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[Dovecot] pam_ldap.so memory leaks?
by Flannery, Andrew 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Hello List, I have a question about dovecot-1.1.0-beta3 but first I'll ramble a little bit: Recently I upgraded a 0.99 installation of dovecot to 1.0.5. All went relatively smoothly until the dovecot-auth process began returning "out of memory" after a day. There is a rather large user base here. The current setup is using passdb pam with blocking=yes, with pam_ldap.so handling most authentication (although in special cases I am using a custom written pam module which I have disabled to eliminate as the source of the leak). The dovecot-auth process' VmRSS size grows by 4k per request and has a limit of 256megs. Unfortunately turning blocking=yes off isn't an option. The reason I must have it turned on is that the custom pam module is changing the username on specific requests. I am trying to pinpoint the memory leak (pam_ldap is my biggest suspect right now though I'm going to try running valgrind on a test system). For now I have set shutdown_clients=no and am restarting dovecot at regular intervals. Okay the question: In dovecot 1.1.0 beta3 I see that blocking=yes is now on, no matter what. Has something been done to address potential memory leaks in pam modules? Thanks, -Andrew

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[Dovecot] Assertion failed: (pos < input->size)
by Asheesh Laroia 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Oct 21 10:04:05 alchemy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<paulproteus>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, TLS Oct 21 10:05:44 alchemy dovecot: IMAP(paulproteus): file message-decoder.c: line 289 (message_decode_body): assertion failed: (pos < input->size) Oct 21 10:05:44 alchemy dovecot: IMAP(paulproteus): Raw backtrace: imap [0x80c8e10] -> imap [0x80c8d1c] -> imap(message_decoder_decode_next_block+0x868) [0x80c58a8] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_fts_plugin.so [0xb7f7f2f5] -> imap [0x805f526] -> imap [0x805f8a8] -> imap(io_loop_handle_timeouts+0x10b) [0x80cf71b] -> imap(io_loop_handler_run+0x69) [0x80d0169] -> imap(io_loop_run+0x28) [0x80cf5f8] -> imap(main+0x4ac) [0x8068dec] -> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0) [0xb7e29050] -> imap [0x805b941] Oct 21 10:05:44 alchemy dovecot: child 14390 (imap) killed with signal 6 Assertion failed. This happened when doing a "SEARCH TEXT delicious". I have to run out and buy ingredients for a birthday cake, so I thought I'd email this very terse message to the list in case it was some help, and if you need more info just reply saying "more info" and I'll go through the usual debugging steps. -- Asheesh. -- It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. -- Benjamin Disraeli

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[Dovecot] Best version for production systems?
by Mitch Pirtle 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Hi dovecotters, I have a system running 1.0rc1 right now and am having problems (more on that later). I know that 1.0.5 is "current" but I'm running Debian Stable (Etch) and have reservations of upgrading until nothing works anymore ;-) Do I really need to make the upgrade to 1.0.5, and if so can anyone here point out how to do so using the standard Debian apt-get process? -- Mitch

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[Dovecot] Suggested IMAP Directory Size..
by Ilo Lorusso 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Hi, ive walked into a enviroment where the previous admin has being using pop and making the email clients leaving a copy of the mail on the workstation.. Now overtime these mailboxes (mbox format) have grown between 1,5 to 1,8 Gigs large I want to convert all these mailbox to IMAP (only 15) and want to know whats the largested suggest folder size per user dovecot IMAP runs smoothly with good responce times.. I know the users also have large OUT LOOK pst files 4.5GIGs and wondering if I could also intergrate that into IMAP? Please any feedback would be great on this topic..??

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[Dovecot] Migrating from UW IMAP - pine - Thunderbird - squirrelmail
by Israel Bravo 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Hello! I saw your post to the mailing list (http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2006-January/010968.html) where you write "A description for pine with imap acces without entering any password is also discussed.", but I didn't find such description in this post. Would you be so kind to point me to some source where it is explained - currently users have to insert the password twice - when they open the shell window and when they start Pine. Another question - may be you can help me: Currently we use Pine with IMAP (dovecot); both INBOX and folder collection are saved on the Linux server. But how to save the "saved-messages" and "sent-mail" folders in the user's home directory on the server? Thank you for help, -- _________________________________________________________ | Israel Bravo Unix system administrator | The faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management, | Technion, 32000 Haifa, Israel | Phone: 972-4-829-4428 http://ie.technion.ac.il/~bravo/ |________________________________________________________

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[Dovecot] more problems with dovecot-1.1 beta3
by Sergey 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

Hi, Thank you for pointing me about -xc99 flag, I have compiled and installed dovecot inplace of version 1.0.5 without any special actions on the upgrade. And after starting it immediately got in it's log file messages like: --- dovecot: Oct 16 23:10:18 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.git-altlinux-ru/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument --- I have tried to delete dovecot.index.cache files from imap directories, but this did not helped: --- dovecot: Oct 16 23:52:24 Error: IMAP(seriv): Corrupted transaction log file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.log: indexid changed 1189182277 -> 1192593117 dovecot: Oct 16 23:52:24 Error: IMAP(seriv): Index file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index: indexid changed: 1189182277 -> 1192593117 dovecot: Oct 16 23:52:24 Error: IMAP(seriv): Corrupted transaction log file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.log: indexid changed: 1189182277 -> 1192593117 dovecot: Oct 16 23:52:28 Error: IMAP(seriv): /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index view is inconsistent dovecot: Oct 16 23:52:28 Panic: IMAP(seriv): file client.c: line 105: assertion failed: (!client->destroyed) dovecot: Oct 16 23:52:28 Error: IMAP(seriv): Raw backtrace: /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'i_internal_fatal_handler+0x48 [0x8135118] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'i _panic+0x23 [0x8134b03] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'client_destroy+0x33 [0x808ee43] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'client_continue_pending_input+0x5d [0x808fac d] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'idle_finish+0xfa [0x808348a] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'cmd_idle_continue+0x46 [0x8083776] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/i map'client_command_cancel+0x4a [0x808ec6a] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'client_destroy+0x10b [0x808ef1b] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'client_continue_pending_ input+0x5d [0x808facd] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'idle_finish+0xfa [0x808348a] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'cmd_idle_continue+0x202 [0x8083932] -> /opt/dove cot/libexec/dovecot/imap'idle_sync_now+0x84 [0x80836b4] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'idle_callback+0x5b [0x808371b] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'check_timeout +0x14c [0x80e323c] -> / dovecot: Oct 16 23:52:28 Error: IMAP(seriv): opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'io_loop_handle_timeouts+0x217 [0x813d057] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'io_loop_handler_r un+0x8d [0x813d9dd] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'io_loop_run+0x4b [0x813d14b] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap'main+0x9a [0x809f18a] -> /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovec ot/imap'_start+0x7d [0x807c95d] dovecot: Oct 16 23:52:28 Error: child 7529 (imap) killed with signal 6 --- Then I have tried to delete all dovecot.index* files from there, but the messages in dovecot.log are almost the same: --- deliver(seriv): Oct 18 14:59:49 Error: file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:01:35 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.Drafts/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:01:35 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.Drafts/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:01:35 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.Drafts/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:01:35 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.Drafts/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:01:35 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.Drafts/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:01:35 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.Drafts/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:01:35 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.Drafts/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:01:35 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.Drafts/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:01:35 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.Drafts/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:01:35 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.Drafts/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:01:35 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.Drafts/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:01:35 Error: IMAP(seriv): Sending log messages too fast, throttling.. dovecot: Oct 18 15:01:36 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.Drafts/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument deliver(seriv): Oct 18 15:01:38 Error: file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.sisyphus-cybertalk-lists-altlinux-org/dovecot.index.cache: In valid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:02:57 Warning: SIGHUP received - reloading configuration dovecot: Oct 18 15:02:58 Warning: fd limit 256 is lower than what Dovecot can use under full load (more than 384). Either grow the limit or change login_max_processes_count a nd max_mail_processes settings dovecot: Oct 18 15:03:13 Warning: Killed with signal 15 deliver(seriv): Oct 18 15:04:07 Error: file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.community-lists-altlinux-org/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid arg ument deliver(seriv): Oct 18 15:04:23 Error: file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.Trash/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument deliver(seriv): Oct 18 15:04:50 Error: file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/.community-lists-altlinux-org/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid arg ument dovecot: Oct 18 15:06:36 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:06:36 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:06:36 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:06:36 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:06:36 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:06:36 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:06:36 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:06:36 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:06:36 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:06:36 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:06:36 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument dovecot: Oct 18 15:06:36 Error: IMAP(seriv): Sending log messages too fast, throttling.. dovecot: Oct 18 15:06:37 Error: IMAP(seriv): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/imap/seriv/.imap/dovecot.index.cache: Invalid argument --- One more problem is with fd limit: I have a small dovecot installation, so don't want to increase fd limit. I tried to decreasee max_mail_processes, login_max_processes_count and login_max_connections, but still I have --- # /opt/dovecot/sbin/dovecot -n # 1.1.beta3: /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf Warning: fd limit 256 is lower than what Dovecot can use under full load (more than 384). Either grow the limit or change login_max_processes_count and max_mail_processes settings log_path: /tmp/dovecot.log info_log_path: /tmp/dovecot.debug protocols: pop3 pop3s imap imaps ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/parkheights.cert ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/parkheights.key login_dir: /opt/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_max_connections: 120 max_mail_processes: 128 mail_extra_groups: mail mail_location: maildir:/var/spool/imap/%n/.imap mail_executable(default): /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/pop3 auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: ldap args: /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: ldap args: /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: prefetch socket: type: listen master: path: /opt/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail group: vmail bash-3.00# grep login_max /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf login_max_processes_count = 128 # 16 + login_max_connections * 2 available file descriptors. login_max_connections = 120 bash-3.00# grep max_mail /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf max_mail_processes = 128 --- So I reverted to 1.0.5 which works fine for me. -- WBR, Sergey Ivanov.

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[Dovecot] assertion failed: (mailbox_list_is_valid_existing_name(_list, name))
by Adam McDougall 21 Oct '07

21 Oct '07

When I was initially testing dovecot 1.1b2,3 I had ACLs turned on and encountered this problem below. I had them turned off until now, I'll need to have ACLs working before I can widen testing. I'm not sure how to make "env MAIL=maildir:~/Maildir gdb /tmp/imap" load the ACL plugin so I assume that is why it does not crash; not getting any log either from that, maybe I made a mistake? But when running mutt, I can load it up with the inbox, then when I ask for imap://server/mail/ it crashes with the assertion at the bottom. Let me know if I need to provide more info. Thanks. Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<mcdouga9>, method=PLAIN, rip=35.9.44.65, lip=35.9.37.169 Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib01_acl_plugin.so Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): Effective uid=21281, gid=3002, home=/home/mcdouga9 Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): Namespace: type=public, prefix=#shared/decs/, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): maildir: data=/egr/mail/shared/decs:CONTROL=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir/dovecot11testing/public/control/decs:INDEX=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir/dovecot11testing/public/indexes/decs Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): maildir++: root=/egr/mail/shared/decs, index=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir/dovecot11testing/public/indexes/decs, control=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir/dovecot11testing/public/control/decs, inbox=/egr/mail/shared/decs Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl: initializing backend with data: vfile:/usr/local/etc/dovecot-acls Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl: acl username = mcdouga9 Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl: owner = 0 Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl vfile: Global ACL directory: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-acls Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): Namespace: type=private, prefix=mail/, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=yes, list=no Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): maildir: data=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir:CONTROL=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir/dovecot11testing/private/control:INDEX=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir/dovecot11testing/private/indexes Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): maildir++: root=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir, index=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir/dovecot11testing/private/indexes, control=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir/dovecot11testing/private/control, inbox=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl: initializing backend with data: vfile:/usr/local/etc/dovecot-acls Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl: acl username = mcdouga9 Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl: owner = 1 Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl vfile: Global ACL directory: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-acls Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): Namespace: type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): maildir: data=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir:CONTROL=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir/dovecot11testing/private/control:INDEX=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir/dovecot11testing/private/indexes Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): maildir++: root=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir, index=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir/dovecot11testing/private/indexes, control=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir/dovecot11testing/private/control, inbox=/home/mcdouga9/Maildir Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl: initializing backend with data: vfile:/usr/local/etc/dovecot-acls Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl: acl username = mcdouga9 Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl: owner = 1 Oct 21 12:57:16 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl vfile: Global ACL directory: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-acls Oct 21 12:57:20 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl vfile: file /usr/local/etc/dovecot-acls//.DEFAULT not found Oct 21 12:57:20 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl vfile: file /home/mcdouga9/Maildir/dovecot-acl not found Oct 21 12:57:20 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl vfile: file /usr/local/etc/dovecot-acls//.DEFAULT not found Oct 21 12:57:20 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): acl vfile: file /home/mcdouga9/Maildir/dovecot-acl not found Oct 21 12:57:20 gribble dovecot: IMAP(mcdouga9): file mailbox-list-maildir.c: line 186 (maildir_list_get_path): assertion failed: (mailbox_list_is_valid_existing_name(_list, name)) Oct 21 12:57:20 gribble dovecot: child 72205 (imap) killed with signal 6

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Re: [Dovecot] Search Problem (Was Namespace)
by Jeff Grossman 21 Oct '07

21 Oct '07

-----Original Message----- From: "Timo Sirainen" <tss(a)iki.fi> To: "Jeff Grossman" <jeff(a)stikman.com> Cc: "Dovecot Mailing List" <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> Sent: 10/20/2007 6:51 PM Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Search Problem (Was Namespace) On 21.10.2007, at 4.21, Jeff Grossman wrote: > Timo Sirainen wrote: >> On 21.10.2007, at 3.58, Jeff Grossman wrote: >> >>> 2 search since 6-Sep-2007 >> .. >>> Oct 20 17:54:47 apple IMAP(jeff): : since: 1190593264 vs 2147483647 >>> Oct 20 17:54:47 apple IMAP(jeff): : since: 1190829893 vs 2147483647 >> >> I guess utc_mktime() doesn't work correctly for some reason. What >> are TIME_T_MAX_BITS and TIME_T_SIGNED in your config.h? You've >> 32bit system? >> > Yes, this is a 32-bit system. I did test it with TIME_T_MAX_BITS=32, but looks like I never tested it with actual 32bit systems. This should fix it: http:// hg.dovecot.org/dovecot/rev/4fb613eb8ce9 It is all fixed. Thank you.

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[Dovecot] Upgrade from 1.0.1 -> 1.0.5 failed (rc 75)
by Andy Shellam (Mailing Lists) 21 Oct '07

21 Oct '07

Hi, I'm using a mixture of Exim, Dovecot and Deliver. Exim receives the mail and validates the user against our database, then pipes the e-mail to deliver which puts it in the right mailbox. We were running Exim 4.67 and Dovecot 1.0.1, and today I did an in-place upgrade to Dovecot 1.0.5 and Exim 4.68. However, now Exim is failing deliveries saying deliver returned code 75. If I examine the dovecot log file, I'm getting errors like: deliver(andy.shellam-lists(a)mailnetwork.co.uk): Oct 21 17:19:49 Fatal: chroot(/users/mail/andy.shellam-lists(a)mailnetwork.co.uk) failed: Operation not permitted All mailboxes are owned by user "dovecot-mail" and group "localservice", with user and group having full permissions, and other having no access (0770). None of the config files (Exim nor Dovecot's) have changed, nor have permissions on the mailbox paths, and Dovecot can still access the mailboxes through IMAP just fine. If I delete the dovecot log-file and force a mail delivery, the log gets re-created with mode 0644 and owner dovecot-auth:localservice, which confirms the user running dovecot is the same group, so why doesn't it have permissions? I've read on another message that return code 75 is EX_TEMPFAIL, what does this mean? My sendmail_path is the correct path to Exim, verified by killing Exim and copying and pasting the command to start it back up again. Any advice would be appreciated, as I may have to restore back to 1.0.1. Thanks, Andy dovecot -n: # 1.0.5: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /mndata/logs/dovecot.current.log protocols: imap ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_user: dovecot-login login_greeting: SystemVDM2 ready. login_processes_count: 5 valid_chroot_dirs: /mndata/mail mail_chroot: /mndata/mail first_valid_uid: 1013 last_valid_uid: 1013 first_valid_gid: 1002 last_valid_gid: 1002 mail_extra_groups: localservice mailbox_idle_check_interval: 60 maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes namespace: type: private separator: . prefix: INBOX. inbox: yes auth default: mechanisms: plain login default_realm: mailnetwork.co.uk user: dovecot-auth username_translation: +@ username_format: %Lu passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 user: dovecot-auth group: localservice

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[Dovecot] Problem building Dovecot from hg
by Asheesh Laroia 21 Oct '07

21 Oct '07

I did an hg pull; hg update, and now my Dovecot working copy doesn't build: ../../src/lib-storage/index/dbox/libstorage_dbox.a(dbox-file.o): In function `dbox_file_metadata_get': /home/paulproteus/dnlds/dovecot/src/lib-storage/index/dbox/dbox-file.c:820: undefined reference to `dbox_file_maildir_metadata_get' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [imap] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/paulproteus/dnlds/dovecot/src/imap' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/paulproteus/dnlds/dovecot/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/paulproteus/dnlds/dovecot' make: *** [all] Error 2 I made it compile on my system by commenting out the return on that line and making it return NULL, but presumably you want it to actually do something. (-: -- Asheesh. -- Virtue does not always demand a heavy sacrifice -- only the willingness to make it when necessary. -- Frederick Dunn

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