cyrus-imap configuration question

Sun Jan 20 06:20:18 EST 2013

On 01/20/2013 06:40 AM, Charles Bradshaw wrote:
> Thanks Dan, Here are the details you asked for.
>
> My /etc/imapd.conf :
>
> configdirectory: /var/lib/imap
> partition-default: /var/spool/imap
> admins: cyrus
> sievedir: /var/lib/imap/sieve
> sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail
> hashimapspool: true
> sasl_pwcheck_method: auxprop
> sasl_mech_list: PLAIN DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
> sasl_auxprop_plugin:sasldb
> #allowplaintext: no
> #defaultdomain: mail
> tls_cert_file: /etc/pki/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd.pem
> tls_key_file: /etc/pki/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd.pem
> tls_ca_file: /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
> # uncomment this if you're operating in a DSCP environment (RFC-4594)
> # qosmarking: af13
>
> I have played with allowplaintext and defaultdomain.
> For the record the 3 sasl_... values are the same as the entries in
> /etc/sasl2/Sendmail.conf
>
> Directory ownership:
>
> ls -ld /var/lib/imap
> drwxr-x---. 18 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 19:37 lib/imap
>
> ls -l lib/imap
> total 72
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 20 03:35 backup
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 19:37 db
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 19:37 db.backup1
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 16:45 db.backup2
> -rw-------. 1 cyrus mail  144 Jan 19 12:20 deliver.db
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15  2012 log
> -rw-------. 1 root  root  144 Jan 14 07:13 mailboxes.db
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15  2012 md5
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15  2012 meta
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15  2012 msg
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15  2012 proc
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15  2012 ptclient
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15  2012 quota
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 15:29 rpm
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15  2012 sieve
> drwxr-x---. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 19:37 socket
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15  2012 sync
> drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15  2012 user
>
> ls -ld /var/spool/imap
> drwxr-x---. 4 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 11:39 /var/spool/imap
>
> ls -l /var/spool/imap
> total 8
> drwxr-xr-x. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 11:39 stage.
> drwxr-xr-x. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 11:39 sync.
>
> stage. and sync. are empty
>
> The only possibility I see above is mailboxes.db is root:root <<<< IS THIS THE
> PROBLEM?

mailboxes.db should be owned by cyrus user.

>
> I assume this was created during:
> [root at dell2600 ~]# su cyrus
> bash-4.2$ /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/mkimap
>
> Charles Bradshaw
>
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
>
> On: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:46:38 -0600, Dan wrote
>
>> On 01/19/13 17:51 +0000, Charles Bradshaw wrote:
>>> I'm tying to configure cyrus-imap on a Fedora 17 system.
>>>
>>> cyrus-imapd version cyrus-imapd.i686 2.4.14-1.fc17
>>>
>>> I have sendmail and saslauthd working using DIGEST-MD5 and CRAM-MD5 working.
>>>
>>> I have gone through the cyrus-imap configuration procedure, but when I try to
>>> start the server:
>>>
>>> # systemctl start cyrus-imapd.service
>>> Job failed. See system journal and 'systemctl status' for details.
>>>
>>> # systemctl status cyrus-imapd.service
>>> cyrus-imapd.service - Cyrus-imapd IMAP/POP3 email server
>>> 	  Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/cyrus-imapd.service; disabled)
>>> 	  Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:29:32 +0000;
>>> 28s ago
>>> 	 Process: 2049 ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cyr_systemd_helper start
>>> (code=exited, status=75)
>>> 	  CGroup: name=systemd:/system/cyrus-imapd.service
>>>
>>> If I start the master process manually or in debug mode:
>>> # /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-master -D              (or -d)
>>> fatal error: can't read mailboxes file
>>> ctl_cyrusdb: unable to archive environment
>>
>> On 01/19/13 18:17 +0000, Charles Bradshaw wrote:
>>> File permissions are:
>>>
>>> # cd /var/spool
>>> # ls -l imap
>>> total 8
>>> drwxr-xr-x. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 11:39 stage.
>>> drwxr-xr-x. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 11:39 sync.
>>> [root at dell2600 spool]# ls -ld imap
>>> drwxr-x---. 4 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 11:39 imap
>>>
>>> # cd /var
>>> # ls -ld imap
>>> drwxr-x---. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 11:32 imap
>>
>> Your 'configdirectory' option in /etc/imapd.conf should point to the
>> location of your cyrus database files, including the mailboxes database.
>> That directory, and all files underneath it, should be owned by cyrus:mail.
>>
>> If permissions look correct, please provide the contents of your
>> /etc/imapd.conf file, and a directory listing of the
>> 'configdirectory' directory.
>>
>> --
>> Dan White
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