Greetings, I have two freshly installed Fedora 8 systems exhibiting the same behaviour, cyrus admin permission error when creating a mailbox, this may be only coincidental because of the operator.
After several days of research reading and reviewing multiple cyrus installation howtos, then IMAP RFC, installing and uninstalling, and following threads in discussion forums, I am unable to find the persistant cause of the permission error. Please direct me to some debugging method to solve the permission complaint. -------------system information - cyrus is admin in imapd.conf - user cyrus and group mail have permissions in directories /var/spool/imap and /var/lib/imap - cyradm and imtest connections are authenticated - cyrus authenticates via sasl_sql - perl modules are current - no error reporting in /var/log within messages, auth.log, or cyrus.log ----------------------------Sample imtest session: # imtest -u cyrus -a cyrus localhost S: * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ ID STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN SASL-IR] mysmtp.mydomain.net Cyrus IMAP4 v2.3.9-Fedora-RPM-2.3.9-7.fc8 server ready C: C01 CAPABILITY S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ ID STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN SASL-IR ACL RIGHTS=kxte QUOTA MAILBOX-REFERRALS NAMESPACE UIDPLUS NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND BINARY SORT SORT=MODSEQ THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES ANNOTATEMORE CATENATE CONDSTORE IDLE LISTEXT LIST-SUBSCRIBED X-NETSCAPE URLAUTH S: C01 OK Completed Please enter your password: C: A01 AUTHENTICATE PLAIN *SOMESTRING* S: A01 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ ID LOGINDISABLED ACL RIGHTS=kxte QUOTA MAILBOX-REFERRALS NAMESPACE UIDPLUS NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND BINARY SORT SORT=MODSEQ THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES ANNOTATEMORE CATENATE CONDSTORE IDLE LISTEXT LIST-SUBSCRIBED X-NETSCAPE URLAUTH] Success (no protection) Authenticated. Security strength factor: 0 . create user.roboeb . NO Permission denied . logout * BYE LOGOUT received . OK Completed Connection closed. -------------------------- Directory structures ls -ld /var/lib/imap/ drwxr-x--- 18 cyrus mail 4096 2008-03-16 12:36 /var/lib/imap/ ---------------------- ls -ld /var/spool/imap/ drwx------ 4 cyrus mail 4096 2008-03-15 15:50 /var/spool/imap/ ---------------------- ls -lR /var/spool/imap /var/spool/imap: total 16 drwxr-xr-x 2 cyrus mail 4096 2008-03-15 15:50 stage. drwxr-xr-x 2 cyrus mail 4096 2008-03-15 15:50 sync. /var/spool/imap/stage.: total 0 /var/spool/imap/sync.: ---------------------- ls -lR /var/lib/imap /var/lib/imap: total 160 -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 144 2008-03-16 06:11 annotations.db drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2007-09-25 02:21 backup drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2008-03-16 12:36 db drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2008-03-16 12:12 db.backup1 drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2008-03-16 11:42 db.backup2 -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 144 2008-03-16 12:36 deliver.db drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2007-09-25 02:21 log -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 144 2008-03-16 06:11 mailboxes.db drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2007-09-25 02:21 md5 drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2007-09-25 02:21 meta drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2007-09-25 02:21 msg drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2008-03-15 18:04 proc drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2007-09-25 02:21 ptclient drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2007-09-25 02:21 quota drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2008-03-16 12:36 rpm drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2007-09-25 02:21 sieve drwxr-x--- 2 cyrus mail 4096 2008-03-16 06:11 socket drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2007-09-25 02:21 sync -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 144 2008-03-16 12:36 tls_sessions.db drwx------ 2 cyrus mail 4096 2007-09-25 02:21 user /var/lib/imap/backup: total 0 /var/lib/imap/db: total 8 -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 4 2008-03-16 06:11 skipstamp /var/lib/imap/db.backup1: total 10276 -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 144 2008-03-16 12:12 annotations.db -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 10485760 2008-03-16 12:12 log.0000000001 -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 144 2008-03-16 12:12 mailboxes.db /var/lib/imap/db.backup2: total 10276 -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 144 2008-03-16 11:42 annotations.db -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 10485760 2008-03-16 11:42 log.0000000001 -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 144 2008-03-16 11:42 mailboxes.db /var/lib/imap/log: total 0 /var/lib/imap/md5: total 0 /var/lib/imap/meta: total 0 /var/lib/imap/msg: total 0 /var/lib/imap/proc: total 0 /var/lib/imap/ptclient: total 0 /var/lib/imap/quota: total 0 /var/lib/imap/rpm: total 24 -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 212 2008-03-16 12:36 db.cfg.cache -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 904 2008-03-16 12:36 db_export.log -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 601 2008-03-16 06:11 db_import.log /var/lib/imap/sieve: total 0 /var/lib/imap/socket: total 44 srwxrwxrwx 1 cyrus mail 0 2008-03-16 06:11 idle -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 0 2008-03-15 15:12 imap-0.lock -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 0 2008-03-15 15:12 imap-1.lock -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 0 2008-03-15 15:12 imaps-0.lock -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 0 2008-03-15 15:12 imaps-1.lock srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2008-03-16 06:11 lmtp -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 0 2008-03-15 15:12 lmtpunix-0.lock -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 0 2008-03-15 15:12 pop3-0.lock -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 0 2008-03-15 15:12 pop3-1.lock -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 0 2008-03-15 15:12 pop3s-0.lock -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 0 2008-03-15 15:12 pop3s-1.lock /var/lib/imap/sync: total 0 /var/lib/imap/user: total 0 -------------------------------------Software installed yum list cyrus\* Installed Packages cyrus-imapd.i386 2.3.9-7.fc8 installed cyrus-imapd-devel.i386 2.3.9-7.fc8 installed cyrus-imapd-perl.i386 2.3.9-7.fc8 installed cyrus-imapd-utils.i386 2.3.9-7.fc8 installed cyrus-sasl.i386 2.1.22-8.fc8 installed cyrus-sasl-devel.i386 2.1.22-8.fc8 installed cyrus-sasl-gssapi.i386 2.1.22-8.fc8 installed cyrus-sasl-lib.i386 2.1.22-8.fc8 installed cyrus-sasl-md5.i386 2.1.22-8.fc8 installed cyrus-sasl-plain.i386 2.1.22-8.fc8 installed cyrus-sasl-sql.i386 2.1.22-8.fc8 installed Available Packages cyrus-sasl-ldap.i386 2.1.22-8.fc8 updates cyrus-sasl-ntlm.i386 2.1.22-8.fc8 updates ---------------------Command line cyrus startup /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-master -D No log handling enabled - turning on stderr logging netsnmp_assert !"registration != duplicate" failed agent_registry.c:535 netsnmp_subtree_load() netsnmp_assert !"registration != duplicate" failed agent_registry.c:535 netsnmp_subtree_load() netsnmp_assert !"registration != duplicate" failed agent_registry.c:535 netsnmp_subtree_load() Cannot find module (HOST-RESOURCES-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (HOST-RESOURCES-TYPES): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (UCD-DISKIO-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (TCP-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (UDP-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (MTA-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (NETWORK-SERVICES-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (LM-SENSORS-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (IP-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (IF-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (SNMPv2-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (SNMPv2-SMI): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (NOTIFICATION-LOG-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (DISMAN-EVENT-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (DISMAN-SCHEDULE-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (UCD-SNMP-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (UCD-DEMO-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (SNMP-TARGET-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (NET-SNMP-AGENT-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (SNMP-MPD-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (SNMP-USER-BASED-SM-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (IPV6-ICMP-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (IPV6-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (IPV6-TCP-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (IPV6-UDP-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (IP-FORWARD-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (UCD-DLMOD-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (SNMPv2-TM): At line 0 in (none) Cannot find module (NET-SNMP-VACM-MIB): At line 0 in (none) Warning: Failed to connect to the agentx master agent ([NIL]): Creating directory: /var/net-snmp Failed to create the persistent directory for /var/net-snmp/cyrusMaster.conf read_config_store open failure on /var/net-snmp/cyrusMaster.conf Creating directory: /var/net-snmp Failed to create the persistent directory for /var/net-snmp/cyrusMaster.conf read_config_store open failure on /var/net-snmp/cyrusMaster.conf Creating directory: /var/net-snmp Failed to create the persistent directory for /var/net-snmp/cyrusMaster.conf read_config_store open failure on /var/net-snmp/cyrusMaster.conf -------------------------------------maillog from command line startup tail -100 maillog Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren master[1957]: service lmtpunix pid 1990 in READY state: terminated abnormally Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren master[1957]: service lmtpunix now has 0 ready workers Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren master[1991]: set maximum file descriptors to 256/256 Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren master[1991]: about to exec /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/lmtpd Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren lmtpunix[1991]: executed Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren lmtpunix[1991]: DBERROR db4: /var/lib/imap/deliver.db: unexpected file type or format Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren lmtpunix[1991]: DBERROR: opening /var/lib/imap/deliver.db: Invalid argument Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren lmtpunix[1991]: DBERROR: opening /var/lib/imap/deliver.db: cyrusdb error Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren lmtpunix[1991]: FATAL: lmtpd: unable to init duplicate delivery database Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren master[1957]: listening for messages from imap Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren master[1957]: listening for messages from pop3 Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren master[1957]: listening for messages from sieve Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren master[1957]: listening for connections for sieve Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren master[1957]: listening for messages from lmtpunix Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren master[1957]: listening for messages from imap Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren master[1957]: listening for messages from pop3 Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren master[1957]: listening for messages from sieve Mar 16 16:40:55 lauren master[1957]: listening for connections for sieve Mar 16 16:40:56 lauren ctl_cyrusdb[1961]: archiving log file: /var/lib/imap/db/log.0000000001 Mar 16 16:40:57 lauren ctl_cyrusdb[1961]: archiving database file: /var/lib/imap/annotations.db Mar 16 16:40:57 lauren ctl_cyrusdb[1961]: archiving database file: /var/lib/imap/mailboxes.db Mar 16 16:40:57 lauren ctl_cyrusdb[1961]: archiving log file: /var/lib/imap/db/log.0000000001 Mar 16 16:40:59 lauren ctl_cyrusdb[1961]: done checkpointing cyrus databases Mar 16 16:40:59 lauren master[1957]: process 1961 exited, status 0 Mar 16 16:40:59 lauren master[1957]: process 1991 exited, status 75 Mar 16 16:40:59 lauren master[1957]: service lmtpunix pid 1991 in READY state: terminated abnormally Mar 16 16:40:59 lauren master[1957]: service lmtpunix now has 0 ready workers Mar 16 16:40:59 lauren master[1992]: set maximum file descriptors to 256/256 Mar 16 16:40:59 lauren master[1992]: about to exec /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/lmtpd Mar 16 16:40:59 lauren lmtpunix[1992]: executed Mar 16 16:40:59 lauren lmtpunix[1992]: DBERROR db4: /var/lib/imap/deliver.db: unexpected file type or format Mar 16 16:40:59 lauren lmtpunix[1992]: DBERROR: opening /var/lib/imap/deliver.db: Invalid argument Mar 16 16:40:59 lauren lmtpunix[1992]: DBERROR: opening /var/lib/imap/deliver.db: cyrusdb error Mar 16 16:40:59 lauren lmtpunix[1992]: FATAL: lmtpd: unable to init duplicate delivery database
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