1 Topic by roy.wong (edited by roy.wong 2013-08-13 10:14:27)

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Topic: Problem on copy vmail folder to NAS backup

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HI,

I try to copy the vmail1 folder to a NAS using the following command but have some problem, it seems cannot copy the file to the read only folder such as file under /var/vmail/vmail1/domain/user/cur/*, it said "cp: cannot create regular file *********: No such file or directory

cp -a /var/vmail/vmail1 /var/vmail/<<mount to NAS>>

any advice?

Thanks!

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2 Reply by ZhangHuangbin

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Re: Problem on copy vmail folder to NAS backup

I guess mail user is accessing the mailbox, and IMAP server (Dovecot) moves them from this folder to another one.

P.S. It's a good idea to use '-p' option to keep file owner/permission.