ctl_cyrusdb error messages

[Thomas Robers]

petri.maenpaa at satakunnanpuhelin.fi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Earlier today Thomas Robers asked about messages as below. I just
> joined the list, so I could not reply. But I've found one possible
> solution.
> 
> This happens if you start master process (as root) in a directory which
> cyrus user cannot access due to the directory permissions. E.g.:
> 
> # id
> uid=0(root) gid=1(other)
> # pwd
> /var/log/mail
> # ls -ald .
> drwxr-x---   2 root     other        512 Jun 18 09:01 .
> # /opt/cyrus-imapd-2.1.13/bin/master -d
> # ps -ef|grep master
>    cyrus  2059     1  0 12:26:55 ?        0:01 /opt/cyrus-imapd-2.1.13/bin/master -d
> # pwdx 2059
> 2059:   /var/log/mail
> 
> (pwdx is probably Solaris specific, but it shows process work dir).
> 
> Now if I change permissions on the directory to 0755, error messages
> go away.
> 
> Maybe this happens because my cyrus user does not have home directory at
> all?
> 
Hi,

the error messages have gone away, after I did a 'cd' into cyrus home
directory before starting the master.

Thanks!

Thomas