Is it safe to wipe: /var/lib/cyrus/lock/

[Michael Menge]

Hi,

Quoting Jan Vales <jan at jvales.net>:

> Hello,
>
> I just stumbled into this directory: /var/lib/cyrus/lock/
>
> It seems to contain many dead things, like .lock-files that - based on
> their names - must be older than 2+ years, including .../user/$NAME
> where $NAME does not have a mailbox/account anymore.
>
> Is it safe to shut down cyrus and do a
> find /var/lib/cyrus/lock/ -mindepth 2 -delete
>
> Its currently cyrus 3.0.13 on debian 10.
>

/var/lib/cyrus/lock/ and /var/lib/cyrus/proc should be empty after  
shutting down cyrus

You can also use tempfs for these directories,
- it is faster
- reboot will clean up the left over files in case the
   shut down was not clean
- these directories only contain small files




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