[Dovecot] failure to create lock

[Olivier Tharan]

* Javi Pardo (DAKOTA) <dakota at menta.net> (20040608 23:22):
> Jun  8 23:14:09 dakota pop3(dakota): open(/var/spool/mail/dakota.lock) failed: P
> ermission denied
[ ... ]
> i have probed all options ... dovecot no create the lock, the user dovecot works, but no the program

As you can see from the log line, the pop3 process runs under the
`dakota' identity, not the `dovecot' identity. The user dakota
cannot create a lock file.

What are the permissions of the /var/spool/mail directory?

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olive