Sandy Drobic wrote:
> Jim Flanagan wrote:
>
>
>>> I think it is easier to update the installation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks for the advice Sandy. I have never tried an upgrade due to many
>> recommendations on this list. But I know opensuse has put a lot of
>> effort into that. I may try it, it would save a lot of work. I guess its
>> worth a try, I can always do a clean if that does not work.
>>
>
> Backup your data, then try to update the installation. If it doesn't work
> you can do a clean install. Though I would advise you do dump the data of
> your databases to textfiles.
>
> export_cyrus.sh
> #-------------------------------
> # export mailboxes.db
> su - cyrus -c 'ctl_mboxlist -d >/var/lib/imap/mailboxes.txt'
> # export seen databases one line):
> # (check your format! see 'man imapd.conf' for details)
> su - cyrus -c 'for seenfile in `find /var/lib/imap/user -name \*.seen`; do
> /usr/lib/cyrus/bin/cvt_cyrusdb $seenfile skiplist ${seenfile%seen}txt
> flat; done'
> # export deliver.db (check your format! see 'man imapd.conf' for details):
> su - cyrus -c '/usr/lib/cyrus/bin/cvt_cyrusdb /var/lib/imap/deliver.db
> berkeley-nosync /var/lib/imap/deliver.txt flat'
> #-------------------------------
>
> import_cyrus.sh
> #-------------------------------
> # Delete old databases
> rm /var/lib/imap/db/*
> rm /var/lib/imap/tls_sessions.db
> rm /var/lib/imap/mailboxes.db
> rm /var/lib/imap/deliver.db
> find /var/lib/imap/ -type f -name *.seen | xargs rm
>
> # import mailboxes.db
> su - cyrus -c 'ctl_mboxlist -u </var/lib/imap/mailboxes.txt'
> # import seen databases (eine Zeile):
> su - cyrus -c 'for txtfile in `find /var/lib/imap/user -name \*.txt`; do
> /usr/lib/cyrus/bin/cvt_cyrusdb $txtfile flat ${txtfile%txt}seen skiplist;
> done'
> # import deliver.db:
> su - cyrus -c '/usr/lib/cyrus/bin/cvt_cyrusdb /var/lib/imap/deliver.txt
> flat /var/lib/imap/deliver.db berkeley-nosync'
> #-------------------------------
>
>
> These scripts work for me on an Opensuse system,test them at your own
> risk. (^-^)
>
>
>> I never did get saslauthd working on my 10.0 install, but would very
>> much like to use that on 10.3. Can you point me to a good reference for
>> that?
>>
>
> Unfortunately, the documentation for cyrus sasl in general and saslauthd
> particularly can only be called miserable. :-(
>
> What you need to know is that all services that want to use saslauthd need
> access to the socket of saslauthd. The allowed auth mechs are plain text
> only, which means PLAIN and LOGIN. You should take care that all
> applications know about this limitation.
>
> Even the path where saslauthd is looking for config files are not clearly
> documented. It seems as if Opensuse 10.3 is starting to move the files to
> /etc/sasl2, before the files for SMTP was placed in the same directory as
> the auth mechs (in /usr/lib/sasl2).
>
> You will have to conquer it step-for-step, I'm afraid. :-/
>
>
Thanks Sandy,
Jim F
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