Thanks Dan, Here are the details you asked for. My /etc/imapd.conf : configdirectory: /var/lib/imap partition-default: /var/spool/imap admins: cyrus sievedir: /var/lib/imap/sieve sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail hashimapspool: true sasl_pwcheck_method: auxprop sasl_mech_list: PLAIN DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 sasl_auxprop_plugin:sasldb #allowplaintext: no #defaultdomain: mail tls_cert_file: /etc/pki/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd.pem tls_key_file: /etc/pki/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd.pem tls_ca_file: /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt # uncomment this if you're operating in a DSCP environment (RFC-4594) # qosmarking: af13 I have played with allowplaintext and defaultdomain. For the record the 3 sasl_... values are the same as the entries in /etc/sasl2/Sendmail.conf Directory ownership: ls -ld /var/lib/imap drwxr-x---. 18 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 19:37 lib/imap ls -l lib/imap total 72 drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 20 03:35 backup drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 19:37 db drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 19:37 db.backup1 drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 16:45 db.backup2 -rw-------. 1 cyrus mail 144 Jan 19 12:20 deliver.db drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15 2012 log -rw-------. 1 root root 144 Jan 14 07:13 mailboxes.db drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15 2012 md5 drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15 2012 meta drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15 2012 msg drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15 2012 proc drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15 2012 ptclient drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15 2012 quota drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 15:29 rpm drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15 2012 sieve drwxr-x---. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 19:37 socket drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15 2012 sync drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Mar 15 2012 user ls -ld /var/spool/imap drwxr-x---. 4 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 11:39 /var/spool/imap ls -l /var/spool/imap total 8 drwxr-xr-x. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 11:39 stage. drwxr-xr-x. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 11:39 sync. stage. and sync. are empty The only possibility I see above is mailboxes.db is root:root <<<< IS THIS THE PROBLEM? I assume this was created during: [root@dell2600 ~]# su cyrus bash-4.2$ /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/mkimap Charles Bradshaw ---------- Original Message ----------- On: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:46:38 -0600, Dan wrote > On 01/19/13 17:51 +0000, Charles Bradshaw wrote: > >I'm tying to configure cyrus-imap on a Fedora 17 system. > > > >cyrus-imapd version cyrus-imapd.i686 2.4.14-1.fc17 > > > >I have sendmail and saslauthd working using DIGEST-MD5 and CRAM-MD5 working. > > > >I have gone through the cyrus-imap configuration procedure, but when I try to > >start the server: > > > ># systemctl start cyrus-imapd.service > >Job failed. See system journal and 'systemctl status' for details. > > > ># systemctl status cyrus-imapd.service > >cyrus-imapd.service - Cyrus-imapd IMAP/POP3 email server > > Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/cyrus-imapd.service; disabled) > > Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:29:32 +0000; > >28s ago > > Process: 2049 ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cyr_systemd_helper start > >(code=exited, status=75) > > CGroup: name=systemd:/system/cyrus-imapd.service > > > >If I start the master process manually or in debug mode: > ># /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-master -D (or -d) > >fatal error: can't read mailboxes file > >ctl_cyrusdb: unable to archive environment > > On 01/19/13 18:17 +0000, Charles Bradshaw wrote: > >File permissions are: > > > ># cd /var/spool > ># ls -l imap > >total 8 > >drwxr-xr-x. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 11:39 stage. > >drwxr-xr-x. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 11:39 sync. > >[root@dell2600 spool]# ls -ld imap > >drwxr-x---. 4 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 11:39 imap > > > ># cd /var > ># ls -ld imap > >drwxr-x---. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Jan 19 11:32 imap > > Your 'configdirectory' option in /etc/imapd.conf should point to the > location of your cyrus database files, including the mailboxes database. > That directory, and all files underneath it, should be owned by cyrus:mail. > > If permissions look correct, please provide the contents of your > /etc/imapd.conf file, and a directory listing of the > 'configdirectory' directory. > > -- > Dan White ------- End of Original Message ------- ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/ To Unsubscribe: https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/info-cyrus
