On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 10:47:17AM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > On Sat, 1 Aug 2009, Francesco Paolo Lovergine wrote: > > >Package: dovecot-imapd > >Version: 1:1.2.2-1 > >Severity: grave > > > >Just after upgrading to the new dovecot version I'm not more able to > >access the default mboxi (not Maildir), it fails with: > > > >Aug 1 10:53:15 klecker dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<frankie>, > >method=PLAIN, rip=151.53.252.113, lip=150.145.84.32, TLS > >Aug 1 10:53:15 klecker dovecot: IMAP(frankie): Fatal: MBOX_WRITE_LOCKS: > >Invalid value fnctl > > > >and the connection is closed. > > > > In this version we changed mbox_write_locks to "fnctl dotlock" to > conform with Debian policy. Changing back to "dotlock fnctl" should > allow you access again. But I wonder why it is not working for you? > Are you storing the mboxes on NFS or something like that? >
Yes, changing back the locking method solves the problem. No it is a simple local filesystem. This is a stupid thing I think, fnctl should be spelled fcntl. Note that it is NOT explicitly set in the default file, just commented out, so the default value is simply badly set, somewhere -- Francesco P. Lovergine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
