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[Dovecot] Folders mysterously deleted
by Andy Cravens 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

Using alpha 3 on Solaris 9. One of our users reported all folders except his inbox were missing. I went to the server and looked at the logs and could find no indication that a sysadmin had logged in and deleted the folders. Also found no indication of anything unusual in the dovecot log file. Has anybody seen a situation where dovecot deleted folders?

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[Dovecot] dovecot 1.0alpha 4 error
by Alex Campoe 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

I tried to research this but could not find anything. Apologies if someone already reported this issue. I was running alpha 3 on Solaris 9, and having some timeout issues on lasge mailboxes. Decided to upgrade to rc4 before tweaking anything else. On rc4, when I try to start dovecot, I am getting: dovecot: Nov 10 14:04:56 Info: Dovecot v1.0.alpha4 starting up dovecot: Nov 10 14:04:57 Error: child 18805 (auth) returned error 89 dovecot: Nov 10 14:04:57 Error: Auth process died too early - shutting down dovecot: Nov 10 14:04:57 Error: auth(default): Unknown userdb driver 'passdb' No changes on .conf file. Works fine with rc3. Did I miss something? Alex -- -- Alex Campoe, CISSP Information Security Manager -- -- Associate Director, Systems -- -- Email: campoe(a)usf.edu Phone: (813) 974-1796 -- -- Academic Computing University of South Florida -- -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Dovecot] dovecot-example.conf error with POP3 UIDL format?
by Shayne Hardesty 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

I just installed dovecot 1.0alpha4 on a very busy RHEL4 server with about 1300 users. So far so good, except for the dreaded duplicate emails in outlook for users who use POP3 and have "leave message on server" selected. After searching the archives I found that this is usually related to the UIDL format. The example in the .conf file is this: / # If you want UIDL compatibility with other POP3 servers, use: # UW's ipop3d : %08Xv%08Xu / Note that 'v' comes first, then 'u'.. But, right under it, is this: / # Note that Outlook 2003 seems to have problems with %v.%u format which was # Dovecot's default, so if you're building a new server it would be a good # idea to change this. %08Xu%08Xv should be pretty fail-safe. / In this example (and the next example just under it) 'u' comes first, then 'v'. So is the first example right, in that %08Xv%08Xu is compatible with UW ipop3d, but not outlook? Or is the UW ipop3d example a mistake? For what it's worth %08Xu%08Xv seems to have fixed my users' duplication problems. Shayne

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[Dovecot] dovecot dead but subsys locked
by Kai Wang 10 Nov '05

10 Nov '05

I'm running dovecot 20051026 version on Redhat4. I tried to do a stress test. However dovecot dies after I login a few hundred users. I have some error messages in my mail log and am not sure if they are related to the problem. [root@lms2 imap1505]# service dovecot status dovecot dead but subsys locked Nov 10 12:58:52 lms2 dovecot: imap1514 [IMAP 7593]: mbox sync: UID inserted in the middle of mailbox /fs202/imap1514/mbox (371 > 39) Nov 10 12:58:52 lms2 dovecot: imap1514 [IMAP 7593]: X-IMAPbase uid-last unexpectedly lost in mbox file /fs202/imap1514/mbox Nov 10 13:02:23 lms2 dovecot: imap2011 [IMAP 7502]: UIDs broken with partial sync in mbox file /fs201/imap2011/mbox Nov 10 13:02:23 lms2 dovecot: imap2011 [IMAP 7502]: mbox sync: UID inserted in the middle of mailbox /fs201/imap2011/mbox (33 > 6) Nov 10 13:04:11 lms2 dovecot: imap2011 [IMAP 7502]: mbox sync: UID inserted in the middle of mailbox /fs201/imap2011/mbox (52 > 6) Nov 10 13:07:38 lms2 dovecot: imap2011 [IMAP 7502]: X-IMAPbase uid-last unexpectedly lost in mbox file /fs201/imap2011/mbox Nov 10 13:08:10 lms2 dovecot: imap0501 [IMAP 7222]: X-IMAPbase uid-last unexpectedly lost in mbox file /fs203/imap0501/mbox Nov 10 13:24:37 lms2 dovecot: imap2009 [IMAP 10253]: X-IMAPbase uid-last unexpectedly lost in mbox file /fs205/imap2009/mbox Nov 10 13:27:48 lms2 dovecot: imap2520 [IMAP 10548]: X-IMAPbase uid-last unexpectedly lost in mbox file /fs206/imap2520/mbox -- Kai Wang System Services Information Technologies, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 Phone (403) 220-2423, Fax (403) 282-9361

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[Dovecot] diferent login
by Leopoldo Lara Vázquez 10 Nov '05

10 Nov '05

Hi: I want to set up a system where all user can login in pop, but only a few in imap. I use pam auth. It's posible? Thanks.

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[Dovecot] Cant log in to my new install :(
by Peter Church 10 Nov '05

10 Nov '05

Hi, I have just built a copy of dovecot on my sparc based solaris box. I now have dovecot running but when I try to log in using thunderbird or the solaris default package I get bombed out and the following error is generated.... dovecot: Nov 09 21:42:57 Error: child 20780 (imap) returned error 89 dovecot: Nov 09 21:42:57 Error: imap(ppchurch): flock() locks not supported I have set the lock method to fcntl and restarted dovecot but I still get the same error ... anybody else seen this before? Thanks Peter

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[Dovecot] More informations on mysql bug
by Pierre Laplante 10 Nov '05

10 Nov '05

/bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -I/usr/kerberos/include -o dovecot-auth auth.o auth-cache.o auth-client-connection.o auth-master-connection.o auth-master-listener.o auth-module.o auth-request.o auth-request-handler.o auth-stream.o auth-worker-client.o auth-worker-server.o db-ldap.o db-sql.o db-passwd-file.o main.o mech.o mech-anonymous.o mech-plain.o mech-login.o mech-cram-md5.o mech-digest-md5.o mech-ntlm.o mech-rpa.o mech-apop.o passdb.o passdb-blocking.o passdb-bsdauth.o passdb-cache.o passdb-ldap.o passdb-passwd.o passdb-passwd-file.o passdb-pam.o passdb-checkpassword.o passdb-shadow.o passdb-vpopmail.o passdb-sql.o userdb.o userdb-blocking.o userdb-ldap.o userdb-passwd.o userdb-passwd-file.o userdb-prefetch.o userdb-static.o userdb-vpopmail.o userdb-sql.o libpassword.a ../lib-settings/libsettings.a ../lib-ntlm/libntlm.a ../lib-sql/libsql.a ../lib/liblib.a -lcrypt -lpam -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz -export-dynamic -ldl gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -I/usr/kerberos/include -o dovecot-auth auth.o auth-cache.o auth-client-connection.o auth-master-connection.o auth-master-listener.o auth-module.o auth-request.o auth-request-handler.o auth-stream.o auth-worker-client.o auth-worker-server.o db-ldap.o db-sql.o db-passwd-file.o main.o mech.o mech-anonymous.o mech-plain.o mech-login.o mech-cram-md5.o mech-digest-md5.o mech-ntlm.o mech-rpa.o mech-apop.o passdb.o passdb-blocking.o passdb-bsdauth.o passdb-cache.o passdb-ldap.o passdb-passwd.o passdb-passwd-file.o passdb-pam.o passdb-checkpassword.o passdb-shadow.o passdb-vpopmail.o passdb-sql.o userdb.o userdb-blocking.o userdb-ldap.o userdb-passwd.o userdb-passwd-file.o userdb-prefetch.o userdb-static.o userdb-vpopmail.o userdb-sql.o -Wl,--export-dynamic libpassword.a ../lib-settings/libsettings.a ../lib-ntlm/libntlm.a ../lib-sql/libsql.a ../lib/liblib.a -lcrypt -lpam -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql /usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so -lz -ldl The problem is with dovecot-auth. I modify the program main.c: #include "/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql/mysql.h" #include <stdio.h> #include "common.h" #include "buffer.h" #include "ioloop.h" #include "network.h" #include "lib-signals.h" #include "restrict-access.h" #include "fd-close-on-exec.h" #include "randgen.h" #include "password-scheme.h" #include "mech.h" #include "auth.h" #include "auth-request-handler.h" #include "auth-worker-server.h" #include "auth-worker-client.h" #include "auth-master-interface.h" #include "auth-master-listener.h" #include "auth-master-connection.h" #include "auth-client-connection.h" #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <syslog.h> #include <pwd.h> #include <grp.h> #include <sys/stat.h> struct ioloop *ioloop; int standalone = FALSE, worker = FALSE; time_t process_start_time; static struct auth *auth; static struct auth_worker_client *worker_client; main() { MYSQL *h; h = mysql_init (NULL); if (h == NULL) { fprintf (stderr, "mysql_init() failed (probably out of memory)\n"); exit(1); } if (mysql_real_connect ( h, /* pointer to connection handler */ "localhost", /* host to connect to */ "lyra", /* user name */ "teSIVIkY", /* password */ "lyra", /* database to use */ 0, /* port (use default) */ NULL, /* socket (use default) */ 0) /* flags (none) */ == NULL) { fprintf (stderr, "mysql_real_connect() failed:\nError %u (%s)\n", mysql_errno (h), mysql_error (h)); exit (1); } } This program is working outsine of dovecot. So its one of the library or the compilation itself that cause the problem of access denied. Any idea??? Thanks

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[Dovecot] Moving from mbox to maildir?
by Patrick 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hi all, New to the list. I have an updated FC4 box with Dovecot version 0.99.14.4.fc4. My mbox size is about 76 megs and growing rapidly because of several high-volume mailing lists I'm subscribed to. I have noticed that over time the performance of the Evoluion/Spamassassin/Dovecot combo deteriorates. Someone on the Fedora users list suggested I have a look at moving to a maildir setup. Reading the docs I can't really figure out what to. Does anyone have a suggestion how I can safely move my mbox setup to a maildir setup? Much appreciated! Regards, Patrick

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[Dovecot] mysql dovecot 1.0alpha4
by Pierre Laplante 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

I try to authenticate using mysql and I always get access denied. I wrote a program in C that connect to the database and it work. I put the code within driver-mysql.c and it failed!!! My question is do you set up anything (SSL?) that could explain this failure. thanks. Here is the code MYSQL *h; h = mysql_init (NULL); if (h == NULL) { fprintf (stderr, "mysql_init() failed (probably out of memory)\n"); exit(1); } if (mysql_real_connect ( h, /* pointer to connection handler */ "localhost", /* host to connect to */ "lyra", /* user name */ "xxxxxxx", /* password */ "lyra", /* database to use */ 0, /* port (use default) */ NULL, /* socket (use default) */ 0) /* flags (none) */ == NULL) { fprintf (stderr, "mysql_real_connect() failed:\nError %u (%s)\n", mysql_errno (h), mysql_error (h)); exit (1); }

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[Dovecot] Problem with different case logins
by Roberto Suarez Soto 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hi, we have a system (Debian sarge) that uses LDAP for user authentication, via pam. We also have virtual users by using a static userdb [1], using the directory structure /var/lib/dovecot/postoffice/%u (i.e., a directory under /var/lib/dovecot/postoffice with the name of the user). The directory /var/lib/dovecot/postoffice belongs to postoffice:mail. IMAP folders, indexes and stuff go here; normal mail goes into /var/mail/%u. We are using dovecot 1.0alpha3 (upgrading to alpha4 soon). Today we've found a grave problem. Let's suppose you have the login "mylogin.domain.com". If you instead use the login "MYLOGIN.domain.com", the authentication works anyway (which is Ok), but dovecot creates a new directory under /var/lib/dovecot/postoffice with the different case, i.e., /var/lib/dovecot/postoffice/MYLOGIN.domain.com (which is not Ok). Afterwards, you can only access this new folder if you use the login with the caps. A new file (we're using mbox) under /var/mail/ with the new name is also created, though I don't understand yet how. We're using Postfix as MTA, and it always delivers to the lower case name. I hope you can understand the problem. If an user logs with a name with just one letter changed from lower case to upper case, all his/her folders and mail will be seemingly gone. Is this a bug or a feature? If the latter, is it possible to change this behaviour, or at least work around it? Thanks in advance. -- Roberto Suarez Soto Allenta Consulting robe(a)allenta.com www.allenta.com

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