> I'm not familiar with using mkimap (if I've ever used it, I've forgotten), > but I would double check to be sure that the user/group under which the > imap > server is the user/group that owns all of the server's files. Not only > does > the server need file system permissions in the /var/spool/imap partition, > it > needs similar permission in /var/imap to manipulate various resources such > as > mailboxes.db.
At leat for my rpms, there is absolutely no need to run mkimap because the rpm cares about everything. I don't know the FreeBSD port but I expect the same for it too. Running mkimap may break some permissions, I guess. Simon > > -- Rob > > --On Friday, October 22, 2004 03:27:40 PM -0400 Mike Nuss > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> I've just installed cyrus-imapd-2.2.8 using the srpm from >> http://www.invoca.ch/pub/packages/cyrus-imapd/ and I am trying to create >> the initial user mailboxes. >> >> My imapd.conf looks like this: >> >> >> configdirectory: /var/lib/imap >> partition-default: /var/spool/imap >> admins: cyrus >> sievedir: /var/lib/imap/sieve >> sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail >> hashimapspool: true >> sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd >> sasl_mech_list: PLAIN >> tls_cert_file: /usr/share/ssl/certs/cyrus-imapd.pem >> tls_key_file: /usr/share/ssl/certs/cyrus-imapd.pem >> tls_ca_file: /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt >> virtdomains: yes >> defaultdomain: <mydomain.com> >> >> >> I ran /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/mkimap as cyrus. >> >> Then I tried to use cyradm as "cyrus" to try to create a mailbox. I got >> the >> following error: >> >> >> -bash-2.05b$ cyradm localhost >> IMAP Password: >> >> localhost.localdomain> cm user.test >> createmailbox: Permission denied >> >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> Thanks, >> Mike Nuss >> --- >> Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus >> Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu >> List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > > > > -- > Rob Tanner > UNIX Services Manager > Linfield College, McMinnville OR > > --- > Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > > --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
