Diarmaid Mac Aonghusa
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:39:24 -0800
Hi Just to update on this issue it sorted itself out having done what John suggested below and then rebooting. The reboot was required for the permission change to take place.
Thanks for your help Diarmaid -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John T (lists) Sent: 23 February 2007 18:39 To: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Registry corruption in Imail Users You will have to go to the key above that, right click, permissions, advanced, Owner, and take ownership and check apply to all child objects. The reset permissions adding administrations group and again replace permissions. Again, this is on the key above the problem one. However, this indicates a possible hack job on your server. John T > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Imail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diarmaid Mac Aonghusa > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 9:58 AM > To: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Registry corruption in Imail Users > > "Unable to display security information" is what I get when I right > click on the key and select "Permissions" > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John T > (lists) > Sent: 23 February 2007 17:51 > To: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Registry corruption in Imail Users > > Quickly, check the permission on that registry key. > > Have you installed the latest patch for 8.22 that was released about 2 > months ago? > > John T > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Imail_Forum- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diarmaid Mac Aonghusa > > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 9:39 AM > > To: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com > > Subject: [IMail Forum] Registry corruption in Imail Users > > > > Hi > > > > I am running 8.22 on a Windows Server 2003 R2 box. This morning I > > found that all of the users in our "top" domain had been lost. All > > users on the many virtual domains we host were still working normally. > > Using the Adminstrator I was unable to add the users back as when I > > tried they did initially appear but as soon as an attempt was made > > to check the account the user vanished from the admin section. I > > looked at the registry and when I browsed to > > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\robin.fusio.net\U > > se > > rs > > > > I got the error "Cannot open Users: Error while opening key". > > > > Not good! > > > > I tried to import that key from a backup of the registry but was > > uanble to. > > I then tried to delete the key but got the same error. > > > > I setup our users under a virtual host to get them back running > > again but I am now stuck with this error. > > > > Does anyone know what casued this? Or what I can do to fix the > registry? > > > > Thanks for any help > > > > Diarmaid Mac Aonghusa > > Fusio.net > > Dublin, Ireland > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/