[Dovecot] fs_flush_file_handle_cache_dir: rmdir(/var/mail) AGAIN

[Timo Sirainen]

On 19.11.2012, at 16.02, Ken Mandelberg wrote:

> We are running Dovecot 2.0.12. It runs on only one server and /var/mail is local where all the INBOX's are stored. Users other IMAP folders are NFS mounted on the server.
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> We see frequent
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> Error: nfs_flush_file_handle_cache_dir: rmdir(/var/mail) failed: Device busy
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> I know this error message has been around a long time. Should we still be seeing it on 2.0.12 with a local /var/mail. Perhaps the message is misleading and really complaining about folders other than INBOX that are NFS mounted.
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> Our config has
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> dovecot.conf:mail_nfs_index = no
> dovecot.conf:mail_nfs_storage = yes

With just one Dovecot server you don't need mail_nfs_storage=yes setting. Just set it to "no" and the error disappears.

> Also, does the flush error messages have any real consequences? My understanding is that the rmdir is meant to fail, just to force a flush.

Yeah, nothing breaks, just extra logging.