[SOLVED] Could not lock rootDir error

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armitage318
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[SOLVED] Could not lock rootDir error

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Hi, ZCS 8.8.7_GA_1964 user here.

All services are running fine, but Admin GUI is blank and webmail reports "network error".
I noticed these error:

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2019-09-25 10:43:38.781:WARN:oejw.WebAppContext:main: Failed startup of context o.e.j.w.WebAppContext@47d90b9e{/service,file:///opt/zimbra/jetty_base/webapps/service/,STARTING}{/servic
e}
MultiException[javax.servlet.UnavailableException: Cache 'imap-inactive-session-cache' creation in EhcacheManager failed., javax.servlet.UnavailableException: Couldn't lock rootDir: /o
pt/zimbra/data/mailboxd]
How can I solve this?
Thank you!
armitage318
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Re: [SOLVED] Could not lock rootDir error

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Solved:

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# su - zimbra
$ zmcontrol stop

(as root)

# cd /opt/zimbra/data
# mv mailboxd mailboxd.old
# mkdir mailboxd
# chmod 755 /opt/zimbra/data/mailboxd
# chown zimbra:zimbra /opt/zimbra/data/mailboxd
# su - zimbra
$ zmcontrol restart
Thanks to viewtopic.php?f=15&t=65315
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