Just realised you can't hardlink directories. Given that (and forgetting the "delete later" thing) would it work with a symlink?
Thanks
Alex ----Original Message---- *Subject:* [Dovecot] Linking mdbox directories *From:* Alex Crow acrow@integrafin.co.uk *To:* dovecot@dovecot.org{ *CC:* }*Date:* Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:49 +0100
Hi Timo/list,
We have a scenario in which some email accounts on dovecot (stored in mdbox, separate paths for indexes, email, ALT storage and also using SIS for attachments, LDAP directory) need their names changed. I know we could just change the mail LDAP attribute (and leave mailMessageStore alone) so they keep the same directories on disk, but this would throw a spanner in the works for our backups.
Would it be possible to create a hard link of the user's directories under the new name, and change the LDAP mailMessageStore attribute to point to these without stopping and starting dovecot? And after a while unlink the original locations? Or would this mess up dovecot's internal state?
Thanks
Alex
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