process ctl_mboxlist -r hung

[Ana B. Diez]

Thank you,
I did 'mboxlist -d' but not was necessary reconstruct the database.
I stoped the service, killed ctl_mboxlist process and started it.
Now it goes ok.
Ana.

El 25/10/2012 20:41, Dan White escribió:
> On 10/25/12 13:59 +0200, Ana B. Diez wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've been using Cyrus-imap 2.0.16.
>> I've seen that there are two process "ctl_mboxlist -r" running along 
>> 30 days and they consume a lot of CPU.
>> Is this an anomaly?
>> The imap service it's ok but a little slow.
>>
>> Is it advisable to kill them and restart the service?
>
> ctl_mboxlist -r was documented int 2.0.x as to 'Recover the database 
> after
> an application or system failure.', but has since been removed from 
> cyrus.
>
> I would suspect that ctl_mboxlist -r is being started via the START or
> EVENTS section of your cyrus.conf, and was designed to run for a short 
> time
> to fix any db corruption and then exit.
>
> Before killing it, try to get a safe backup of your mailbox list with
> 'mboxlist -d'. You may also wish to try checkpointing your database with
> 'mboxlist -c'.
>
> You will also possibly need to reconstruct a corrupt mailbox, if you know
> which one is causing your ctl_mboxlist to spin.
>