Re: Problems with the quota command (2.3.16-5)

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> On Tue, July 26, 2011 9:57 am, Simon Matter wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm using cyrus-imapd-2.3.16-5 (Packager: Simon Matter) on CentOS 5.6
>>> (I'm currently not updated to 2.4 because there are know bugs in the
>>> quota
>>> command)
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> 1) the "quota bug" has existed for years, a workaraound is to run quota
>> -f
>> twice. That may also be the reason why you see strange behaviour like
>> below.
>>
>> 2) the "quota bug" has been fixed in the latest 2.4 release, so you
>> really
>> should upgrade.
>
>
> Simon,
> Bron,
>
>
> Does the quota bug expose itself independently of the underlying quota
> database structure ?
> I'm running a Cyrus 2.2 and 2.3 server since 2006 for tens of thousands
> of users and we "regularly" rename top level mailboxes, run reconstruct
> and quota -f also on other occasions. Never ran into the bug.
> Quotalegacy format (= one file per user).

I have always used quotalegacy format and I remember to have seen this
issue from time to time, even years ago. Maybe you also ran into the bug
but just didn't notice? I mean if we say running quota twice it means
things get fixed automatically after some time if you run quota from time
to time.

Simon

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