Bug 46351 – net-mail/courier-imap-3.0.2 problems with fam

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Hans-Christian Armingeon 2004-03-31 05:28:23 UTC]

Hi,

My logs are flooded with such messages:

Mar 31 15:22:19 mail imapd-ssl: Failed to create cache file: maildirwatch (<username>)
Mar 31 15:22:19 mail imapd-ssl: Error: Input/output error
Mar 31 15:22:19 mail imapd-ssl: Check for proper operation and configuration
Mar 31 15:22:19 mail imapd-ssl: of the File Access Monitor daemon (famd).


I reemerged fam and courier-imap, but it didn't help.

Johnny

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge cyrus-imap
2.start cyrus-imap-ssl
3.login via imap

Actual Results:  
 


Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-amd64-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 
2.6.3-gentoo-r2) 
================================================================= 
System uname: 2.6.3-gentoo-r2 x86_64 5 
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" 
AUTOCLEAN="yes" 
CFLAGS="-O2" 
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" 
COMPILER="gcc3" 
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control" 
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" 
CXXFLAGS="-O2" 
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" 
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" 
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu 
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" 
MAKEOPTS="-j5" 
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" 
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" 
PORTDIR="/usr/portage" 
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" 
SYNC="rsync://rsync/gentoo-portage" 
USE="acl acpi amd64 apache2 apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt cscope cups dvd dvdr 
encode esd fam foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imap imlib ipv6 jpeg 
ldap libg++ libwww maildir mbox memlimit mikmod motif mozilla mpeg mysql 
ncurses nls obdc oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png pnp postgres ppds 
prelude python quicktime readline samba sasl sdl slang slp snmp socks5 spell 
ssl tcpd tiff truetype usb wmf xml2 xmms xv zlib"

[Comment 1 Tuan Van (RETIRED) 2004-03-31 08:29:33 UTC]

did you start /etc/init.d/famd ?

[Comment 2 Robin Johnson 2004-03-31 20:41:32 UTC]

your reproduce instructions list cyrus-imap, is this in error or did you mean this entire problem is about cyrus (and not courier-imap)

[Comment 3 Tuan Van (RETIRED) 2004-03-31 21:55:01 UTC]

snip from http://www.courier-mta.org/FAQ.html#fam
*quote*
Q: Repeated messages in syslog: "Failed to create cache file: maildirwatch (user) Error: Input/output error Check for proper operation and configuration of the File Access Monitor daemon (famd)." How can I solve it?

A:This means that Courier was compiled with File Alteration Monitor (FAM), but FAM is not running, or is not configured. If you have FAM installed you can add it to a runlevel and start it. Some FAM configuration use portmapper, so you will need to have portmap running also. You can also see "man 8 imapd" for more information.
*quote*

[Comment 4 Hans-Christian Armingeon 2004-03-31 22:08:13 UTC]

Oh no,

I forgot this.

I'm closing this issue,

Johnny

PS: Sorry, I meant courier-imap, I am always mixi ng it with cyrus-imap

[Comment 5 Robin Johnson 2004-03-31 22:12:31 UTC]

i've modified the init scripts to start famd if it is present at start time.