ctl_mboxlist -u ?

[Connie Starr Fensky]

If I recall there is a tab at the end of the line, too. Did someone already
answer this, and I just missed it!? Sorry it took me so long... Just too
busy to read the list everyday (or even every week)
Merry Christmas!
c*
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Hrbek" <jhrbek at gplsinc.com>
To: "Info-Cyrus" <info-cyrus at andrew.cmu.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 11:49 AM
Subject: ctl_mboxlist -u ?


> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm trying to write a bash script (just out of curiosity) that will
harvest
> usernames from the cyrus spool directory and then write the output to a
file
> in a similar manner that ctl_mboxlist -d would.  Below are my results thus
> far.  Aside from the formatting, I see no difference in the output,
however,
> when I try to do a ctl_mboxlist -u on the file I generated it bails on
each
> line with an error: no partition found. (see below)
>
> Result from ctl_mboxlist -d > newmail:
> user.bkieffer^foo^com       default bkieffer.foo.com    lrswipcda
> cyrus   lrswipcda
> user.bloberg^foo^com        default bloberg.foo.com     lrswipcda
> cyrus   lrswipcda
> user.bpruett^foo^com        default bpruett.foo.com     lrswipcda
> cyrus   lrswipcda
> user.bspringer^foo^com      default bspringer.foo.com   lrswipcda
> cyrus   lrswipcda
>
> Result from a bash script that harvests directory names:
> user.bboggess^foo^com default bboggess.foo.com lrswipcda cyrus lrswipcda
> user.bdaniel^foo^com default bdaniel.foo.com lrswipcda cyrus lrswipcda
> user.bfleming^foo^com default bfleming.foo.com lrswipcda cyrus lrswipcda
> user.bgordon^foo^com default bgordon.foo.com lrswipcda cyrus lrswipcda
> And my error after I run ctl_mboxlist -u:
>
> line 1: no partition found
> line 2: no partition found
> line 3: no partition found
> line 4: no partition found
> ..etc
>
> Certainly the formatting can't be causing this.  I see no difference in
the
> information in these two files either.  Am I missing some special
character
> or some mystery something or other?  I'm at a loss.  Ideas? Anyone?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -joe
>
> PS, here is my bash script.  It's still a work in progress and is based
off
> a script (by E M Recio) I found on the cyrus list. E Recio had "<\t>" in
his
> script but I took it out b/c it didn't seem to matter, the ctl_mboxlist -u
> fails regardless of its presence. I left them in this version though so
you
> could see what I am talking about. BTW, I'm not very good with bash
scripts,
> so be kind. :)
>
> Here is the script:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> #
> # Requires: valid cyrus spool directory
> #           sudo (to run as cyrus, or similiar appropriate user)
> #
> # Result: reads the spool directory and creates a text version
> #         that can be imported to the mailboxes.db file using
> #         ctl_mboxlist.
> # Notes:
> # The directory structure on my system is a/user/auser, b/user/buser,
> c/user/cuser
> # If your directory structure is not like this, EG, it may be
> # /var/spool/imap/user and all the usernames are in one spot
> # (var/spool/imap/user/auser), then you will have to make some changes.
> #
> # Credit: original script obtained from E M Recio <erecio at lo-tek.org>.
> Modified
> #         by Joe Hrbek <jhrbek at gplsinc.com>.
> #
> #
> # ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> # Path to cyrus utilities
> # Change as needed
> util=/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd
>
> # Path to cyrus spool
> # Change as needed
> spool=/var/spool/imap
>
> # ACL super user (should be cyrus)
> # Change as needed
> acluser=cyrus
>
> # Replace next line with however you stop cyrus
> # ie: killall master etc etc.
> #/etc/rc.d/init.d/cyrus-imapd stop
>
> # Verify this path, change as needed
> # This will save your existing mailboxes.db file (if you have one)
> #mv /var/lib/imap/mailboxes.db /var/lib/imap/mailboxes.db.$$
>
> # Change to the imap spool directory
> cd $spool
>
> # Clean-up
> if [ -f /tmp/newmboxlist.txt ]
>  then
>   rm -f /tmp/newmboxlist.txt
> fi
>
> # Tracking variables
> messages=0
> users=0
> subfolders=0
>
> # Build our new mailbox file
>
> for i in `ls`
>  do
>  if [ -d $i/user ]
>   then
>    for j in `ls $i/user`
>     do
>      echo
> "user.$j<\t>default<\t>${j//^/.}<\t>lrswipcda<\t>$acluser<\t>lrswipcda"
> >>/tmp/newmboxlist.txt
>       : $[users++]
>       for k in `ls $i/user/$j`
>        do
>         if [ -d $spool/$i/user/$j/$k ]
>          then
>           echo "message folder found, saving: $k"
>           echo
> "user.$j.$k<\t>default<\t>${j//^/.}<\t>lrswipcda<\t>$acluser<\t>lrswipcda"
> >>/tmp/newmboxlist.txt
>           : $[subfolders++]
>          else
>           echo "email message, skipping: $k"
>           : $[messages++]
>         fi
>       done
>    done
>  fi
> done
>
> #
> # Now we have everyone's base directory in /tmp/newmboxlist.txt, do:
> #
>
> #chown $acluser /tmp/newmboxlist.txt
> #sudo -u $acluser $util/ctl_mboxlist -u </tmp/newmboxlist.txt
>
> # and then:
>
> #for i in `ls`
> # do
> #  if [ -d $i/user ]
> #   then
> #    for j in `ls $i/user`
> #     do
> #     sudo -u $acluser $util/reconstruct -rf user.$i
> #   done
> # fi
> #done
>
>
> # Print results
> echo "$users users were found and saved."
> echo "$subfolders subfolders were found and saved."
> echo "$messages messages were detected in the mail spool (no action
taken)."
> echo "Mailbox reconstruction complete. A plain text copy can be found in
> /tmp/newmboxlist.txt."
>
> # EOF
>
>
>