Cyrus Cannot Delete Mailbox

Kevin P. Fleming kpfleming at cox.net
Wed Sep 11 17:01:10 EDT 2002


adam at morrison-ind.com wrote:
> I've got my Cyrus IMAP test install up and flying (temporarily on port 7777 so
> as not to bother the UW IMAP server currently in use).  It is fast and works
> great.  But I've got one problem.  I can't delete mail boxes.
> 
> $cyradm --user cyrus --server sardine --auth plain --port 7777
> sardine>lm
> ...
> user.ksikkema.steelcase (\HasNoChildren)                               
> user.mhuisman (\HasNoChildren)                                         
> sardine> dm user.ksikkema.steelcase
> deletemailbox: Permission denied
> sardine> setacl user.ksikkema.steelcase cyrus ad
> sardine> dm user.ksikkema.steelcase
> deletemailbox: Permission denied
> 
> User "cyrus" has god-like power, yes?  Any tips on my I can't remove boxes would
> be much appreciated.

This was covered on the mailing list last week... you need the "c" 
permission to delete a mailbox.





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