Bug 53112 – fetchmail: error message in listener.log if fetchmail is installed on multiple machines

Bug 53112 - fetchmail: error message in listener.log if fetchmail is installed on multiple machines


Summary:	fetchmail: error message in listener.log if fetchmail is installed on multipl...

Status:	NEW

Product:	UCS
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Mail
Version:	UCS 5.0
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	P5 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	UCS 5.0-0-errata
Assigned To:	Mail maintainers
QA Contact:	Mail maintainers

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Reported:	2021-04-15 18:32 CEST by Sönke Schwardt-Krummrich
Modified:	2023-09-30 07:26 CEST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

See Also:	56673
What kind of report is it?:	Bug Report
What type of bug is this?:	3: Simply Wrong: The implementation doesn't match the docu
Who will be affected by this bug?:	1: Will affect a very few installed domains
How will those affected feel about the bug?:	2: A Pain – users won’t like this once they notice it
User Pain:	0.034
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Description Sönke Schwardt-Krummrich

2021-04-15 18:32:13 CEST

The following error message is printed if univention-fetchmail is installed on multiple machines. Reason is, that univention-fetchmail is not designed to be installed on multiple machines. Therefore there is a racing condition when resetting the fetchmail password AND all installed instances will try to fetch mails simultaneously.

15.04.21 08:52:51.277  LISTENER    ( ERROR   ) : fetchmail: cannot reset password in LDAP (uid=user6,cn=users,dc=nstx,dc=ucs): {'desc': 'No such attribute', 'info': 'modify/delete: univentionFetchmailPasswd: no such attribute'}
15.04.21 08:52:51.280  LISTENER    ( PROCESS ) : updating 'uid=user6,cn=users,dc=nstx,dc=ucs' command m