OK - So there goes my theory out the window about the ext2fs causing the exclusive
lock problem.
I am *not* using any synchronous flags on the server. I thought that maybe, if both
you and I were not using the sync bit, caching could be the cause of our problem,
but I guess not. Back to the drawing board...
-John
Max Kalika wrote:
> Quoting "John C. Amodeo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > I have a thought and I need to know something. Do you have the
> > synchronous bit turned on or off for /var/imap and your mailstore directories?
>
> Does this look ok?
>
> [root@stan /root]# cat /etc/imapd.conf
> configdirectory: /mail/config
> partition-default: /mail/data
> ...
>
> [root@stan /root]# lsattr -d /mail/data
> --S--------- /mail/data
>
> [root@stan /root]# lsattr /mail/data
> --S--------- /mail/data/stage.
> --S--------- /mail/data/user
>
> [root@stan /root]# lsattr /mail/config
> --S--------- /mail/config/user
> --S--------- /mail/config/quota
> ------------ /mail/config/proc
> ------------ /mail/config/db
> ------------ /mail/config/socket
> ------------ /mail/config/log
> ------------ /mail/config/msg
> ------------ /mail/config/deliverdb
> ------------ /mail/config/mailboxes.db
>
> All the directories within the chattr'ed ones also have the synchronous_updates
> attribute set.
>
> --
> /// max kalika
> // [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "and after a while you'll stop making computers out of stuff and start making
> stuff out of computers" -- douglas adams 4/5/01
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