Thank you, that's got it. I had a feeling this was the answer but I was hesitating because it contradicts the requirement that admin users NOT receive email.
Robert On Wed, February 8, 2006 02:57, Hendrik Koch wrote: > Robert Schmid wrote: > >>I am also having a problem logging in to cyradm. I can not login using >> >>cyradm --user cyrusimap localhost (cyrusimap is the OSX cyrus user) >> >> > the user needs to have e-mail enabled in apple's workgroup manager. > without this it cannot find an authentication method. i added a > Postmaster User and changed /etc/imapd.conf "admins: cyrusimap > postmaster" This works for me. > >>I get the two login prompts, - the first is OK but I can't get past the >>second unless I specify another user. The docs say that the cyrusadmin >>should not be able to read email so cyrusimap has no mailboxes. >> >> > the way i understand this is to not use it for sending and receiving > mail - but without the activation in workgroup manager it won't work. > > Hendrik > >>I'm guessing that if I can fix the login problem I can find this shared >>folder and fix the problem so what do I need to do to login as cyrus and >>not as another user? >> >>Robert Schmid >> >> >>---- >>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 > > ---- 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
