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Subject: Re: user rename
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 23:37:27 +0100
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> > I just wanted to know if the user rename implementation
> > is considerd as stable?
> 
> What implementation are you talking about?  If you are talking about the
> patch that posted to the list a while back, functionally it works.

Exactly :-)

> > Are there any known bugs?
> 
> I doesn't lock any of the meta-data files (seen state, quota,
> subscriptions) before it copies and deletes them.  I'm waiting for
> changes to be made to the cyrus_db interface which allow for file
> locking before I commit the changes.

Do you know when these changes will be available/done?
Is there a kind of roadmap?

> If you are going to use the patch, then I'd first disable the user's old
> login and make sure that they don't have any open connections to the
> server.  This way you won't have to worry about the lack of
> file-locking.

Disabling the login should be no problem.
Is there a safe way to close an active connection only for a certain user?

Thomas.

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