Jeff, what is the version of glusterfs you are using? avati 2007/11/19, Jeff Humes <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>: > > I upgraded my dovecot imap server so that I could use the > "disable_mmap=yes" option because I was seeing errors trying to write to > .index and some other mmap'ed files in a glusterfs mounted mailstore. > Those errors are not showing up anymore, but I am now seeing some other > (harder to troubleshoot) errors: > > the mail client will get an email and click on it, and it will show no > content in the message. I look at the imap server log and see the > following error: > dovecot: Nov 18 20:16:56 Error: IMAP(jana@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:jana@xxxxxxxxx>): Maildir: Symlink destination doesn't exist: > /opt/GFS/postfix/vmail/jana@bofus > <mailto:jana@bofus>.org/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S > > So I do an "ls -l" on that file: > # ls -l /opt/GFS/postfix/vmail/jana@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:jana@xxxxxxxxx>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S > ls: /opt/GFS/postfix/vmail/jana@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:jana@xxxxxxxxx>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S: No > such file or directory > -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 9247 Nov 18 19:30 > /opt/GFS/postfix/vmail/jana@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:jana@xxxxxxxxx>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S > > first it says "No such file or directory", then it lists it out. > If I try to touch the file, it fails with no such file. If I try to > remove the file it fails in the same manner. > > Here is my client mountpoint: > glusterfs on /opt/GFS/postfix type fuse > (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,max_read=1048576) > > > So now I login to the glusterfs server: > I can do an successful "ls -l" on that same file above: > # ls -l /glusterfs/knworksmail/vmail/jana@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:jana@xxxxxxxxx>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S > -rw------- 1 15002 15002 9247 Nov 18 19:30 > /glusterfs/knworksmail/vmail/jana@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:jana@xxxxxxxxx>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S > > Here on the server I can move the file around: > mv /glusterfs/knworksmail/vmail/jana@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:jana@xxxxxxxxx>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S /var/tmp > - works - > > Now if I move the file back into place, the mail client can then see it > like it should have been able to in the first place: > mv /var/tmp/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S > /glusterfs/knworksmail/vmail/jana@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jana@xxxxxxxxx>/cur/ > - client now sees it and the content - > > This happens seemingly randomly to mail. this did not happen before the > upgrade, and does not occur if I move the mailstore to local ext3 disk. > > Any Ideas? do I need to provide more information? > > Thanks! > > -Jeff Humes > > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-devel mailing list > Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel > -- It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law. -- Hofstadter's Law
