[vchkpw] Vconvert / converting / migrating woes....
Alright, thanks for the tips on vconvert - I have, in the meantime, found out that it is one of the worst documented utilities. Heck, not even inter7 has a decent man page for it. I think that vconvert -c -m domain.name will do the trick, though (or just vconvert -c -m for all domains). That's where the present 'rub' is, though. The scenario: - I have the new server, set up with qmail-toaster, and vpopmail 5.38, qmailadmin 1.06. All configured for mysql. - I have data from the legacy server, with standard cdb files in the vpopmail configuration without mysql. So, while obviously I can just drop over the content of /home/vpopmail/domains into the new location, that doesn't really convince qmail to see any of those domains, and consequently vconvert doesn't see them either. So: - what else, besides dropping the content of /domains/ in place, do I need to do / copy over from the prior installation in order for the domains to be recognized by qmail, qmailadmin, and hence vconvert? Thanks, Harry
[vchkpw] vconvert woes...
Yep, it doesn't end
So, I have the legacy data all brought over.
Made sure I have /var/qmail/users/*, and /var/qmail/control/*
Of course, also brought up all the /home/vpopmail/domains/*
Now, when running vconvert -c -m
I get a bunch of domains that claim to have converted, and a bunch of
domains that haven't converted (even though they claim '...done!'), and a
bunch of domains that won't convert as they claim to have an error ('you
have an error in your sql syntax At line 2').
When looking at the domains that did not carry over with phpmyadmin, the
'bad' ones show up as 1.0k in size, and nothing to browse.
But even those that claim to be 'good' don't have all users in the schema,
and are obviously missing some essential datas (when checking them out with
qmail-toaster, or qmailadmin (qmailadmin will simply refuse to login with a
'file permissions error /path/to/domain/postmaster/Maildir/1059630555.qw')
I did make sure that all files have the vpopmail:vchkpw ownerships, and same
permissions as on the prior server.
Any ideas...?
Harry
[vchkpw] Conversion to mysql..?
I'm converting an existing vpopmail / qmail installation to one using mysql. Is there anything in particular I need to look out for, anything in particular I need to do, and are there any tools to allow doing that? Harry
Re: [vchkpw] Conversion to mysql..?
on 7/29/03 4:13 PM, Rick Macdougall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And btw, I don't do responses to TDMA or tdma type systems :) So you'll have to get your answer from the list. No problems, and thanks for your response. Just curious - why do you not 'do responses' to TMDA systems? Harry
Re: [vchkpw] OT TDMA Conversion to mysql..?
on 7/29/03 4:48 PM, Rick Macdougall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't mean any offense and if it works for you, great, but I'm not going to jump through hoops to answer someone's question(s). Well, it does work for me rather well, except for (ironically) family members who appear too dumb to read a message... But I'm sure we all have those types. My personal experience is most admin's are like this, we just shrug it off and hit delete. They want us to jump through hoops to answer, we just don't reply. Well, being in the same boat, I simply set up a rule/filter which responds to TMDA challenges with an automatic response, and files the challenge/response/confirmation away. No interaction needed on my part, and the lines of communication remain open. Very simple, really. Just my $0.02, for what it's worth. No, thanks, I get the occasional negative response to TMDA (the vast majority of respondents like it), so I'm always curious why, in fact, certain folks dislike it. Just as an aside - your response, by the way, confirmed that you have seen and acknowledged the challenge, and responding to the challenge probably took less than this thread :-) Either way, I'm happy that you responded publicly, as this is information that might help others as well. Oh, and I top post and I reply all :) Come on Tony, Flame me :) LOL! 'Reply All' is my favorite activity to family members that spam me with junk/hoaxes -- just to berate them. One public humiliation is normally all it takes to make those stop. Ah, if only it were that easy :-) Thanks for your response, Harry
[vchkpw] Conversion to mysql...
I've been running a small mail server with qmail + vpopmail + qmailadmin for a couple of years now. Great little toast. I am currently in the process of an upgrade of the system, and have decided to upgrade to qmail-toaster (www.qmailtoaster.com), which supports mysql. How do I convert my existing accounts over to the ones handled under mysql? IOW, how do I convert to mysql? Any tools or tips for that endeavor? Harry
Re: test spam; should be rejected
Just FYI - but I just checked my 'spam' folder, and a bunch of the mails that get dumped in there automatically *ARE* from this list, so it appears this list (as you stated previously) gets hit by such spam as well. Admin - please configure the list to be 'subscriber only can post' to stem this tide - thanks. Harry
