Tag: Server

Catching bugs in the cloud

I encountered am error when syncing my mobile phone’s address book with ownCloud:

PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined method OCContactsVCard::deleteFromDAVData() in /path_to_owncloud/apps/contacts/lib/connector_sabre.php on line 194″ while reading response header from upstream, client: 0.0.0.0, server: your-server.tld, request: “DELETE /owncloud/apps/contacts/carddav.php/addressbooks/user/default/number.vcf HTTP/1.1”

It turns out there is a slight misnomer in the code. It has been fixed in the development version, but the fix is not yet part of an official release.

I documented my findings on ownCloud’s issue tracker with step by step instructions on how to fix this until there is a fixed release available.

From Courier to Dovecot

Fact

I switched my IMAP server from Courier to Dovecot.

Reason

I was never really fond of Courier. It is a capable but cumbersome system.
Since “everybody” was talking about Dovecot and it was made the default IMAP server for various systems, I decided to try it myself.

Process

Quite easy.

  • Install with Apt.
  • Create the database user for Dovecot.
  • Fiddle with the SQL configuration (don’t forget to uncomment the sql section in dovecot.conf).
  • Fiddle with the directory settings (it still does not take individual mail directories from the database).
  • Change my password in the database (very easy with dovecotpw).
  • Reindex my mails with Thunderbird.

Result

😀