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[Dovecot] Erroneous operation not permitted when deleting mailbox with mdbox
by Nikolai Schupbach 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

I'm seeing the following error in our logs when removing mailboxes (we are using mdbox and dovecot 2.1.8): Aug 1 20:03:36 msgsrv dovecot: imap(test(a)test.com): Error: stat(/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam) failed: Operation not permitted Aug 1 20:03:36 msgsrv dovecot: imap(test(a)test.com): Mailbox deleted: Spam When I run truss against the process it appears the error relates to attempted unlink of a directory, not a stat of it, as reported by the log. However the mailbox does appear to be deleted fine, so it appears to be an erroneous error. Here is the truss output from the "3 DELETE INBOX.Spam" IMAP command: gettimeofday({1343808204.962165 },0x0) = 0 (0x0) gettimeofday({1343808204.962351 },0x0) = 0 (0x0) kevent(9,0x0,0,{0xb,EVFILT_READ,0x0,0,0x15,0x21c17a40},6,{1786.679649000 }) = 1 (0x1) gettimeofday({1343808216.031493 },0x0) = 0 (0x0) gettimeofday({1343808216.031676 },0x0) = 0 (0x0) read(11,"3 DELETE INBOX.Spam\r\n",8179) = 21 (0x15) getpid() = 6293 (0x1895) __sysctl(0x7fffffffd850,0x4,0x0,0x0,0x21c8f000,0x2a) = 0 (0x0) clock_gettime(13,{1343808216.000000000 }) = 0 (0x0) stat("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam/dbox-Mails",{ mode=drwx------ ,inode=28761,size=3,blksize=131072 }) = 0 (0x0) stat("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam/dbox-Mails",{ mode=drwx------ ,inode=28761,size=3,blksize=131072 }) = 0 (0x0) stat("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam",{ mode=drwx------ ,inode=28760,size=3,blksize=131072 }) = 0 (0x0) open("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log",O_RDWR,037777753160) = 10 (0xa) fstat(10,{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28762,size=144,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) pread(0xa,0x21c30000,0x90,0x0,0x1000,0x0) = 144 (0x90) open("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index",O_RDWR,037777731760) ERR#2 'No such file or directory' open("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log.2",O_RDWR,037777731520) ERR#2 'No such file or directory' fstat(10,{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28762,size=144,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) unlink("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam") ERR#1 'Operation not permitted' stat("/usr/share/nls/C/libc.cat",0x7fffffffd0a0) ERR#2 'No such file or directory' stat("/usr/share/nls/libc/C",0x7fffffffd0a0) ERR#2 'No such file or directory' stat("/usr/local/share/nls/C/libc.cat",0x7fffffffd0a0) ERR#2 'No such file or directory' stat("/usr/local/share/nls/libc/C",0x7fffffffd0a0) ERR#2 'No such file or directory' write(2,"\^A\b6293 prefix=imap(test@test."...,36) = 36 (0x24) write(2,"\^A\^D6293 stat(/mailstore/domai"...,99) = 99 (0x63) access("/etc/localtime",4) = 0 (0x0) open("/etc/localtime",O_RDONLY,04160026530) = 12 (0xc) fstat(12,{ mode=-r--r--r-- ,inode=16454,size=2434,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) read(12,"TZif2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"...,41448) = 2434 (0x982) close(12) = 0 (0x0) issetugid(0x20ee7fd1,0x21e72000,0x0,0xa7,0x4e,0xc) = 1 (0x1) open("/usr/share/zoneinfo/posixrules",O_RDONLY,056) = 12 (0xc) fstat(12,{ mode=-r--r--r-- ,inode=545,size=3519,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) read(12,"TZif2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"...,41448) = 3519 (0xdbf) close(12) = 0 (0x0) madvise(0x21eba000,0xb000,0x5,0x2b9,0x17,0x1) = 0 (0x0) madvise(0x21e72000,0x5000,0x5,0x271,0x17,0x1) = 0 (0x0) madvise(0x21e63000,0xc000,0x5,0x262,0x7fffffffcbf0,0x7fffffffcbf0) = 0 (0x0) stat("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log",{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28762,size=144,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) fstat(10,{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28762,size=144,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) gettimeofday({1343808216.048607 },0x0) = 0 (0x0) stat("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log.2",0x7fffffffd600) ERR#2 'No such file or directory' setitimer(0,{0.000000, 180.000000 },{0.000000, 0.000000 }) = 0 (0x0) fcntl(10,F_SETLKW,0x7fffffffd520) = 0 (0x0) setitimer(0,{0.000000, 0.000000 },{0.000000, 180.000000 }) = 0 (0x0) clock_gettime(13,{1343808216.000000000 }) = 0 (0x0) stat("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log",{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28762,size=144,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) fstat(10,{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28762,size=144,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) pwrite(0xa,0x21c09000,0xc,0x90,0x10ab6b8,0x2) = 12 (0xc) pwrite(0xa,0x7fffffffd69c,0x4,0x90,0x10ab6b8,0x2) = 4 (0x4) clock_gettime(13,{1343808216.000000000 }) = 0 (0x0) fcntl(10,F_SETLK,0x7fffffffd5e0) = 0 (0x0) stat("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log",{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28762,size=156,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) fstat(10,{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28762,size=156,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) stat("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log",{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28762,size=156,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) fstat(10,{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28762,size=156,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) setitimer(0,{0.000000, 180.000000 },{0.000000, 0.000000 }) = 0 (0x0) fcntl(10,F_SETLKW,0x7fffffffd1f0) = 0 (0x0) setitimer(0,{0.000000, 0.000000 },{0.000000, 180.000000 }) = 0 (0x0) clock_gettime(13,{1343808216.000000000 }) = 0 (0x0) stat("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log",{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28762,size=156,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) fstat(10,{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28762,size=156,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) pwrite(0xa,0x21c09400,0x1c,0x9c,0xffff800021c0bea4,0x7fffffffa9f0) = 28 (0x1c) pwrite(0xa,0x7fffffffd57c,0x4,0x9c,0xffff800021c0bea4,0x7fffffffa9f0) = 4 (0x4) clock_gettime(13,{1343808216.000000000 }) = 0 (0x0) fcntl(10,F_SETLK,0x7fffffffd610) = 0 (0x0) stat("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log",{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28762,size=184,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) fstat(10,{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28762,size=184,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) rename("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/mailboxes/Spam/dbox-Mails","/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/..DOVECOT-TrasH") = 0 (0x0) open(".",O_RDONLY,00) = 12 (0xc) open("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/..DOVECOT-TrasH",O_NOFOLLOW,00) = 13 (0xd) fchdir(0xd,0x100,0x0,0x7b30,0x101010101010101,0x8080808080808080) = 0 (0x0) stat(".",{ mode=drwx------ ,inode=28761,size=3,blksize=131072 }) = 0 (0x0) open(".",O_NONBLOCK|0x20000,00) = 14 (0xe) fstat(14,{ mode=drwx------ ,inode=28761,size=3,blksize=131072 }) = 0 (0x0) fcntl(14,F_SETFD,FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 (0x0) fstatfs(0xe,0x7fffffffd3a0,0x21c00400,0x29,0x61ff20,0x0) = 0 (0x0) getdirentries(0xe,0x21c31000,0x1000,0x21c284e8,0x61ff20,0x0) = 52 (0x34) unlink("dovecot.index.log") = 0 (0x0) getdirentries(0xe,0x21c31000,0x1000,0x21c284e8,0x61ff20,0x0) = 0 (0x0) close(13) = 0 (0x0) lseek(14,0x0,SEEK_SET) = 0 (0x0) close(14) = 0 (0x0) fchdir(0xc,0x0,0x21c07400,0x28,0x61ff20,0x0) = 0 (0x0) close(12) = 0 (0x0) rmdir(0x21c18470,0x0,0x21c07400,0x28,0x61ff20,0x0) = 0 (0x0) rmdir(0x21c184f0,0x4,0x21c18000,0x7af8,0xffffffffffdd6669,0x21c8c298) = 0 (0x0) open("/mailstore/domains/test.com/test/mdbox/dovecot.mailbox.log",O_RDWR|O_APPEND,0125337603) = 12 (0xc) write(12,"\^A\0\0\0\M^L\M-M%\^E\M^F\M-b\^X"...,24) = 24 (0x18) fstat(12,{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28751,size=144,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) rmdir(0x21c186d0,0x21e41eb8,0x21c186d0,0x7918,0xffffffffffdd6849,0x21c8c298) ERR#2 'No such file or directory' write(12,"\^B\0\0\0\M-Xb\M^JRY\M-I{x\M--C"...,24) = 24 (0x18) fstat(12,{ mode=-rw------- ,inode=28751,size=168,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0) write(2,"\^A\^B6293 Mailbox deleted: Spam"...,29) = 29 (0x1d) gettimeofday({1343808216.058749 },0x0) = 0 (0x0) madvise(0x21e65000,0x1000,0x5,0x264,0x7fffffffcfa0,0xffffffff) = 0 (0x0) madvise(0x21e63000,0x1000,0x5,0x262,0x7fffffffcfa0,0xffffffff) = 0 (0x0) madvise(0x21e41000,0x2000,0x5,0x240,0x7fffffffcfa0,0xffffffff) = 0 (0x0) madvise(0x21d8d000,0x4000,0x5,0x18c,0x7fffffffcfa0,0xffffffff) = 0 (0x0) madvise(0x21c91000,0x2000,0x5,0x90,0x7fffffffcfa0,0xffffffff) = 0 (0x0) gettimeofday({1343808216.059531 },0x0) = 0 (0x0) getpid() = 6293 (0x1895) __sysctl(0x7fffffffd830,0x4,0x0,0x0,0x21c8f000,0x23) = 0 (0x0) write(11,"3 OK Delete completed.\r\n",24) = 24 (0x18) gettimeofday({1343808216.060105 },0x0) = 0 (0x0) Regard, Nikolai.

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[Dovecot] ntlm auth / usernames with white spaces
by Matthias Lay 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Hi, we experienced some problems with white spaces in usernames (this was NOT our idea) authenticated bei dovecots ntlmhelper I wrote a little patch fixing this, if you would like. patch applies on 2.1.7 and 2.1.8 (tested those) diff -up ./src/auth/mech-winbind.c.username ./src/auth/mech-winbind.c --- ./src/auth/mech-winbind.c.username 2012-07-27 09:52:33.422553807 +0200 +++ ./src/auth/mech-winbind.c 2012-07-27 14:23:03.718619388 +0200 @@ -239,8 +239,16 @@ do_auth_continue(struct auth_request *au return HR_FAIL; } else if (strcmp(token[0], "AF") == 0) { const char *user, *p, *error; + int ti=1; + + if(gss_spnego) + ti=2; + /* some braindead administrators like spaces in usernames */ + user = token[ti]; + while(token[++ti]){ + user = t_strconcat(user, " ", token[ti], NULL); + } - user = gss_spnego ? token[2] : token[1]; i_assert(user != NULL); p = strchr(user, '\\');

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[Dovecot] BUG: LDAP extension failed to authenticate if 'base' DN configuration is empty ''
by Hendy Irawan 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Dear Dovecot developers, We have several context entries and want to authenticate a user against the whole LDAP server. However when setting "base = " Dovecot LDAP fails with following message: Jul 29 10:50:59 nitik1 dovecot: auth: Error: ldap(hendy(a)staging.member.berbatik.com,127.0.0.1): ldap_search((virtualMail=hendy(a)staging.member.berbatik.com)) failed: Other (e.g., implementation specific) error This limits the search to only one base DN, e.g. base = dc=staging,dc=berbatik,dc=com The ldap client library is able to search entries using an empty base DN, so it should be possible for Dovecot LDAP to do the same. An even more elegant solution will be the ability to specify multiple base DNs, but if Dovecot can search the "root DN" (empty string) it would be great. Thank you. Hendy ----- http://www.Soluvas.com/ Soluvas - Making eCommerce Work for You -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/BUG%3A-LDAP-extension-failed-to-authenticate-if-%27ba… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] fts solr : out of memory
by tonio＠starbridge.org 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Hi Timo, since I've upgraded to 2.1.8, solr indexer doesnt work correctly. I see a lot of these errors in logs: Fatal: master: service(indexer-worker): child 9582 returned error 83 (Out of memory (service indexer-worker { vsz_limit=256 MB }, you may need to increase it)) I've tried to set vsz_limit to a lot more, (around 4096 MB) but same problem occurs. thank for your help ! Regards Tonio Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_31-b04) doveconf -n # 2.1.8: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.13-xxxx-std-ipv6-64 x86_64 Debian wheezy/sid xfs auth_cache_negative_ttl = 0 auth_cache_size = 10 M auth_mechanisms = plain login dict { quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota-sql.conf } hostname = maildir2.spamguard.fr log_timestamp = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S mail_gid = vmail mail_location = sdbox:/home/virtual/%u mail_plugins = quota fts fts_solr acl zlib mail_privileged_group = vmail mail_uid = vmail managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = comparator-i;octet comparator-i;ascii-casemap fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date spamtest spamtestplus virustest namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = / type = private } namespace { alias_for = hidden = yes inbox = no list = no location = prefix = INBOX/ separator = / type = private } namespace { list = children location = sdbox:/home/virtual/%%u:INDEX=/home/virtual/%u/shared/%%u prefix = shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = file:/home/virtual/shared-%d-mailboxes.db autocreate = Spam autocreate2 = SpamFalse autocreate3 = SpamToLearn autocreate4 = Sent autosubscribe = Spam autosubscribe2 = SpamFalse autosubscribe3 = SpamToLearn autosubscribe4 = Sent fts = solr fts_solr = url=http://localhost:8081/solr/ mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename save mailbox_create mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size quota = dict:User quota::proxy::quota quota2 = dict:User quota::file:/home/virtual/%u/dovecot-quota quota_warning = storage=85%% quota-warning 85 %u sieve = ~/dovecot.sieve sieve_before = /home/virtual/sieve/ sieve_dir = ~/sieve zlib_save = bz2 zlib_save_level = 9 } protocols = imap pop3 sieve lmtp service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix-in2/private/auth { group = mail mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener /var/spool/postfix-maildir2/private/auth { group = mail mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener /var/spool/postfix-msa/private/auth { group = mail mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener /var/spool/postfix-smtp06/private/auth { group = mail mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = mail mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-in2-master { mode = 0660 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-maildir2-master { mode = 0660 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-master { mode = 0660 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-msa-master { mode = 0660 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-out-master { mode = 0660 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-smtp06-master { mode = 0660 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 } process_limit = 256 process_min_avail = 4 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 256 M } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = 46.105.108.210 port = 24 } user = vmail vsz_limit = 368 M } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } process_limit = 256 vsz_limit = 64 M } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 } process_limit = 256 process_min_avail = 4 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 256 M } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { mode = 0600 user = vmail } user = vmail } ssl = required ssl_ca = </etc/dovecot/ca-bundle.crt ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/mx2.eole-its.com.certchained.pem ssl_key = </etc/postfix/tls/mx2.eole-its.com.key.pem ssl_verify_client_cert = yes userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail imap_max_line_length = 64 k mail_max_userip_connections = 60 mail_plugins = quota imap_quota acl imap_acl autocreate mail_log notify fts fts_solr zlib } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol sieve { managesieve_logout_format = bytes ( in=%i : out=%o ) } protocol lda { info_log_path = log_path = mail_plugins = sieve quota autocreate zlib postmaster_address = postmaster(a)spamguard.fr quota_full_tempfail = yes } protocol lmtp { info_log_path = log_path = mail_plugins = sieve quota autocreate fts fts_solr zlib postmaster_address = postmaster(a)spamguard.fr quota_full_tempfail = yes } local 46.105.108.210 { protocol imap { ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/imap.spamguard.fr.certchained2.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/imap.spamguard.fr.key.pem } } local 87.98.168.xx { protocol imap { ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/mail.ovxx.fr.certchained.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/mail.ovxx.fr.key.pem } }

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[Dovecot] FETCH Error
by Micha Krause 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Hi, I have the following problem: Jul 18 14:36:09 mailint1 dovecot: imap(micha): Error: FETCH [] for mailbox INBOX.Sent UID 166 got too little data: 120860 vs 120867 Jul 18 14:36:09 mailint1 dovecot: imap(micha): Error: Maildir filename has wrong W value: /var/mail/mailboxes/users/micha/.Sent/cur/1240390202.Rfd9752b8Q14135.mail-alt,S=280003,W=284007:2,S Jul 18 14:36:09 mailint1 dovecot: imap(micha): Error: Corrupted index cache file /var/mail/mailboxes/users/micha/.Sent/dovecot.index.cache: Broken virtual size for mail UID 166 so far i tried deleting: /var/mail/mailboxes/users/micha/.Sent/dovecot.index.cache /var/mail/mailboxes/users/micha/.Sent/dovecot.index /var/mail/mailboxes/users/micha/.Sent/dovecot.index.log I tried to renaming: /var/mail/mailboxes/users/micha/.Sent/cur/1240390202.Rfd9752b8Q14135.mail-alt,S=280003,W=284007:2,S to /var/mail/mailboxes/users/micha/.Sent/cur/1240390202.Rfd9752b8Q14135.mail-alt,S=280003:2,S I tried doveadm: doveadm force-resync -u micha INBOX.Sent Dovecot version is: 2.0.9 Micha Krause

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[Dovecot] mdbox with separate index location results in many emptydirectories
by Jürgen Obermann 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Hallo, I use dovecot 2.1.7 with mdbox format and I specified a separate location for mailbox index files with mail_location = mdbox:/dovecot/storage%h:INDEX=/dovecot/index%h With this setting I get for every mailbox a directory under both filesystems /dovecot/index and /dovecot/storage, e.g. for the inbox it looks like that: # ls -lR /dovecot/index/home/hrz/myuser/mailboxes/INBOX /dovecot/storage/home/hrz/myuser/mailboxes/INBOX /dovecot/index/home/hrz/myuser/mailboxes/INBOX: total 49 -rw------- 1 myuser hrz 20480 Jul 20 11:12 dovecot.index.cache -rw------- 1 myuser hrz 1280 Jul 20 08:00 dovecot.index.log -rw------- 1 myuser hrz 301 Jul 19 16:45 dovecot.index.search -rw------- 1 myuser hrz 20 Jul 19 16:45 dovecot.index.search.uids /dovecot/storage/home/hrz/myuser/mailboxes/INBOX: total 3 drwx------ 2 myuser hrz 2 Jul 19 15:20 dbox-Mails /dovecot/storage/home/hrz/myuser/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails: total 0 As expected the index files now reside under /dovecot/index%h/mailboxes/, but the path /dovecot/storage%h/mailboxes/ also contains for every user and every mailbox name a directory which in turn contains only an empty subdirectory 'dbox-Mails'. These directories seem to me to sum up to a lot of unneded infrstructure objects. I tried to delete these empty directories, but dovecot did not like that and stopped to work. So somehow they are necessary, in spite of setting a separate index file location. So my question is, could these empty directories be avoided, perhaps in a future version? Greetings, Juergen -- Hochschulrechenzentrum der | Mail: Juergen.Obermann(a)hrz.uni-giessen.de Justus-Liebig-Universitaet | WWW: http://www.uni-giessen.de/obermann/ Heinrich-Buff-Ring 44 | Tel: 0641-99-13054 (0641-99-13001) D-35392 Giessen, Germany | Fax: 0641-99-13009

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[Dovecot] improve error messages with quotes
by Radim Kolar 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

I propose to improve error messages but inserting quotes. I spent good time until I looked into source code to find right meaning of error message. I would like them in following format: namespace configuration error no 'hidden=no' namespaces

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[Dovecot] Empty argument in "executable = script ..." service
by Florian Wagner 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Hi, what is the point of adding an empty argument to the command called by the "executable = script ..." setting in a service? I guess that would be the call to array_append_space at line 57 in util/script.c. Background is that I'm trying to run bogofilter through the extprograms Pigeonhole plugin. So I've defined a service entry with a unix_listener and wondered why my test shell script works but bogofilter exits with a cryptic error. Turns out that this empty argument at the end trips up the bogofilter argument parsing code. If I manually call bogofilter with execv and add that empty argument I get the same cryptic error. Regards Florian

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Director behaviour when two or more fail
by Dominic Malolepszy 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Hi, On the Dovecot wiki here http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Director it says the following: "The directors are going to connect to each others in a ring. For example if you have servers called A, B and C, director will create connections A->B, B->C and C->A" I am curious what happens in a scenario when two or more directors fail and potentially break a ring in half, do the active directors detect this and reform a new ring? Dominic

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[Dovecot] Help needed with configuration giving dict error No such file
by Ajax 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Each time a mail message is delivered to a mailbox records like the following appear in /var/log/dovecot.warn: Jul 29 10:02:05 iris dovecot: lmtp(29320, jax(a)XXX.com) Error: file dict commit: file_dotlock_open(/var/vmail/XXX.com/jax/home/maildir/dovecot-quota) failed: No such file or directory Jul 29 10:02:05 iris dovecot: lmtp(29320, jax(a)XXX.com) Error: file dict commit: file_dotlock_open(/var/vmail/XXX.com/jax/home/maildir/dovecot-quota) failed: No such file or directory Jul 29 10:02:05 iris dovecot: lmtp(29320, jax(a)XXX.com) Error: dict quota: Quota update failed, it's now desynced This is with Dovecot 2.1.7 installed by Debian Squeeze binary packages, dovecot-core v 1:2.1.7-2~bpo60+1, and friends. The host is running GNU/Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 and on a xfs filesystem. Entries in /etc/dovecot/users look like this: jax@XXX.com:{plain}password The output from 'doveconf -n' is in the attachment to this mail message. I'm a beginner without experience with either IMAP servers or clients. Can you give me pointers to see what I'm missing that causes the errors logged as above? The user data base looks like this: userdb { args = uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/var/vmail/%d/%n/home mail=maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n driver = static } Being a beginner, I wonder if is necessary to manually make home directories for each '/var/vmail/%d/%n/home'? I've tried test accounts with and without empty "home" directories at the indicated locations without seeing any difference in the error indications. Is it necessary to manually populate the "home" directories? Besides having no clue about the errors logged, I don't understand what it takes to make quotas work nor do I understand what options are available or advisable. The distribution wiki/QuotaMaildir.txt seems clear that the Maildif+++ backend is indicated but beyond that I remain in the dark. FWIW, I've yet to try a real IMAP client. Thank you for any pointers you can give me.

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