beginner's unluck

[Gordon Thagard]

websrvr wrote:

>
> On Jun 23, 2005, at 04:47 PM, Gordon Thagard wrote:
>
>> Timo Schoeler wrote:
>>
>>
>>> thus Gordon Thagard spake:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Solaris 9
>>>> Postfix 2.2.2
>>>> Cyrus-SASL 2.1.20
>>>> Cyrus-IMAP 2.2.12
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi, I have Cyrus-IMAP running on a box but I'm getting some  
>>>> errors. Can
>>>> someone please tell me which direction to go with these symptoms?
>>>>
>>>> Jun 23 14:07:16 horus master[29531]: [ID 392559 local6.debug]  
>>>> about to
>>>> exec /opt/cyrus-imap/bin/ctl_cyrusdb
>>>> Jun 23 14:07:16 horus ctl_cyrusdb[29531]: [ID 702911 local6.notice]
>>>> checkpointing cyrus databases
>>>> Jun 23 14:07:16 horus ctl_cyrusdb[29531]: [ID 854764 local6.error]
>>>> DBERROR: error listing log files: Permission denied
>>>> Jun 23 14:07:16 horus ctl_cyrusdb[29531]: [ID 686478 local6.error]
>>>> DBERROR: archive /var/imap/db: cyrusdb error
>>>> Jun 23 14:07:16 horus ctl_cyrusdb[29531]: [ID 578205 local6.debug]
>>>> archiving database file: /var/imap/annotations.db
>>>> Jun 23 14:07:16 horus ctl_cyrusdb[29531]: [ID 854764 local6.error]
>>>> DBERROR: error listing log files: Permission denied
>>>> Jun 23 14:07:16 horus ctl_cyrusdb[29531]: [ID 686478 local6.error]
>>>> DBERROR: archive /var/imap/db: cyrusdb error
>>>> Jun 23 14:07:16 horus ctl_cyrusdb[29531]: [ID 578205 local6.debug]
>>>> archiving database file: /var/imap/mailboxes.db
>>>> Jun 23 14:07:16 horus ctl_cyrusdb[29531]: [ID 127214  
>>>> local6.notice] done
>>>> checkpointing cyrus databases
>>>> Jun 23 14:07:16 horus master[17383]: [ID 310780 local6.debug]  process
>>>> 29531 exited, status 0
>>>>
>>>> The master process is running as user 'cyrus' and ownership of
>>>> /var/imap/* is set to 'cyrus:mail'. Also, I'm using pwcheck as it  was
>>>> the only way I could get Postfix to authenticate correctly. Sadly,
>>>> Cyrus-IMAP doesn't like this and is giving me unknown user errors. I
>>>> want it to authenticate via NIS.
>>>>
>>>> Any and all assistance is greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Gordon Thagard
>>>
>
> This may help...
>
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # /usr/sbin/reconstruct_imap_db
> #
>
> # Configuration Variables
> the_imap=/var/imap
> the_user="cyrus"
> the_group="mail"
> recon_path=/usr/bin/cyrus/bin/reconstruct
>
> case $TERM in
>     #   for the most important terminal types we directly know the  
> sequences
>     xterm|xterm*|vt220|vt220*)
>         bold=`awk 'BEGIN { printf("%c%c%c%c", 27, 91, 49, 109); }' </ 
> dev/null 2>/dev/null`
>         norm=`awk 'BEGIN { printf("%c%c%c", 27, 91, 109); }' </dev/ 
> null 2>/dev/null`
>         ;;
>     vt100|vt100*|cygwin)
>         bold=`awk 'BEGIN { printf("%c%c%c%c%c%c", 27, 91, 49, 109,  0, 
> 0); }' </dev/null 2>/dev/null`
>         norm=`awk 'BEGIN { printf("%c%c%c%c%c", 27, 91, 109, 0,  0); 
> }' </dev/null 2>/dev/null`
>         ;;
> esac
>
> if [ `whoami` != "root" ]; then
> cat <<X
>
> $0 must be run as ${bold}root${norm} user.
>
> X
> exit
> fi
>
> do_cmd=false;
>
> while test $# -gt 0; do
>     if test "$1" = "--force" -o "$1" = "-f"; then
>         do_cmd=true
>     fi
>     shift
> done
> if test "$do_cmd" != true; then
> cat    <<X
>
> use "${bold}$0 --force${norm}" or "${bold}$0 -f${norm}" to perform  
> the repair.
>
> X
> else
> cat <<X
>
> ${bold}Reconstructing${norm} the mail database.
>
> X
> echo "Stoping mail"
> serveradmin stop mail
> if [ -d /var/imap.old ]; then    rm -rf /var/imap.old; fi
> echo "Moving database: ${the_imap} -> ${the_imap}.old"
> mv /var/imap /var/imap.old
> echo "Making new database: -> ${the_imap}"
> mkdir /var/imap
> /usr/bin/cyrus/tools/mkimap
> echo "Fixing permissions: -> "
> chown -R ${the_user}:${the_user} /var/imap
> echo "Reconstructing the database: -> ${the_imap}"
> sudo -u ${the_user} ${recon_path} -i
> echo "Starting mail"
> serveradmin start mail
> cat <<X
>
> If you see no errors it completed succcessfully.
>
> X
> fi
>
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>

Hi, what is this serveradmin? I didn't see it in my source dir or in my 
bin dir.

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