Cyrus Admin Commands

Using Cyrus IMAPD cyradm
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Be sure to set cyrus user password with the usual:
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passwd cyrus


Check running services:
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service cyrus-imapd status
service saslauthd status


Start services:
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service cyrus-imapd start
service saslauthd start


start cyrus admin:
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/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cyradm


login to cyrus admin:
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cyradm> cyradm --user cyrus localhost
IMAP Password:


create mailbox:
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reddboxx> cm user.jdoe


list mailboxes:
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reddboxx> lm
user.jdoe (\HasNoChildren)

delete mailboxes:
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reddboxx> dm user.jdoe

(if you get permission denied, you must give the cyrus admin user rights to delete:
 reddboxx> sam user.jdoe cyrus lrswipcda)


starting cyrus imapd:
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/etc/init.d/cyrus-imapd start


setting password for cyrus user:
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saslpasswd2 <username>