Thanks All, Well yes, ahem.. obviously! Since I'm a complete beginner at this, who, what and how did the ownership of mailboxes.db get set wrongly in the first place? The script /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/mkimap was run as user cyrus, as per the instructions. Surely cyrus CANNOT create a root owned file ?? Observation: Just as a quick experiment I changed mailboxes.db permissions to 666 and low it works! But something knows and changed the ownership to cyrus:mail with permissions 600 Something very fishy there. ~ o ~ While on the subject of incorrect permissions. The file /var/lib/imap/db/skipstamp was also root:root and causing this from systemctl status cyrus-imapd after a SUCCESSFUL start. Jan 20 12:15:44 blanked.com ctl_cyrusdb[1652]: DBERROR: writing /var/lib/imap/db/skipstamp: Permission denied I have know idea why these Permission denied messages are not in /var/log/messages, perhaps it has something to do with SELinux !! Thanks for all the help, Charles Bradshaw On: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:20:18 -0400, Patrick wrote: > On 01/20/2013 06:40 AM, Charles Bradshaw wrote: > > 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? > > mailboxes.db should be owned by cyrus user. > > > > > 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 > > ------- 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
