Tim Bannister wrote:
> Recently we saw what we hope is a one-off error on our Cyrus deployment
> here. This is Cyrus 2.3.7 on x86_64 RHEL4 based on Simon Matter's RPMs.
> I'd used IMAP as "cyrus" to delete a number of users. This is done using
> some rather old code:
> # Change ACL for mailbox to be deleted
>
> $err = $imap->set_acl("user.$username", "cyrus", "lrswipdca");
> if ($err != 0) {
> print "$imap->{'Error'}\n";
> }
>
> # Delete mailbox
>
> $err = $imap->delete("user.$username");
> if ($err != 0) {
> print "$imap->{'Error'}\n";
> }
>
> All these mailboxes disappeared from the output of "ctl_mboxlist -d" as
> I'd expect, but some remained on the filesystem. I didn't see a pattern
> to which these were.
>
> I'd like to know if anyone has seen this before and any suggestions for
> a cause / remedy. I have NOT been able to replicate the problem myself
> but it is nevertheless a cause for some concern.
I have seen this when a process has the mailbox opened at the time of
the delete.
--
Kenneth Murchison
Systems Programmer
Project Cyrus Developer/Maintainer
Carnegie Mellon University
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