CYRUS-MAKEDIRS(8)

✨ CYRUS-MAKEDIRS — the manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the cyrus-makedirs(8) page, straight outta the System Manager's Manual section. it sets up the Cyrus IMAPd system directories, aka the spools. yes we're doing sysadmin lore today, sit down, hydrate 🧚

🌸 NAME 🌸

cyrus-makedirs — Sets up the Cyrus IMAPd system directories (spools)

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

cyrus-makedirs [configfile]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so real talk, this page is the quick lil' rundown on the cyrus-makedirs command. and here's the tea: cyrus-makedirs is the Debian version of Cyrus upstream's mkimap program. like, same energy, different name, iykyk ✨

you should call /usr/sbin/cyrus makedirs whenever you change any imapd.conf(5) options that create or rename Cyrus mail stores / spools / partitions. like, if you moved the furniture, you gotta make sure the rooms exist, fr fr 🫶

and good news: it'll be called automatically on package upgrades. so she shows up on her own, no invitation needed 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• you can optionally tell cyrus-makedirs which Cyrus imapd.conf config file to use. that's the [configfile] up there in the synopsis, bestie 💖
• if you give it no parameters at all, then /etc/imapd.conf is assumed. default queen behavior 💅

🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

• imapd.conf(5)
• /etc/default/cyrus-imapd

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). iconic of him, honestly 🌈

aaaand that's the whole page, no notes 💜 this little love letter is dated 2002-12-08, and it comes to you from the CYRUS-MAKEDIRS(8) corner of the System Manager's Manual. go make some directories, bestie 🦋✨