also found http://openbl.org but they distribute it as a downloadable file rather than as a DNSRBL. Maybe I can introduce the latter to the former. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Solved: startup failures "net_listen_unix(...) failed: Invalid argument"
by C. Mills 22 Sep '13

22 Sep '13

I ran into this and had a bit of trouble tracking a diagnosis down, so here it is for the archives in case anyone else runs into this. A new installation of dovecot was failing to start, with these messages: $ ./sbin/dovecot Error: service(imap-urlauth): net_listen_unix(.../var/run/dovecot/token-login/imap-urlauth) failed: Invalid argument Error: service(auth): net_listen_unix(.../var/run/dovecot/token-login/tokenlogin) failed: Invalid argument Fatal: Failed to start listeners Some of the other processes seemed to be starting up fine, and they created sockets in the expected dir, but the above two wouldn't. stracing the processes didn't show a lot, but eventually I checked the length of the installation path, and found the above two socket paths were exceeding the maximum path length limit for Unix sockets -- 108 chars on my Linux boxen. I haven't checked SuS or Posix to see what the standards say the actual minimum required size for the maximum path length is -- it might be shorter yet on other systems. Moving the installation to a less deeply nested hierarchy fixed the problem. I hope this saves someone else a headache someday. C. C. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- C. Mills -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Dovecot] mailbox_list_index, stops showing new mails in mailboxes
by Anton Lundin 22 Sep '13

22 Sep '13

Hello. I'm having some weird problem with (probably) mailbox_list_index, that it doesn't see new mail in mailboxes. I'm using 2.2.4 over imap and ssh/imap, and after a while dovecot stops noticing new mail in some folders. Its always the same 2-3 folders of about 30. I read something about list-index corruption in 2.2.2, and i thought it was that i was running into earlier, but this problem still occurs. This is dovecot 2.2.4, running on Solaris 10 x86_64 to homedirs on zfs, where procmail is used to deliver mail to mailboxes in mbox-format. I've tried to purge all indexes and let dovecot rebuild them, but the problem reoccurs after a couple of days. How can i help to debug this issue? Should i grab dovecot.list.index when its out-of-sync for debugging? //Anton -- Anton Lundin +46702-161604

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[Dovecot] verbose_proctitle cuts dsync to proctitle to "dsyn"
by Sven Hartge 22 Sep '13

22 Sep '13

Hi Timo, little cosmetic bug report: using "verbose_proctitle = yes" shortens the proctitle of dsync to just "dsyn". Example: Note the whitespace instead of the 'c' in the proctitle: root@m-st-01:~# ps auwwwx | grep [d]syn virtmail 18141 13.0 0.1 49916 7952 pts/6 R+ 00:49 0:00 dsyn -v -u xxyyzz7 -R backup maildir:/staging/xxyyzz7/Maildir With "verbose_proctitle = no" the output looks like this: root@m-st-01:~# ps auwwwx | grep [d]syn virtmail 18347 78.6 1.6 127356 68884 pts/6 D+ 00:53 0:02 dsync -v -u aabbcc7 -R backup maildir:/staging/aabbcc7/Maildir Version of dovecot is 2.2.5 from the autobuilder (but rebuild locally): root@m-st-01:~# doveadm config -n # 2.2.5 (ec62ea3c940e): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.1 [...] Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.

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[Dovecot] Problem with MySQL virtual users and dsync
by Jordan Cook 22 Sep '13

22 Sep '13

Hello, I am using dovecot 2.2.5 on FreeBSD and I am having trouble using dsync with SSH. Everything on the server seems to be working fine (I can login, receive and send emails etc). I am using SQL for both passdb, and userdb and this seems to work fine. The 'doveadm user' command returns all the correct information for the user. I am getting the following errors in my log file: Aug 27 21:34:17 server dovecot: replicator: Error: userdb lookup: Connecting timed out Aug 27 21:34:17 server dovecot: replicator: Error: userdb lookup: Disconnected unexpectedly Aug 27 21:34:20 server last message repeated 173381 times It did seem to do an initial sync, but after that nothing is being synchronised. Has anyone else solved this problem previously or is able to help? Regards, Jordan Cook -- Packet House Limited is a company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 07602377. Registered office: 40 Preston Avenue, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7JY This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Packet House Limited. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error.

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[Dovecot] Error: file_dotlock_open() failed with file + Too many open files
by Kavish Karkera 22 Sep '13

22 Sep '13

Hi All, We are getting these below error on our IMAP server. is this because of open file limits.?? We have set it to 4096. [root@vish conf.d]# ulimit -n 4096 Aug 27 16:08:26 imap(kavish.karkera(a)example.com-24685): Error: file_dotlock_open() failed with file /data/quarantine/index//data/quarantine/mailstore/24685/.INBOX.kavish.karkera/dovecot.index.cache: Too many open files Aug 27 16:08:26 imap(kavish.karkera(a)example.com-24685): Error: open(/data/quarantine/index//data/quarantine/mailstore/24685/.INBOX.kavish.karkera/dovecot.index.cache.lock) failed: Too many open files Below is our dovecot conf file. ====================================================================== # 2.2.5: /usr/local/dovecot-2.2.5/etc/dovecot-imap/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 x86_64 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) auth_socket_path = /usr/local/var/run/dovecot2.2-imap/auth-userdb base_dir = /usr/local/var/run/dovecot2.2-imap/ default_vsz_limit = 1 G first_valid_gid = 99 first_valid_uid = 99 hostname = log_path = /var/log/dovecot2.2-imap.log mail_location = maildir:~:INDEX=/data/quarantine/index/%h:CONTROL=/data/quarantine/index/%h mail_plugins = " virtual notify" namespace { inbox = no location = prefix = separator = . type = private } namespace { hidden = yes inbox = yes list = yes location = virtual:~/virtual:LAYOUT=maildir++:INDEX=~/virtual:CONTROL=~/virtual prefix = virtual. separator = . subscriptions = no type = private } namespace { hidden = yes inbox = no list = no location = maildir:~:INDEX=/data/quarantine/index/%h:CONTROL=/data/quarantine/index/%h:LAYOUT=maildir++ prefix = boxvirtual. separator = . subscriptions = no type = private } passdb { args = /usr/local/dovecot-2.2.5/etc/dovecot-imap/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = nobody mode = 0666 user = nobody } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 20143 } vsz_limit = 1 G } service imap-postlogin { executable = script-login -d /usr/local/bin/dovecot.virtual.sh unix_listener imap-postlogin { mode = 0666 } } service imap { executable = /usr/local/dovecot-2.2.5/libexec/dovecot/imap imap-postlogin vsz_limit = 1 G } ssl = no userdb { args = /usr/local/dovecot-2.2.5/etc/dovecot-imap/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 1000 mail_plugins = " virtual notify" } Regards, Kavish Karkera

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