Cyrus - can't create user mailbox

[Alain Spineux]

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Stephen Liu <satimis at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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.

Because you need to give yourself the right before

> sam user.satimiscyrus manager x
or maybe
> sam user.satimiscyrus manager c
then
> dm user.satimiscyrus

>
>
> Continued
>
> localhost> cm user/satimiscyrus
> localhost> lm
> user.groupware (\HasNoChildren)     user/satimiscyrus (\HasNoChildren)
>
> user.satimiscyrus (\HasNoChildren)
>
> Still can't create the subdirectory.

I dont understand !

>
>
> Continued
> localhost> quit
> $ exit
> logout
>
>
> $ sudo updatedb

in this case  'find' is more appropriate than locate

>
>
> $ locate satimiscyrus

find / -iname  "*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.

Is your MX pointers configured ? Is your SMTP reachable from outside ?
Did you look in postfix log ?

>
>
>
> B.R.
> Stephen L
>
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