Jeff,
the arch repository has been having a fix for a bug which causes such
behavior since a while. Can you please check if the source repository
version fixes your issue? The fix will be included in the next release.
avati
2007/11/19, Jeff Humes <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>:
Anand,
# CLIENT:
# glusterfs --version
glusterfs 1.3.7 built on Nov 3 2007
Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Z RESEARCH Inc. <http://www.zresearch.com>
# SERVER:
# glusterfsd --version
glusterfs 1.3.7 built on Nov 3 2007
Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Z RESEARCH Inc. <http://www.zresearch.com>
-Jeff
Anand Avati wrote:
> Jeff,
> what is the version of glusterfs you are using?
>
> avati
>
> 2007/11/19, Jeff Humes <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
<mailto: address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>>:
>
> I upgraded my dovecot imap server so that I could use the
> "disable_mmap=yes" option because I was seeing errors trying to
> write to
> .index and some other mmap'ed files in a glusterfs mounted
mailstore.
> Those errors are not showing up anymore, but I am now seeing
some
> other
> (harder to troubleshoot) errors:
>
> the mail client will get an email and click on it, and it
will show no
> content in the message. I look at the imap server log and
see the
> following error:
> dovecot: Nov 18 20:16:56 Error: IMAP(address@hidden
<mailto:address@hidden>
> <mailto: address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>
> <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
<mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>>): Maildir: Symlink
> destination doesn't exist:
> /opt/GFS/postfix/vmail/address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
> <mailto:address@hidden
<mailto:address@hidden>>>.org/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S
>
> So I do an "ls -l" on that file:
> # ls -l /opt/GFS/postfix/vmail/jana@ bofus.org
<http://bofus.org> <http://bofus.org>
> <mailto: address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
> <mailto:address@hidden
<mailto:address@hidden>>>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S
> ls: /opt/GFS/postfix/vmail/jana@ bofus.org
<http://bofus.org> <http://bofus.org>
> <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
> <mailto:address@hidden
<mailto:address@hidden>>>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S:
No
> such file or directory
> -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 9247 Nov 18 19:30
> /opt/GFS/postfix/vmail/jana@ bofus.org <http://bofus.org>
<http://bofus.org <http://bofus.org>>
> <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
> <mailto:address@hidden
<mailto:address@hidden>>>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S
>
> first it says "No such file or directory", then it lists it
out.
> If I try to touch the file, it fails with no such file. If
I try to
> remove the file it fails in the same manner.
>
> Here is my client mountpoint:
> glusterfs on /opt/GFS/postfix type fuse
>
(rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,max_read=1048576)
>
>
> So now I login to the glusterfs server:
> I can do an successful "ls -l" on that same file above:
> # ls -l /glusterfs/knworksmail/vmail/address@hidden
<http://bofus.org> <http://bofus.org>
> <mailto: address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
> <mailto:address@hidden
<mailto:address@hidden>>>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S
> -rw------- 1 15002 15002 9247 Nov 18 19:30
> /glusterfs/knworksmail/vmail/jana@ bofus.org
<http://bofus.org> <http://bofus.org>
> <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
> <mailto: address@hidden
<mailto:address@hidden>>>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S
>
> Here on the server I can move the file around:
> mv /glusterfs/knworksmail/vmail/jana@ bofus.org
<http://bofus.org> <http://bofus.org>
> <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
> <mailto:address@hidden
<mailto:address@hidden>>>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S
> /var/tmp
> - works -
>
> Now if I move the file back into place, the mail client can then
> see it
> like it should have been able to in the first place:
> mv /var/tmp/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S
> /glusterfs/knworksmail/vmail/address@hidden
<http://bofus.org> <http://bofus.org>
> <mailto: address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden> <mailto:
address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>>/cur/
> - client now sees it and the content -
>
> This happens seemingly randomly to mail. this did not happen
> before the
> upgrade, and does not occur if I move the mailstore to local
ext3
> disk.
>
> Any Ideas? do I need to provide more information?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Jeff Humes
>
>
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