Patrick T. Tsang wrote: > Thanks Ken > > This is still a good way. > However, is there any commands which is working for subscribing user IMAP > folder using root admin,cyrus, in telnet mode?
Not easily. The best way is to use imtest, otherwise you're going to have to replicate its functionality. > This is important to my company project since we will access the cyrus mail > server using socket connection. TCP socket or UNIX socket? imtest certainly works over TCP > BTW, how to PIPE subscribe command into imtest such that I can do the > subscription by just one single shell command line? You can use the -f <file> or -x <file> options which will pipe the contents of the file or named socket into the connection after authentication. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Murchison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Patrick T. Tsang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <info-cyrus@lists.andrew.cmu.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:49 PM > Subject: Re: Subscribe user folder using telnet > > >> Patrick T. Tsang wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I would like to use telnet (console) to subscribe user IMAP user >>> folders. >>> How to do it? >>> What is the standard way / command ? >>> >>> Since I login onto the IMAP server using the root user, cyrus, >>> I can do many things but I cannot subscribe user IMAP folders. >> >> Rather than using telnet, use imtest which can do the proxy >> authentication that you need. Do something like this: >> >> imtest -t '' -m plain -a cyrus -u <user> <servername> >> >> When prompted, enter the password for cyrus (alternatively, use the -w >> option to put the password on the command line). >> >> >> This will use the PLAIN mechanism under a TLS layer to authenticate you >> as cyrus, but authorize you as whatever user that you want to have >> subscribe to mailboxes. >> >> -- >> Kenneth Murchison >> Systems Programmer >> Carnegie Mellon University >> > > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > -- Kenneth Murchison Systems Programmer Carnegie Mellon University ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html