-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I think that for a NFS solution the SQL backend is a must-have. Regards,
Andrea Cerrito IT Manager +39. 0744. 5441. 1 +39. 348. 4912. 581 www.centromultimediale.tv www.centromultimediale.it www.etad.it == /history Due giovani e uno meno giovane si trovano proiettati a causa di una serie di fatalita' in un mondo parallelo dove non esistono le leggi del business ma solo follia e dolore. > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Fulton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 5:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Vpopmail locking problem on NFS filesystem > > > At 10:42 09/10/2002 +0200, you wrote > > Which directories did you mount as NFS? Are you using CDB files > or an SQL > backend for authentication? > > -- Steve > > >Hi, > > > >I'm trying to share maildir directories with NFS from a backend > >file server to distribute load on a couple frontend pop/smtp > >boxes. > In my first > >tests, everything works ok at the moment with vpopmail, > >qmail-pop3d and courier-imapd managing remotely exported > >mailboxes, but I get a nfs-related locking error when trying to > >add/edit user accounts, > changinng > >passwords, quotas, etc. > > > >vpopmail tools complaint with non-NFS related error messages, but > >when running them thru strace, I find a timeout while trying to > >lock > vusers cdb > >files. NFS client boxes are linux, server is a netapp.com filer, > nfs mount > >options are the defaults (got error when trying to switch to > >tcp-based nfs), and lockd service is enabled. > > > >I know this is not directly related to vpopmail, but what nfs > settings are > >appropiate for this purpose? > > > >Thnx > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.0.4 iQEVAwUBPaRaD/o9HK4+yTI3AQEaFQf+NuI4OOkPOt44PSPZVtLuqE9TjvfqgNk/ ouqXhhbUCiTzJmR/YIp0XQUpaVS9QXFtUKSl7bj1FlrV1G9Gn35D7FHPxrho8L3i 2GnxFS6OOchkHKIzE8bn6tMkZQIwAFnUSRXRi6yZYnjhnYlaRj03XsBZsGhu82g4 7DT1t/MnQarKAq+McGrqrXFG6om4c/gu/qo49oWpJt1kRWDsIPab8XWMhxs0oDa7 9Jr9mnmVBPyXPkdjZMY5ANpCvttHsrKvJnUuOcXL/y2OTD/OYyK0hfM0FzNpV6HA 9YaA5oYKYF1R/DXiygDE3kur/mt9dao/IvuyhKd13JcyhDgJiHGaQA== =YoAH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
