Questions on entries in my /var/log/messages

[Ken Murchison]

Jason Williams wrote:

> Hello everyone.
> 
> I had a couple of questions regarding a few entries I see pop up in my 
> /var/log/messages when users log in via imap.
> 
> Here is a snip of my log after a reboot.
> 
> Feb 16 11:58:17 scarydaemons master[105]: process started
> Feb 16 11:58:18 scarydaemons ctl_cyrusdb[108]: recovering cyrus databases
> Feb 16 11:58:18 scarydaemons ctl_cyrusdb[108]: skiplist: recovered 
> /var/imap/mailboxes.db (3 records, 876 bytes) in 0 seconds
> Feb 16 11:58:18 scarydaemons ctl_cyrusdb[108]: done recovering cyrus 
> databases
> Feb 16 11:58:18 scarydaemons master[105]: ready for work
> Feb 16 11:58:18 scarydaemons ctl_cyrusdb[117]: checkpointing cyrus 
> databases
> Feb 16 11:58:18 scarydaemons ctl_cyrusdb[117]: done checkpointing cyrus 
> databases
> Feb 16 12:03:42 scarydaemons imaps[124]: skiplist: recovered 
> /var/imap/annotations.db (0 records, 144 bytes) in 0 seconds
> Feb 16 12:03:42 scarydaemons imaps[124]: TLS server engine: cannot load 
> CA data
> Feb 16 12:03:42 scarydaemons imaps[124]: starttls: TLSv1 with cipher 
> AES256-SHA (256/256 bits reused) no authentication
> Feb 16 12:03:42 scarydaemons imaps[124]: login: [192.168.1.90] jwilliams 
> CRAM-MD5+TLS User logged in
> Feb 16 12:03:42 scarydaemons imaps[124]: skiplist: recovered 
> /var/imap/user/j/jwilliams.seen (1 record, 428 bytes) in 0 seconds
> 
> Granted, this is still a work in progress so bear with me.
> 
> The line(s) im most concerned with are the skiplist line, specifically 
> the very last line in the entry.
> Is that normal for that to appear everytime someone logs in via IMAP to 
> check mail?

It is normal for this to happen the first time a skiplist db is accessed 
after db recovery (ctl_cyrusdb -r).

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