On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 17:36, Ian Beyer wrote: > |> | From the installation docs: "everyday users should not be > |> | administrators". Do not create an INBOX for an admin (user.foo). > |> | > |> > |> Since i'm using shadow as my SASL auth mechanism, how do I do this > |> without creating a user? > | > | > | Having a user/password defined is different from creating an INBOX for > | that user. You can put 'foo' and foo's password in /etc/shadow, just > | don't create 'user.foo' via cyradm if you define 'foo' as an admin in > | imapd.conf. > | > | > So how do I go about creating the INBOX for them? do I need to put it in > /etc/skel for new users and manually create a directory for existing > users? THe documentation would lead me to believe that cm inside cyradm > is the way to do it, but that's not jiving with reality.
You don't. The Cyrus admin user(s) should be a special, separate
account that does not receive mail directly. I think there are some
fundamental issues you're misunderstanding. Most people use the 'cyrus'
user, but that user usually fills two roles:
1. Provide a non-priviledged "system" account to run the system under,
much like Postfix running under 'postfix' and MySQL running under
'mysql'.
2. Act as a priviledged user for managing mailboxes.
Generally, there can only be one of #1, but several of #2, although
usually there's only one and it's the same for both users. What that
account should /not/ be is a regular user account--one that is expected
to actually have a mailbox.
Why you saw directories in the administrative user's home directory is
rather mysterious. Do you have '/home/mailadm' set as
'partition-default' in imapd.conf? BTW, the directories are not
actually Maildir, although they are similar in some ways (but totally
incompatible).
Wil
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