Account re-initialization after directory deletion

[Scott Likens]

Hi,

Easiest fix is to re-create the directory of the account that was  
deleted, with the cyrus.* files in it.

Easiest thing if you can find an empty account on your server.  cp -pr  
it to your account name, ensure the permissions are the same (owner  
cyrus) then you can reconstruct -r -f user.usernamethatwasdeleted

then you should be good to go.

Basic problem was/is that the folder does not exist anymore and you  
need to re-create it so the system see's it again and it works.

Best of luck

On Apr 27, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Thomas Manson wrote:

> Hi,
>
>   I've an issue with my account.
>
>   the directory of the account in /var/spool/imap/t/user was deleted.
>
>   When I try to gets its mail, I get : "Unable to open maildrop :  
> System I/O error"
> (Apr 27 20:33:06 dell1 pop3[29552]: Unable to open maildrop for  
> thomas: System I/O error)
>
>   A restart of cyrus do not correct the issue.
>
>   How can I re init the account ?
>
> Regards,
> Thomas.
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