database problems

[john andrews]

I am trying to get cyrus running but am problems with with the database.

I have installed cyrus on Mandrake 9.1 using the Mandrake install package.
However when it start I get the following messages in the logs:

May 21 17:28:20 XX cyrus-master[2730]: process started
May 21 17:28:20 XX cyrus-master[2733]: about to exec
/usr/lib/cyrus/ctl_cyrusdb
May 21 17:28:20 XX ctl_cyrusdb[2733]: recovering cyrus databases
May 21 17:28:20 XX ctl_cyrusdb[2733]: DBERROR db4:
/var/lib/imap/db/__db.001: Pe
rmission denied
May 21 17:28:20 XX ctl_cyrusdb[2733]: DBERROR: dbenv->open
'/var/lib/imap/db' fa
iled: Permission denied
May 21 17:28:20 XX ctl_cyrusdb[2733]: DBERROR: init /var/lib/imap/db:
cyrusdb er
ror
May 21 17:28:20 XX ctl_cyrusdb[2733]: DBERROR: reading
/var/lib/imap/db/skipstam
p, assuming the worst: No such file or directory


The database files don't exist (I have set up all the relevant directories)
and I am not sure how to create them. Can anyone advise me on how to solve
this problem?

Thanks John