> hello guys > > I have created a backup of my running IMAP server (cyrus-imapd version > 2.3.11-1) and followed the official guide on [1]. Unfortunately I forgot > to preserve the permission and owner:group information while creating the You should not only preserve ownership and permissions but also hardlinks to save space when using single instance store. > backup. Now I would like to restore the server on a Fedora 11 system > running cyrus-imapd version 2.3.14-1. > > The steps I did so far > > $ mv /var/spool/imap /var/spool/imap.old > $ mv /var/lib/imap /var/lib/imap.old > > $ cp -R backup/var/spool/imap /var/spool/imap > $ chown -R cyrus:mail /var/spool/imap > > $ cp -R backup/var/lib/imap /var/lib/imap > $ chown -R cyrus:mail /var/lib/imap > > This is what my /var/log/maillog yells after starting the server with > /etc/init.d/cyrus-imap start > ------------------------------------ > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius cvt_cyrusdb[10228]: mystore: reusing txn > 2147483654 > [...] > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius cvt_cyrusdb[10228]: mycommit: committing txn > 2147483654 > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius master[10239]: process started > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius master[10241]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/ctl_cyrusdb > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius ctl_cyrusdb[10241]: recovering cyrus databases > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius ctl_cyrusdb[10241]: skiplist: recovered > /var/lib/imap/mailboxes.db (36 records, 14104 bytes) in 0 seconds > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius ctl_cyrusdb[10241]: skiplist: recovered > /var/lib/imap/annotations.db (0 records, 144 bytes) in 0 seconds > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius ctl_cyrusdb[10241]: done recovering cyrus > databases > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius master[10242]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/idled > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius master[10239]: unable to create sieve listener > socket: Permission denied see below... > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius master[10239]: ready for work > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius master[10244]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/ctl_cyrusdb > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius master[10246]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius imap[10246]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius master[10248]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/lmtpd > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius master[10249]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius imap[10249]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius lmtpunix[10248]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:27 celsius ctl_cyrusdb[10244]: checkpointing cyrus databases > Jul 18 13:48:28 celsius ctl_cyrusdb[10244]: archiving log file: > /var/lib/imap/db/log.0000000001 > Jul 18 13:48:28 celsius ctl_cyrusdb[10244]: archiving log file: > /var/lib/imap/db/log.0000000001 > Jul 18 13:48:28 celsius ctl_cyrusdb[10244]: archiving log file: > /var/lib/imap/db/log.0000000001 > Jul 18 13:48:28 celsius ctl_cyrusdb[10244]: archiving database file: > /var/lib/imap/annotations.db > Jul 18 13:48:28 celsius ctl_cyrusdb[10244]: archiving database file: > /var/lib/imap/mailboxes.db > Jul 18 13:48:28 celsius ctl_cyrusdb[10244]: archiving log file: > /var/lib/imap/db/log.0000000001 > Jul 18 13:48:28 celsius ctl_cyrusdb[10244]: done checkpointing cyrus > databases > Jul 18 13:48:28 celsius master[10239]: process 10244 exited, status 0 > Jul 18 13:48:28 celsius master[10250]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:28 celsius master[10251]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:28 celsius imap[10250]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:28 celsius imap[10251]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius master[10255]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius imap[10255]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius master[10256]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius master[10257]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius imap[10257]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius imap[10256]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius master[10258]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius master[10259]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius imap[10258]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius imap[10259]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius master[10260]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius imap[10260]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius master[10255]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius imap[10255]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius master[10256]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius master[10257]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius imap[10257]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius imap[10256]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius master[10258]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius master[10259]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius imap[10258]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius imap[10259]: executed > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius master[10260]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/imapd > Jul 18 13:48:30 celsius imap[10260]: executed > ------------------------------------ > > > And then later on when trying to access my mailbox using Evolution > ------------------------------------ > [...] > Jul 18 13:49:03 celsius imap[10249]: IOERROR: opening > /var/spool/imap/s/user/sp4rc/archive/cyrus.header: Permission denied > [...] OK, you have set file ownership as shown above but what about permissions? Check the permission of /var/lib/imap/socket /var/spool/imap/s/user/sp4rc/archive/cyrus.header Note: if you installed via RPM you could check permission of the base directories with rpm -V cyrus-imapd. Make shure you set the permissions of all cyrus-imapd files correctly. Regards, Simon ---- 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
