[BlueOnyx:05143] Re: question on importing sendmail content fromnon-blueonyx server

[trasor]

That's what I am coming up with also.  Shame as until the user logs in 
non of the 'mbox' folders are created.  Those appear to be automatically 
created when the user logs in for the first time.  As I do not have the 
user passwords (bought another company that kept absolutely no records 
on anything), I cannot login for them and then move their emails over.  
Any ideas on auto-creating via a script the 'mbox' files and then 
importing their emails?  Or are there any repercussion to importing the 
emails to a directory say /home/spool/mail and creating a symbolic link 
to /var/spool/mail?

Tom

  On 7/29/2010 6:25 AM, Rickard Osser wrote:
> Hi,
>
> there's just not enough room on /var for putting the e-mail files in the
> regular spool directory on BO. All user mail-spool files are saved in
> the users home-dir as "mbox". That's all there is to it...
>
> Regards,
>
> Rickard
>
>
> On Wed, 2010-07-28 at 13:52 -0700, Ken - Precision Web Hosting, Inc
> wrote:
>    
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "trasor"<trasor at lhtot.com>
>>
>>      
>>> On 7/28/2010 2:34 PM, Ken - Precision Web Hosting, Inc wrote:
>>>        
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> Ok.  I managed to import the users from sendmail server to Blueonyx.  I
>>>>> am trying to import their email and running into an error.  When I
>>>>> attempt to import /var/spool/mail it imports so far then I receive an
>>>>> error stating 'No space left on device'.  I am importing approx. 8gb of
>>>>> email, how can I increase the folder size without losing the data.
>>>>> Every option I know of for resizing could result in the loss of data.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom
>>>>> On 7/20/2010 2:17 PM, trasor wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>>>> Thats where I am running into a problem.  A lot of the users (most)
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> passwords of 2 to 5 characters in length.  I am planning on sending a
>>>>>> broadcast message to all the users, once migrated, to login and change
>>>>>> there passwords to something more secure.  But till I have everything
>>>>>> migrated...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/20/2010 1:41 PM, Michael Stauber wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>              
>>>>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                
>>>>>>>> Some of the passwords for the accounts will not pass the password
>>>>>>>> check.  The passwords are too short or are dictionary words, etc.  Is
>>>>>>>> there a way to bypass the password checking process temporarily.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>> The password length and strenght checks only apply if you try to set
>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>> try to
>>>>>>> change a password through the GUI.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you copy the passwords over by editing /etc/shadow, this shouldn't
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>> issue, as the shorter passwords will still work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alternatively you can set a short or weak password from the command
>>>>>>> line
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> passwd username
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Then press return. It'll ask for the new password, which you can then
>>>>>>> enter
>>>>>>> (you'll have to enter it twice). It may complain about short or weak
>>>>>>> passwords, but unless the password is really short (like just 3-4
>>>>>>> characters),
>>>>>>> it'll go through.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>> I think the "'No space left on device" means that the server is out of
>>>> "Semaphores"
>>>> If you reboot, that should fix it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>> Ken M
>>>> Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
>>>> http://www.precisionweb.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>
>>
>>      
>>> Ken...
>>>
>>> Have rebooted twice, same issue.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>        
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> So it fails immediately, or it fails after processing some of the files?
>>
>> What if you increase the allowed semaphores?
>> http://gnufreakz.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/increase-semaphores-count-in-a-linux-machine/
>>
>> ----
>> Ken M
>> Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
>> http://www.precisionweb.net
>>
>>
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