I have to move a clients mail from and old powermac to a newer G5 tower, both of which are running 10.4.11 Server....
Do i just have to recreate the user accounds in the Workgroup Manager and copy the /var/imap
and /var/spool/imap
or is there more to it, any suggestions would be welcome, esp since my command line skillz are lacking a bit
thanks in advance!
Effectively there are a few steps to take.
First of all copy all data from the map /var/spool/imap to the new location.
2nd use the following commands:
su
mv /var/imap /var/imap.old
mkdir /var/imap
/usr/bin/cyrus/tools/mkimap
chown -R cyrusimap:mail /var/imap
chown -R cyrusimap:mail /var/spool/imap
sudo -u cyrusimap /usr/bin/cyrus/bin/reconstruct -i
sudo -u cyrusimap /usr/bin/cyrus/bin/cyrus-quota -f
There is a difference for 10.3 and 10.4 in user / group name, this sequence is for 10.4. Always tes before applying. If needed, you can even put the mail on another location (using serveradmin /mailmodule). If have done that to prevent mail lose when reinstalling os-x server.
See also document 107996 on the apple site.
Users can be exported and imported using wgm. Passwords (in od) is also possible, but i have not available the command for it. But there is a thread in this are specifying the required command. Otherwise the poster might help you out on that subject.
Good luck, Kees
