> We recently had a power failure during a storm and the server required > an fsck before it would mount up the file systems (eventhough I did have > logging/journaling turned on). After running 2 fscks it seems clean, > but there are issue with the cyrus files themselves. I had a problem > with the mailboxes.db and the .seen files. I converted all these to > "flat" using cvt_cyrusdb and back again to skiplist (I removed the > originals before converting back). However, I'm still getting a lot of > cyrusdb errors via the imap, pop3 and lmtpunix processes. I tried > reconstructing those accounts with the errors but the problem returns in > a short period of time. I notice that there is the cyrus.index.NEW and > cyrus.cache.NEW files in the directory with their mail files. Running > reconstruct removed them but they return with the next set of errors. > So, it seems something else is causing the process to fail and leave the > .NEW files around. I also tried removing the .NEW and the cyrus.cache > and cyrus.index files totally before running a reconstruct, but that > didn't seem to help. Any other suggestion on things to look at or try. > > We are running cyrus 2.2.5 (I know ... I should upgrade to 2.2.8) on
I'm not sure but you may be hit now by the problem introduced after 2.2.3 which are all solved with 2.2.8. That's why I _strongly_ recommend to upgrade before you try anything else! Simon > Solaris 9. Everything was working great before the power failure. > Here's some of the error messages. > > Aug 13 10:46:05 cyrus pop3[6427]: [ID 237943 local6.notice] login: > somewhereat.TCNJ.EDU [192.168.1.1] mary plaintext User logged in > Aug 13 10:46:26 cyrus lmtpunix[25811]: [ID 335833 local6.error] DBERROR: > error fetching user.mary: cyrusdb error > Aug 13 10:46:26 cyrus lmtpunix[25811]: [ID 860734 local6.debug] > verify_user(user.mary) failed: System I/O error > > Aug 13 10:47:46 cyrus imap[26412]: [ID 277583 local6.notice] login: > mymail.TCNJ.EDU [192.168.100.1] kirk plaintext User logged in > Aug 13 10:47:48 cyrus imap[26412]: [ID 335833 local6.error] DBERROR: > error fetching user.kirk: cyrusdb error > Aug 13 10:47:48 cyrus imap[26412]: [ID 677757 local6.debug] seen_db: > user kirk opened /var/imap/user/k/kirk.seen > Aug 13 10:47:48 cyrus imap[26412]: [ID 335833 local6.error] DBERROR: > error fetching user.kirk: cyrusdb error > Aug 13 10:47:48 cyrus imap[26412]: [ID 736213 local6.debug] open: user > kirk opened INBOX > Aug 13 10:47:48 cyrus imap[26412]: [ID 335833 local6.error] DBERROR: > error fetching user.kirk: cyrusdb error > Aug 13 10:47:48 cyrus imap[26412]: [ID 736213 local6.debug] open: user > kirk opened INBOX > Aug 13 10:47:48 cyrus imap[26412]: [ID 335833 local6.error] DBERROR: > error fetching user.kirk: cyrusdb error > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > -Shawn Sivy > The College of New Jersey > > > --- > Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > > --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
