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From: Wendell Turner (no email)
Date: Mon Oct 10 2005 - 07:25:22 EDT
I was able to get my server up and running due to being directed to
this link <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107996>
titled 'Mac OS X Server 10.3: Reconstructing cyrus mailboxes' at
Apple's site.
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If you need to reconstruct the cyrus user mailboxes on Mac OS X
Server 10.3 to 10.3.8, follow these steps:
Stop the cyrus (IMAP/POP) server.
Execute these commands in Terminal:
$ su root
# mv /var/imap /var/imap.old
# mkdir /var/imap
# /usr/bin/cyrus/tools/mkimap
# chown -R cyrus:mail /var/imap
# sudo -u cyrus /usr/bin/cyrus/bin/reconstruct -i
Restart the cyrus (IMAP/POP) server, and verify that mail is working.
If a mailbox is missing for a particular user account, delete the
account from the mail application at the client computer, quit the
mail application, then reconfigure it (alternatively you could
configure a mail client that has not been used with this account
before).
Note: This procedure does not apply to Mac OS X Server version 10.4
or later. To reconstruct the cyrus mail database in Mac OS X Server
10.4, use the Repair button in the Maintenance tab of the Mail module
in Server Admin.
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Many thanks to all who replied.
On 5 Oct 2005, at 13:10, Wendell Turner wrote:
> Hi All.
>
> OS: Mac OS X Server 10.3 (Panther)
> CPU: Mac G5 Dual Processor
>
> My server is not allowing any connections and the mail access log
> displays the following...
> []
> Oct 5 13:02:42 localhost master[610]: process started
> Oct 5 13:02:44 localhost ctl_cyrusdb[611]: verifying cyrus databases
> Oct 5 13:02:44 localhost ctl_cyrusdb[611]: skiplist: recovered /
> var/imap/annotations.db (0 records, 144 bytes) in 0 seconds
> Oct 5 13:02:44 localhost ctl_cyrusdb[611]: done verifying cyrus
> databases
> Oct 5 13:02:44 localhost master[610]: ready for work
> Oct 5 13:02:44 localhost ctl_cyrusdb[612]: checkpointing cyrus
> databases
> Oct 5 13:02:45 localhost ctl_cyrusdb[612]: DBERROR db4: DB_ENV-
> >log_flush: LSN past current end-of-log
> Oct 5 13:02:45 localhost ctl_cyrusdb[612]: DBERROR db4: /var/imap/
> mailboxes.db: unable to flush page: 0
> Oct 5 13:02:45 localhost ctl_cyrusdb[612]: DBERROR db4:
> txn_checkpoint: failed to flush the buffer cache Invalid argument
> Oct 5 13:02:45 localhost ctl_cyrusdb[612]: DBERROR: couldn't
> checkpoint: Invalid argument
> Oct 5 13:02:45 localhost ctl_cyrusdb[612]: DBERROR: sync /var/imap/
> db: cyrusdb error
> Oct 5 13:02:45 localhost ctl_cyrusdb[612]: done checkpointing
> cyrus databases
> Oct 5 12:03:05 localhost ctl_cyrusdb[324]: DBERROR db4: PANIC:
> Input/output error
> Oct 5 12:03:05 localhost ctl_cyrusdb[324]: DBERROR: critical
> database situation
> []
>
> I am at a lost as to how to rectify the problem and get my server
> back up and running. Any assistance graetly appreciated.
Wendell Turner
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