I agree with Andrea. Also, there is a configure option to not use locking. ./configure --help | grep lock to get the exact line.
Ken Jones On Wednesday 09 October 2002 11:32 am, Andrea Cerrito wrote: > -----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-----
