[Dovecot] failure to create lock

[Javi Pardo (DAKOTA)]

Jun  8 23:14:09 dakota pop3(dakota): open(/var/spool/mail/dakota.lock) failed: P
ermission denied
Jun  8 23:14:09 dakota pop3(dakota): file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file /
var/spool/mail/dakota: Permission denied
Jun  8 23:14:09 dakota pop3(dakota): open(/var/spool/mail/dakota.lock) failed: P
ermission denied
Jun  8 23:14:09 dakota pop3(dakota): file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file /
var/spool/mail/dakota: Permission denied
Jun  8 23:14:09 dakota pop3: I/O leak: 0x8050b08 (0)
Jun  8 23:14:09 dakota pop3: I/O leak: 0x807c2b4 (1)
Jun  8 23:14:09 dakota pop3: Timeout leak: 0x8062520

id dovecot
uid=97(dovecot) gid=12(mail) grupos=12(mail)

[root at dakota root]# su dovecot
bash-2.05b$ touch /var/spool/mail/dakota.lock
bash-2.05b$ ls -la /var/spool/mail/dakota.lock
-rw-r--r--  1 dovecot mail 0 jun  8 23:16 /var/spool/mail/dakota.lock
bash-2.05b$

i have probed all options ... dovecot no create the lock, the user dovecot works, but no the program

i need help for this problem.. :(

regards

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