Comments on: Create the mailbox directories on Tiger http://diymacserver.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:07:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: William Kanoff http://diymacserver.com/installing-the-mailserver/the-basic-mailserver/create-the-mailbox-directories/comment-page-1/#comment-1966 William Kanoff Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:58:16 +0000 http://diymacserver.com/installing-the-mailserver//create-the-mailbox-directories/#comment-1966 In Tiger you can also use the NetInfo Manager. Just duplicate cyrusimap user and then change the needed values. In Tiger you can also use the NetInfo Manager. Just duplicate cyrusimap user and then change the needed values.

]]> By: Richard http://diymacserver.com/installing-the-mailserver/the-basic-mailserver/create-the-mailbox-directories/comment-page-1/#comment-1881 Richard Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:53:50 +0000 http://diymacserver.com/installing-the-mailserver//create-the-mailbox-directories/#comment-1881 This is very usefull is you aren't comfortable using the terminal. The drawback is that a user directory gets created in /Users/vmail and you have to manually deleted it. This is very usefull is you aren’t comfortable using the terminal. The drawback is that a user directory gets created in /Users/vmail and you have to manually deleted it.

]]> By: Yonzie http://diymacserver.com/installing-the-mailserver/the-basic-mailserver/create-the-mailbox-directories/comment-page-1/#comment-1861 Yonzie Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:03:16 +0000 http://diymacserver.com/installing-the-mailserver//create-the-mailbox-directories/#comment-1861 Instead of using niutil (OS X Server only) or dscl, one can use System Preferences. Add a new user, name and short name "vmail" with no password (ignore warning). Right-click the new user, choose "Advanced Options..." put in User and Group ID of 102 Login Shell "/usr/bin/false" Home Directory "/var/empty" Click ok, ignore warning. Instead of using niutil (OS X Server only) or dscl, one can use System Preferences.

Add a new user, name and short name “vmail” with no password (ignore warning).
Right-click the new user, choose “Advanced Options…”
put in User and Group ID of 102
Login Shell “/usr/bin/false”
Home Directory “/var/empty”
Click ok, ignore warning.

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