Few questions on Cyrus-2.2.3

Simon Matter simon.matter at ch.sauter-bc.com
Wed Feb 4 13:51:27 EST 2004


> Morning everyone.
>
> Recently, I have been working with Cyrus-2.1.16. However, I ran into a
> snag
> in regards to being able to use ACL's correctly.
> A suggestion given to me was to try and use NNTP instead (either that or
> switch from Postfix to Sendmail, which I may have to but thought i'd give
> this a shot)
>
> Anyway, I put on a fresh install of FreeBSD 4.9 on my test server and then
> quickly navigated to the cyrus-2.2.3 port. After a quick glance at the
> Makefile, I specifed the following options on the command line:
>
> make WITH_BDB_VER=41 -DWITH_NNTP -DWITH_MURDER install clean
>
> After that completed, I finished up the install process by creating my
> 'admin' for cyradm as well as make sure all the directories were created
> with the right permissions.
>
> After I started cyrus, I logged into cyradm to start setting mailboxes up.
> However, I noticed something very odd (at least I think it is odd) when I
> typed 'ver' while in cyradm:
>
> name       : Cyrus IMAPD
> version    : v2.2.3 2004/01/14 02:11:03
> vendor     : Project Cyrus
> support-url: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus
> os         : FreeBSD
> os-version : 4.9-GENERIC
> environment: Built w/Cyrus SASL 2.1.17
>               Running w/Cyrus SASL 2.1.17
>               Built w/Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.1.25: (December
> 19,
> 2002)
>               Running w/Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.1.25: (December
> 19, 2002)
>               Built w/OpenSSL 0.9.7c 30 Sep 2003
>               Running w/OpenSSL 0.9.7c 30 Sep 2003
>               CMU Sieve 2.2
>               TCP Wrappers
>               mmap = shared
>               lock = fcntl
>               nonblock = fcntl
>               auth = unix
>               idle = poll
>
> That is it. It does not show what the databases are using in regards to
> skiplist, flat, berkeley-nosync etc.
>
> Here is my 2.1.16 box:
>
> name       : Cyrus IMAPD
> version    : v2.1.16 2003/11/19 16:45:28
> vendor     : Project Cyrus
> support-url: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus
> os         : FreeBSD
> os-version : 4.9-RELEASE
> environment: Cyrus SASL 2.1.17
>               Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.1.25: (December 19, 2002)
>               Built w/OpenSSL 0.9.7c 30 Sep 2003
>               Running w/OpenSSL 0.9.7c 30 Sep 2003
>               CMU Sieve 2.2
>               TCP Wrappers
>               mmap = shared
>               lock = fcntl
>               nonblock = fcntl
>               auth = unix
>               idle = poll
>               mailboxes.db = skiplist
>               seen.db = skiplist
>               subs.db = flat
>               deliver.db = db3-nosync
>               tls_sessions.db = db3-nosync
>
> So, im guessing that I botched something on the install, or I missed
> something in the 'doc's.

I think everything is okay. Since the databases are a runtime configurable
option with 2.2.x, I guess there is no need to mention it in 'ver' - it
doesn't make sense anymore.

Simon

> I was hoping someone could clear the air here for me and lead me to the
> light.
>
> I appreciate the help,
>
> Jason
>
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