i started looking around for one i found that for whatever reason both sync and some other default process was using 2005/tcp port (in /etc/services ) after taking care of that i kicked off on sync_client on master server (after logging in as cyrus) on master server i get can not connect to server 'replica.mydomain.com trying in 15 seconds. and in /var/log/messages the following comes up (still on master server) Dec 11 16:09:56 master_server sync_client[93038]: TLS client engine: cannot load CA data Dec 11 16:09:56 master_server sync_client[93038]: Doing a peer verify Dec 11 16:09:56 master_server sync_client[93038]: verify error:num=18:self signed certificate Dec 11 16:09:56 master_server sync_client[93038]: starttls: TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits new) no authentication Dec 11 16:09:57 master_server sync_client[93038]: No worthy mechs found Dec 11 16:09:57 master_server sync_client[93038]: couldn't authenticate to backend server: no mechanism available ----- /var/log/messeges on replica server is not saying anything at this point but /var/log/debug.log has the following : Dec 11 15:56:33 replica_server syncserver[92364]: accepted connection Dec 11 15:56:33 replica_server syncserver[92364]: cmdloop(): startup Dec 11 15:56:33 replica_server syncserver[92364]: mystore: starting txn 2147483668 Dec 11 15:56:33 replica_server syncserver[92364]: mystore: committing txn 2147483668 Dec 11 15:56:49 replica_server syncserver[92364]: accepted connection Dec 11 15:56:49 replica_server syncserver[92364]: cmdloop(): startup Dec 11 15:56:49 replica_server syncserver[92364]: mydelete: starting txn 2147483669 Dec 11 15:56:49 replica_server syncserver[92364]: mydelete: committing txn 2147483669 Dec 11 15:56:49 replica_server syncserver[92364]: mystore: starting txn 2147483670 Dec 11 15:56:49 replica_server syncserver[92364]: mystore: committing txn 2147483670 > while trying to setup cyrus replication > i am getting the following error > on the secondary server ( the one that is getting a copy of everything) > > Dec 9 12:35:34 mars master[7701]: about to exec > /usr/local/cyrus/bin/sync_server > Dec 9 12:35:34 mars syncserver[7701]: executed > Dec 9 12:35:34 mars syncserver[7701]: accepted connection > Dec 9 12:35:34 mars syncserver[7701]: cmdloop(): startup > Dec 9 12:35:34 mars master[7694]: process 7701 exited, status 75 > Dec 9 12:35:34 mars master[7694]: service syncserver pid 7701 in BUSY > state: terminated abnormally > > here are the settings from both imapd.conf and cyrus.conf > for both master and backup server. > > master server > (from where everything is being copied) > > cyrus.conf > > under START section: > syncclient cmd="/usr/local/cyrus/bin/sync_client -r -t" > > > imapd.conf > > #replication configurations > sync_host: server.mydomain.com > sync_authname: cyrus > sync_passwd: password > sync_machineid: 1 > sync_log: 1 > > secondary > (to where everything is bein copied) > cyrus.conf > > SERVICES { > syncserver cmd="sync_server" listen="csync" > > > > > > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html