Newbie sieve problem w/sieveshell

[Rob Tanner]

--On Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:53:18 AM -0700 Rob Tanner
<rtanner at linfield.edu> wrote:

> --On Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:47:53 AM -0700 Joakim Ryden
> <jryden at thebox.our-own.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Tuesday 10 August 2004 10:41 am, Rob Tanner wrote:
>>> --On Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:23:16 AM -0700 Joakim Ryden
>>> 
>>> <jryden at thebox.our-own.net> wrote:
>>> > What do your logs say when you try it?
>>> > 
>>> > --Jo
>>> 
>>> Duh!  I didn't even think to check there.  Here are two examples, the
>>> sieveshell that fails followed by a smartsieve login that worked.  In
>>> bothe cases I logged in (or tried to login in) as the same user.  The
>>> one difference I note is that the failed login does not list the user
>>> name while the successful login does.  Is that significant?
>> [...]
>> 
>> Try this and see if it makes a difference:
>> 
>># sieveshell --authname=rtanner localhost
>> 
>> --Jo
> 
> Yep, that did it.  I got in!
> 
> Unfortunately, it doesn't look like sieveshell does what I was hoping for.
> I'm looking for some tool that will allow me, as the administrator, to
> manage other users' sieve space (add/modify scripts, etc).  Do you have any
> suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rob
> 

I just figured it out.  That's what the --user parameter is for.

-- 
Rob Tanner
UNIX Services Manager
Linfield College, McMinnville OR

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