Re: Creating new users with an old name: deferral: Unable_to_switch_to_/home/phr:_access_denied._(#4.3.0)/

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On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 at 13:13, Philip Rhoades <[email protected]> wrote:

> If I create a new user with a name that has never existed before, then
> the user receives mail as normal - there are no difference in
> permissions etc on the Maildirs for each type of new user.
>
> I have made sure there are no issues with these files by cleaning out
> old stuff before creating the new user:
>
> /var/spool/mail/reused_old_user_name
> /home/reused_old_user_name
> /etc/subgid
> /etc/subuid
> /etc/passwd
> /etc/shadow
> /etc/group
> /etc/gshadow
>
> - what else could be causing this problem?
>
> Anything in the assign file or a .qmail file?

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 at 13:13, Philip Rhoa=
des &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wr=
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If I create a new user with a name that has never existed before, then <br>
the user receives mail as normal - there are no difference in <br>
permissions etc on the Maildirs for each type of new user.<br>
<br>
I have made sure there are no issues with these files by cleaning out <br>
old stuff before creating the new user:<br>
<br>
/var/spool/mail/reused_old_user_name<br>
/home/reused_old_user_name<br>
/etc/subgid<br>
/etc/subuid<br>
/etc/passwd<br>
/etc/shadow<br>
/etc/group<br>
/etc/gshadow<br>
<br>
- what else could be causing this problem?<br>
<br></blockquote><div>Anything in the assign file or a .qmail file?=C2=A0</=
div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">=
Regards Manvendra - <a href=3D"http://www.indimail.org" target=3D"_blank">h=
ttp://www.indimail.org</a><br>GPG Pub Key<br><a href=3D"http://pgp.mit.edu:=
11371/pks/lookup?op=3Dget&amp;search=3D0xC7CBC760014D250C" target=3D"_blank=
">http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=3Dget&amp;search=3D0xC7CBC760014D2=
50C</a></div></div>

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