Hi,
> Which FAQ list are you refering to? The FAQ list I have from version
> 4.9.10 has only 28 items listed, none mentioning uninstalling vpopmail.
I think that is supposed to be a new FAQ entry :)
> Furthermore, I do not think that by simply removing the vpopmail user
> and vchkpw group will remove all files related to vpopmail, allowing
> for a clean re-install.
Disclaimer : it worked for me...
regards
dushyanth
> Jon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Jonathan Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 7:56 AM
> Subject: Re: uninstalling vpopmail
>
>
>> Jonathan Edwards wrote:
>> >
>> > I installed vpopmail for the first time and found everything to be
> working
>> > correctly, but realized that I wanted it installed at a different
>> > place
> on
>> > our server so I simply reinstalled it to the new location. However,
>> > now
> it
>> > does not work. When I try to 'vadddomain', I get: 'Error: Unable to
> chdir to
>> > vpopmail/domains/domain directory' I think the problem is that there
>> > are still some files existing that contain the path to vpopmail's
>> > 'old' home directory. I looked in /var/qmail/users/ and sure enough
>> > the 'assign'
> and
>> > 'cdb' files contained references to the vpopmail's 'old' home
>> > directory.
> I
>> > deleted these files and created new ones using 'qmail-pw2u' and
> 'qmail-newu'
>> > but I still get the same error when using 'vadddomain' I'm thinking
>> > that
> I
>> > just want to start over, if possible. Does anyone know how I can
> completely
>> > 'uninstall' vpopmail and then reinstall from scratch? Do you think
>> > this
> will
>> > fix my problem?
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help
>> >
>> > Jon
>>
>> Good FAQ question.
>>
>> 29. How can I uninstall vpopmail?
>>
>> On Gnu/Linux type systems as root:
>> # userdel -r vpopmail
>> # groupdel vchkpw
>> Done
>>
>> Ken Jones
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