> On 28/05/2026 02:15 EEST Jean-Daniel Beaubien via dovecot 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>  
> Hi,
> 
> I currently have a doveadm backup running my prod and backup server. Both
> are currently running 2.3.16, and the following command runs fine:
> 
> sudo doveadm -v backup -u XXXX -P remote:[email protected]
> 
> I am in the process of updating my servers to ubuntu 26.04 which runs
> dovecot 2.4.2 and I am running into problems trying to run this command.
> 
> For some reason, it tries to delete the INBOX on the destination and I get
> the following error:
> dsync-remote(XXXX)<7hkbKDl6F2rlxQAArPp36Q>: Error: brain S: Mailbox INBOX
> sync: mailbox_delete failed: The /private/specialuse attribute cannot be
> changed
> doveadm(228686): Error: Remote command returned error 65: ssh -lXXXX
> 192.168.111.XX doveadm dsync-server -uXXXX
> 
> I am not sure what/why this is happening. I read the docs and man page, but
> could not find a solution.
> 
> Anyone knows what is happening, and how to solve this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -JD
> 
> ----- Addendum -----
> 
> Another thing that might help someone else: I had to add a line to the
> config file to avoid the -U problem:
> 
> dsync_remote_cmd = "ssh -l%{login} %{host} doveadm dsync-server -u%{user}"
> 
> This seems to already be solved (
> https://dovecot.org/mailman3/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/B3TQFAHCYVVXXEL4Y7KOPKJRWZ5I6X7D/),
> but not yet in the ubuntu 26.04 release?
>    Hi,
>    I currently have a doveadm backup running my prod and backup server. Both
>    are currently running 2.3.16, and the following command runs fine:
>    sudo doveadm -v backup -u XXXX -P remote:[email protected]
>    I am in the process of updating my servers to ubuntu 26.04 which runs
>    dovecot 2.4.2 and I am running into problems trying to run this command.
>    For some reason, it tries to delete the INBOX on the destination and I get
>    the following error:
>    dsync-remote(XXXX)<7hkbKDl6F2rlxQAArPp36Q>: Error: brain S: Mailbox INBOX
>    sync: mailbox_delete failed: The /private/specialuse attribute cannot be
>    changed
>    doveadm(228686): Error: Remote command returned error 65: ssh -lXXXX
>    192.168.111.XX doveadm dsync-server -uXXXX
> 
>    I am not sure what/why this is happening. I read the docs and man page,
>    but could not find a solution.
>    Anyone knows what is happening, and how to solve this?
>    Thanks,
>    -JD
>    ----- Addendum -----
>    Another thing that might help someone else: I had to add a line to the
>    config file to avoid the -U problem:
> 
>    dsync_remote_cmd = "ssh -l%{login} %{host} doveadm dsync-server -u%{user}"
> 
>    This seems to already be solved
>    
> ([1]https://dovecot.org/mailman3/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/B3TQFAHCYVVXXEL4Y7KOPKJRWZ5I6X7D/),
>    but not yet in the ubuntu 26.04 release?
>

Hi!

I would recommend looking at our migration guide, 
https://doc.dovecot.org/latest/core/admin/migration.html

This sounds like your config might be interfering here.

Aki

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