> On 07/04/2009 03:04 PM, Garry Glendown wrote: >> I've been following this thread, I will be doing an IMAP migration from >> an older to a more current version (albeit, not the newest). I was >> wondering - is imapsync (or IMAP for that matter) able to copy all the >> folders, permissions etc. by using the cyrus admin user instead of all >> the separate users? That would save a lot of work ... >> >> > Yes, it is, if you first grant the admin account all rights to all > mailboxes, which is kind of a pain. My preferred approach, if you can > afford to have the mailstore off line for the duration, is to simply > bulk-change the passwords to some known value prior to commencing the > transfer. For example, if you are using unix system passwords, change > the /etc/shadow (or whatever) file. If you are using LDAP change the > userPassword attributes, etc. You can stash away a copy of the > originals and restore them later. > > Then I would run a script, written in your favorite scripting language, > to walk through a list of users and initiate the transfers. You can run > multiple transfers at once, just keep an eye on your I/O loads to make > sure you aren't just loading down the systems too much. I think an easier way is to use the 'proxyservers' option to declare a proxy user allowed to access all mailboxes. This user can then be used by imapsync. I'm quite sure the archives hold detailed information on this as I don't remember all the details. Regards, Simon ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
