-ERR [SYS/PERM] unable to open maildrop

[Ken Murchison]

Morten Trab wrote:

> I get NO output whatsoever when executing ctl_mbox -d

Make sure you become the cyrus user before executing this.  If 
ctl_mboxlist -d doesn't list anything, you have big problems (your 
mailboxes.db is most likely shot).


> 
> Best regards,
>    Morten Trab, Denmark
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Murchison" <ken at oceana.com>
> To: "Morten Trab" <trab at privat.dk>
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:08 PM
> Subject: Re: -ERR [SYS/PERM] unable to open maildrop
> 
> 
> 
>>Morten Trab wrote:
>>
>>>The mailboxes.db looks pretty binary, but it exists on the fs...
>>
>>Do a ctl_mboxlist -d and see if user.morten^trab^.dk exists.
>>
>>
>>>I've tried with the reconstruct -r user/morten.trab.dk
>>>No luck (got lots of users, so that solution would take PLENTY time)
>>
>>I assume you're using Cyrus v2.1 with unixhierarchysep enabled?
>>
>>
>>>I don't got either one of the logs you refer to...
>>>/var/log/messages doesn't say any error, the error is from my mail
> 
> client...
> 
>>Don't you have local6 (Cyrus) and auth (SASL) entries in syslog.conf?
>>If so, you should add them, since there are valuable for debugging.
>>
>>
>>>Btw. just found out that my Cyrus is 5+ minutes when starting...That
> 
> isn't
> 
>>>normal, is it??
>>
>>Only if you have a large databases and aren't checkpointing frequently.
>>
>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>  Morten Trab, Denmark
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Ken Murchison" <ken at oceana.com>
>>>To: "Morten Trab" <trab at privat.dk>
>>>Cc: <info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
>>>Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:00 PM
>>>Subject: Re: -ERR [SYS/PERM] unable to open maildrop
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Morten Trab wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>This is all I get when I try to connect to my Cyrus POP3..
>>>>>
>>>>>It all appeared after I had a mailbox.db error, which I apparently got
>>>>>cuered by running ctl_cyrusdb (I think), but now it keeps rejecting the
>>>>>passwords for every account on the system...
>>>>>
>>>>>What've gone wrong, and how do I solve the problem??
>>>>
>>>>What errors are you seeing in imapd.log and/or auth.log?
>>>>
>>>>Does the mailbox exist in both mailboxes.db and the filesystem?
>>>>
>>>>Have you tried reconstructing the mailbox?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Kenneth Murchison     Oceana Matrix Ltd.
>>>>Software Engineer     21 Princeton Place
>>>>716-662-8973 x26      Orchard Park, NY 14127
>>>>--PGP Public Key--    http://www.oceana.com/~ken/ksm.pgp
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>--
>>Kenneth Murchison     Oceana Matrix Ltd.
>>Software Engineer     21 Princeton Place
>>716-662-8973 x26      Orchard Park, NY 14127
>>--PGP Public Key--    http://www.oceana.com/~ken/ksm.pgp
>>
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Kenneth Murchison     Oceana Matrix Ltd.
Software Engineer     21 Princeton Place
716-662-8973 x26      Orchard Park, NY 14127
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