-ERR [SYS/PERM] unable to open maildrop

[Morten Trab]

I get NO output whatsoever when executing ctl_mbox -d

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
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> 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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