new installation

From: Alain Barthélemy (no email)
Date: Wed May 01 2002 - 13:03:58 EDT


Hello,

I installed Cyrus-Imap and Cyrus-sasl on a Linux/SuSE 7.3 platform (on a PC)
with the SuSE RPM's and it works without problem (or almost).

Now I want to have a backup server baut I only have a Apple/G3 available. I
installed on it SuSE7.3PPC. Installation went without problem like on the PC
but when I want to make the configurations (new folders, etc) then starts the
problems.

server: #cyradmin -u cyrus localhost ===> nothing happens, no error
messages, nothing in the log files, nothing, nothing.

Of course, user cyrus exists with unix and sasl passwords and the
/etc/imapd.conf is the same as on the PC.

There must a problem with the SuSE7.3 RPM's but which one?

Thus I'll have to install Cyrus-IMAP from the sources.

I read:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Cyrus-IMAP-6.html

I'll install the latest cyrus-imapd-2.1.4 and the latest cyrus-imap except if
someone does advice it.

Problem the web-page seems a little old

Is there a newer manual for installation.

./configure --with-auth=unix ===> do you confirma that

make depend
make all CFLAGS=-O
make install =====> do you confirme that?

Edit /etc/syslog.conf and add the following lines at the bottom:
        local6.debug /var/adm/imapd.log
        auth.debug /var/adm/auth.log

Here I'm a little lost because these lines did not exist in the SuSE7.3
installation (all the log where in /var:log/messages). Are they necessary?

Edit a new file /etc/imapd.conf and place in it the following lines:
        configdirectory: /var/imap
        partition-default: /var/spool/imap
        admins: cyrus root
===> srvtab: /var/imap/srvtab <====
        allowanonymouslogin: no
        sasl_passwd_check: shadow

A little lost too, these line did not exist in the SuSE installation: what's
the use of it?

7.2 Creating the necessary directories
This list of instructions will set up all the directories necessary for imap.
mkdir /var/adm
touch /var/adm/imapd.log /var/adm/auth.log
mkdir /var/imap /var/spool/imap /var/imap/srvtab

I am a little lost with the mkdir /var/adm directory. Use of it

touch /var/adm/imapd.log /var/adm/auth.log
I am used with the bash shell. I suppose I must create an empty fils
imapd.log and auth.log. Is it useful?

chattr +S . user quota user/* quota/* =====> chattr???

This installation HowTo seems a littlle outdated or I am wrong?

Thank you for anu suggestion.

-- 
Alain Barthélemy
http://bartydeux.gminformatique.com







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