Cyrus - can't create user mailbox

[Stephen Liu]

Hi Michael,


Thanks for your advice.


> Quoting Stephen Liu <satimis at yahoo.com>:
> 
> >
> >> > $ cyradm -u cyrus localhost
> >> > Password:
> >> > localhost> cm user.satimiscyrus
> >> > localhost> quit
> >> >
> >> > it works.  But I can't find this new user NOR its mailbox.
> >>
> > $ locate satimiscyrus
> > /var/spool/cyrus/mail/u/user^satimiscyrus
> > /var/spool/cyrus/mail/u/user^satimiscyrus/cyrus.cache
> > /var/spool/cyrus/mail/u/user^satimiscyrus/cyrus.header
> > /var/spool/cyrus/mail/u/user^satimiscyrus/cyrus.index
> >
> >
> > The mailbox is there.  What is user^ for?
> 
> This indicates that you have set unixhierarchysep: 1 in
> /etc/imapd.conf


$ cat /etc/imapd.conf | grep unixhierarchysep
unixhierarchysep: yes


It is set as "yes"


> To create a Inbox for the user satimiscyrus you have to use
> cm user/satimiscyrus
> 
> The ^ is the reperentation of the . on filesystem.


Tried to delete the mailbox without success.  Performed following
steps;


$ su - cyrus
Password: 

$ cyradm -u cyrus localhost
Password: 
localhost> dm user.satimiscyrus
deletemailbox: Permission denied

I can't delete the mailbox created previously.


Continued

localhost> cm user/satimiscyrus
localhost> lm
user.groupware (\HasNoChildren)     user/satimiscyrus (\HasNoChildren) 

user.satimiscyrus (\HasNoChildren) 

Still can't create the subdirectory.


Continued 
localhost> quit
$ exit
logout


$ sudo updatedb


$ locate satimiscyrus
/home/satimiscyrus
/home/satimiscyrus/.bash_history
/home/satimiscyrus/.bash_logout
/home/satimiscyrus/.bash_profile
/home/satimiscyrus/.bashrc
/var/spool/cyrus/mail/s/user/satimiscyrus
/var/spool/cyrus/mail/s/user/satimiscyrus/cyrus.cache
/var/spool/cyrus/mail/s/user/satimiscyrus/cyrus.header
/var/spool/cyrus/mail/s/user/satimiscyrus/cyrus.index
/var/spool/cyrus/mail/u/user^satimiscyrus
/var/spool/cyrus/mail/u/user^satimiscyrus/cyrus.cache
/var/spool/cyrus/mail/u/user^satimiscyrus/cyrus.header
/var/spool/cyrus/mail/u/user^satimiscyrus/cyrus.index
* end *


Send a webmail to satimiscyrus on Gmail.  The mail never arrives.



B.R.
Stephen L

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