DBERROR db4: /var/lib/imap/db/__db.001: unable to initializeenvironment lock: Function not implemented

[Thomas Boernert]

Moby-

That's was ist !

I've compiled db4 without --enable-posixmutexes and recompiled
my cyrus-sasl and cyrus-imapd and it's working. skiplist seems also
be working.

Thank you very much !

-Thomas

On Sun, 2003-05-25 at 22:51, Mobeen Azhar wrote:
> The problem is caused by your DB4 using posix threads which RedHat has badly
> mangled in RH 9.0.  I went through the same issues.  You have a couple of
> ways out:
> 
> 1)  Download the DB4 source RPM.  Edit the spec. file and remove the
> --enable-threads piece and rebuild the RPM.  If you like, I can email you
> the edited SPEC file or the complete working binary DB4 RPM built without
> posix threads.
> 
> 2)  Edit Simon's SPEC file in his source RPM and do not use DB4.  I have had
> problems with skiplist also, so I would recommend removing all db definition
> in the source rpm and letting the build choose the defaults (a combination
> of flat files and db3-nosync).
> 
> 3)  Try to figure out why posix threads are not working on your system.  Are
> you running an i686 system?  Did you have RedHat's up2date update your
> glibc?  Look at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88456
> for this nightmare (which RedHat seems to be completely ignoring at the
> moment).
> 
> <tongue in cheek>
> Of course, the easiest way out might be to switch to another distro. :)
> </tongue in cheek>
> 
> --Moby
> 
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> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> [mailto:owner-info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Boernert
> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 16:21
> To: info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> Subject: DBERROR db4: /var/lib/imap/db/__db.001: unable to
> initializeenvironment lock: Function not implemented
> 
> 
> Hello Cyrus! (everyone ;-))
> 
> i'm using your sasl and imapd ;-), that's fine, but there
> are some big problems.
> 
> Version SASL 2.1.13
> Version IMAP 2.1.13
> (both SRPMS from Simon Matter)
> 
> OS: RedHat 9.0 (on RH 8 it's working)
> 
> I'm using Berkeley DB 4.0.14 build from RedHat.
> 
> Problem 1:
> May 25 22:08:32 jockel ctl_cyrusdb[17650]: checkpointing cyrus databases
> May 25 22:08:32 jockel ctl_cyrusdb[17650]: DBERROR db4:
> /var/lib/imap/db/__db.001: unable to initialize environment lock:
> Function not implemented
> May 25 22:08:32 jockel ctl_cyrusdb[17650]: DBERROR: dbenv->open
> '/var/lib/imap/db' failed: Function not implemented
> May 25 22:08:32 jockel ctl_cyrusdb[17650]: DBERROR: init
> /var/lib/imap/db: cyrusdb error
> May 25 22:08:32 jockel ctl_cyrusdb[17650]: done checkpointing cyrus
> databases
> 
> Problem 2:
> May 25 01:08:32 jockel lmtpd[7633]: DBERROR db4:
> /var/lib/imap/db/__db.001: unable to initialize environment lock:
> Function not implemented
> May 25 01:08:32 jockel lmtpd[7633]: DBERROR: dbenv->open
> '/var/lib/imap/db' failed: Function not implemented
> May 25 01:08:32 jockel lmtpd[7633]: DBERROR: init /var/lib/imap/db:
> cyrusdb error
> May 25 01:08:32 jockel lmtpd[7633]: lmtpd: unable to init duplicate
> delivery database
> 
> I've no problems building the sasl and imapd.
> 
> my imapd.conf
> <------------------------ snip --------------------------->
> configdirectory: /var/lib/imap
> partition-default: /var/spool/imap
> admins: cyrus
> allowanonymouslogin: no
> autocreatequota: 1000000
> quotawarn: 90
> timeout: 30
> poptimeout: 10
> popminpoll: 15
> servername: pop.tbits.net
> sievedir: /var/lib/imap/sieve
> sieve_maxscriptsize: 32
> sieve_maxscripts: 5
> hashimapspool: true
> allowplaintext: yes
> sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
> sasl_mech_list: LOGIN PLAIN NTLM DIGEST-MD5
> tls_cert_file: /usr/share/ssl/certs/cyrus-imapd.pem
> tls_key_file: /usr/share/ssl/certs/cyrus-imapd.pem
> <------------------------ snip --------------------------->
> 
> my cyrus.conf
> <------------------------ snip --------------------------->
> # standard standalone server implementation
> 
> START {
>   # do not delete this entry!
>   recover       cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -r"
> 
>   # this is only necessary if using idled for IMAP IDLE
> #  idled                cmd="idled"
> }
> 
> # UNIX sockets start with a slash and are put into /var/lib/imap/sockets
> SERVICES {
>   # add or remove based on preferences
>   imap          cmd="imapd" listen="[localhost]:imap" prefork=5
>   imaps         cmd="imapd -s" listen="[localhost]:imaps" prefork=1
>   pop3          cmd="pop3d" listen="[pop]:pop3" prefork=3
>   pop3s         cmd="pop3d -s" listen="[pop]:pop3s" prefork=1
>   sieve         cmd="timsieved" listen="[localhost]:sieve" prefork=0
> 
>   # at least one LMTP is required for delivery
> #  lmtp         cmd="lmtpd" listen="[localhost]:lmtp" prefork=0
>   lmtpunix      cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp" prefork=1
> 
>   # this is only necessary if using notifications
> #  notify       cmd="notifyd" listen="/var/lib/imap/socket/notify"
> proto="udp" prefork=1
> }
> 
> EVENTS {
>   # this is required
>   checkpoint    cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -c" period=30
> 
>   # this is only necessary if using duplicate delivery suppression
>   delprune      cmd="ctl_deliver -E 3" at=0400
> 
>   # this is only necessary if caching TLS sessions
>   tlsprune      cmd="tls_prune" at=0400
> }
> <------------------------ snip --------------------------->
> 
> Thanks for help !
> 
> Have a nice day.
> 
> -Thomas
>