dovecot-request at dovecot.org wrote:> From: Dean Brooks <dean at iglou.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] nfs_flush errors
> To: dovecot at dovecot.org
> Message-ID: <20080711050942.GA11555 at iglou.com>
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> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 05:20:21PM -0700, Hans Wunsch wrote:
>
> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:09:42 -0400
>> Message: 7 Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:30:13 -0400 From: Ben Winslow
>> <rain at bluecherry.net> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] nfs_flush errors
To:
>> dovecot at dovecot.org Message-ID: <4874BD65.1010905 at
bluecherry.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hans Wunsch
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> I'm looking for some help with an nfs error that is filling
our logs. I
>>>> get a constant stream of these messages:
>>>>
>>>> Jul 8 10:47:08 servername dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error]
>>>> IMAP(username): nfs_flush_file_handle_cache_dir:
rmdir(/var/mail)
>>>> failed: Device busy
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What OS are your dovecot and NFS servers running? Is /var/mail (or
>>> whatever it may be symlinked to) an NFS mountpoint?
>>>
>> We're on Solaris 10x86 mounting /var/mail from another Solaris 10
hosts via
>> NFS4.
>>
>> Yes, /var/mail is an NFS. These are the mount options:
>>
>> mayor.ics.uci.edu:/mail_tank_001/spools - /var/mail
nfs -
>> yes rw,nosuid,hard,intr,bg,noac
>>
>
> Are you using Dovecot version 1.1.1? If you are using an earlier
> version (i.e. a 1.1 release candidate), there was an update that was
> made that eliminited these errors in certain circumstances.
> Specifically under Solaris I might add.
>
> If you are using 1.1.1, I'll have to defer to others to solve the
> problem. I just remember running into those errors and having them
> disappear once I upgraded to a final release version.
>
> --
> Dean Brooks
> dean at iglou.com
>
>
>
Thanks Dean.
We are using Dovecot version 1.1.1. I was hopeful after seeing the
earlier fixes for Solaris too. But now I wonder if there isn't just
one more similar fix that needs to go in.
Hans.
