I altered the code of zmcontrol to log a line like "Checking status FOR ERROR-STATUS" when entering the function doStatus.What I found out is that the error condition occurs in a timeout situation. Should a timeout occur, a log entry is created "zmstatuslog timeout after 60 seconds&qu...

There is only one line per status-file.
I modified the zmcontrol file with additional logging. After the zmcontrol.status* file is created there is a return without unlinking the 2 files. I'll check with the log to find a potential correlation.

all files are owned by user zimbra group zimbra. Out of the 43 file pairs, 14 zmcontrol.status.* files have a file size of 0 bytes, others are 24, 26 or 35 bytes long and have content in it. The content is as follows:"saslauthd is running with pid 6225" (14 times) or "amavisd is runni...

Hi,I run Zimbra 5.0.5 on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server since 3 weeks with 6 e-mail addresses in 2 domains.I did a first analysis of how zimbra is running in my live environment and I noticed that I have a lot of file pairs /tmp/zmcontrol.error.* and /tmp/zmcontrol.status.* with a file size of 0 or 20 - 40 ...

Thanks. Installing and configuring bind9 on my zimbra host (ubuntu 6.06 server) solved the problem. Now zimbra got it's own dedicated DNS server.

I created a fresh setup of Zimbra 5.0.5 on a fresh installed Ubuntu 6.06 behind an ipcop firewall.When receiving e-mails, the e-mail is received and virus checked fine. The next step the logfile shows is postfix/lmtp ... deferred ... connection refused. The reason is that the name resolution is done...

Thanks for the swift response - The ssh server was the missing piece. Ubuntu 7.10 server does not setup sshd by default. I recommend to add sshd as an installation prerequisite to the quick start manual.

I set up my Zimbra 5.0.2 on Ubuntu 7.10 (as a VMware image). I have 2 domains which both are currently successfully working on my new Zimbra server.Going through the admin console, however, I get some error messages when I select my server in the "Servers" tab. The same happens when I sele...