[BlueOnyx:05144] Re: question on importing sendmail content fromnon-blueonyx server
Rickard Osser
rickard.osser at bluapp.com
Thu Jul 29 06:13:03 -05 2010
Hi Tom,
just copy the original mail-spool file (with the name of the original
user) to the same users new home-dir on BO
and rename the file to "mbox" at the same time, that's all that's
needed.
Ohh, don't forget to set the correct permissions...
Regards,
Rickard
On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 06:55 -0400, trasor wrote:
> 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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