dovecot - Feb 2022 - Backup procedures

On Fri, 11 Feb 2022, Stephane Magnier wrote:
> OK , so I can see that there is this doveadm backup..
>
> I don't use any MailDir on each account.. but all the emails are stored
into
> the folder /var/www/mail? ( user 1 , user2, etc... )
>
> in that case, a very basic backup would be? : *doveadm backup
/var/www/mail?
> /var/backup/folder*? ?
I use doveadm backup like that and then rsync the backup (not the
"live"
mailboxes) to another place.
> ( I prefer to ask before trying, because If break something.. here, they
will
> kill me? :-( )
It's understandable :)

Cheers,
Bernardo

Hi,

I've just tried

doveadm backup /var/spool2/mail/user1 /home/backup/

doveadm(user1): *Error: Index is read-only*, can't write-lock 
/var/spool2/mail/user1/dovecot.list.index.log
doveadm(user1): Fatal: execvp(/var/spool2/mail/user1) failed: Permission 
denied
dsync-local(user1)<RYx1OMIeCGLn3AMATqx/tA>: Error: read(remote) failed: 
EOF (version not received)

even this, with a chmod 777 on the all folder ( /var/spool2/mail/user1 
before :-(?? )

What is the trick ? :-)

What did I miss out ?

Thanks for your help

On 2/12/22 15:44, Bernardo Reino wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2022, Stephane Magnier wrote:
>
>> OK , so I can see that there is this doveadm backup..
>>
>> I don't use any MailDir on each account.. but all the emails are 
>> stored into the folder /var/www/mail? ( user 1 , user2, etc... )
>>
>> in that case, a very basic backup would be? : *doveadm backup 
>> /var/www/mail? /var/backup/folder*? ?
>
> I use doveadm backup like that and then rsync the backup (not the 
> "live" mailboxes) to another place.
>
>> ( I prefer to ask before trying, because If break something.. here, 
>> they will kill me? :-( )
>
> It's understandable :)
>
> Cheers,
> Bernardo
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