-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Murchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Scott Pederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Cyrus Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, 25 January 2001 1:10
Subject: Re: Renaming users
>
>
>Scott Pederick wrote:
>>
>> G'day,
>>
>> Just wondering if anyone has done this before. The username format has
>> changed from being "<first initial><last name>@xyz.com" to "<first
>> name>_<last name>@xyz.com".
>>
>> Therefore I have to rename a number of mailboxes. The problem is that
cyradm
>> tells me "renamemailbox: Operation is not supported on mailbox". It
doesn't
>> seem to be a permissions issue so I'm thinking I'll have to do something
>> more low-level (ie. move files, rebuild db's, etc).
>>
>> If anyone has any advice or can point me in the right direction, it would
be
>> greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
>I have some user rename code checked-in on a dev branch in CVS which I
>trying to put the finishing touches on (primarily file locking) before I
>submit it to the list as beta. If you need this immediately, I can post
>the patches with the standard disclaimer.
>
>FYI, I have tested this on my production server (~20 users) without any
>problems, but I make SURE that nobody is trying to access any of the
>user's mailboxes while doing the rename. You must also note that this
>is a fairly expensive operation, since it requires renaming all of the
>mailboxes, renaming the seen state and quota files and modifying the
>ACLs and subscriptions.
>
>Ken
>--
>Kenneth Murchison Oceana Matrix Ltd.
>Software Engineer 21 Princeton Place
>716-662-8973 x26 Orchard Park, NY 14127
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Ken,
If you could post it, that would be great. I need to get this done as soon
as possible.
Thanks again for your help - greatly appreciated!
Scott Pederick
