On Tue, 2010-02-16 at 16:48 +0100, Matthias Wulkow wrote: > > If you just try to run "/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-master > > -C /etc/imapd.conf -M /etc/cyrus.conf -p /var/run/cyrus-master.pid" > > > does the master daemon start? > This works but I have to append & to make run in the background. > Probably I should run it with NOHUP or so.. Then the bug is in your init scripts or environment. > The users can now access to the mailboxes. > I still get quite few errors in the logs. > Mails which are downloaded via fetchmail do not reach the mailbox > anymore. I guess that this is the deliver.db part from the error log. > tail /var/log/maillog > Feb 16 16:40:27 linux lmtpunix[3535]: DBERROR: opening > /var/lib/imap/deliver.db: cyrusdb error > Feb 16 16:40:27 linux lmtpunix[3535]: FATAL: lmtpd: unable to init > duplicate delivery database I always delete the duplicate delivery database when I upgrade. > Feb 16 16:40:37 linux master[3096]: process 3535 exited, status 75 > Feb 16 16:40:37 linux master[3096]: service lmtpunix pid 3535 in READY > state: terminated abnormally Possibly where you are creating your UNIX sockets does not have sufficient privileges? > Feb 16 16:40:37 linux master[3538]: about to exec /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/lmtpd > Feb 16 16:40:37 linux lmtpunix[3538]: executed > Feb 16 16:40:37 linux lmtpunix[3538]: skiplist: invalid magic header: > /var/lib/imap/deliver.db Just delete /var/lib/imap/deliver.db; it will be automatically recreated. > I use postfix as MTA and I do not use lmtp but the cyrus transport > mailbox_transport = cyrus > And yes, I have /sbin/runuser "installed". > Thank you for your help. cyrus uses /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/deliver (path??) what does the cyrus mailer entry in master.cf look like? {also why not use LMTP? it is way more efficient]. I don't know of any reason to use deliver on Cyrus 2.x; I always that that was an old Cyrus 1.x hold-over. -- OpenGroupware developer: awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <http://whitemiceconsulting.blogspot.com/> OpenGroupare & Cyrus IMAPd documenation @ <http://docs.opengroupware.org/Members/whitemice/wmogag/file_view> ---- 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