Re: [Dovecot] nfs error fcntl(read-lock) locking failed for file

On 7.3.2012, at 4.22, Rajesh M wrote:

on server number 1 i get errors as such Error: fcntl(read-lock) locking failed for file Input/output error squirrelmail gives error imap connection closed and i am not able to login

so i set the parameters as such in the dovecot conf file and the error stopped

mmap_disable=yes dotlock_use_excl = yes lock_method = dotlock

can somebody please advise me if the above is correct ?

That should work.

or is it preferred to use fcntl with lockd

That would probably be more efficient.

(note that my mailbox is maildir format)

The fcntl locking is used for Dovecot index files, not for maildir files.