[Dovecot] Failed to create storage with data

[Christopher Cheng]

I was trying to configure postfix, mysql with dovecot. The postfix part is
fine, but dovecot seems cannot cannot read the mail directory

dovecot: Apr 09 16:22:37 Info: Dovecot starting up
dovecot-auth: Apr 09 16:22:38 Info: MySQL: connected to localhost
dovecot-auth: Apr 09 16:22:38 Info: Login process 7 connected
dovecot-auth: Apr 09 16:22:38 Info: Login process 8 connected
dovecot-auth: Apr 09 16:22:38 Info: Login process 7 sent handshake: PID
13875
dovecot-auth: Apr 09 16:22:38 Info: Login process 8 sent handshake: PID
13878
dovecot-auth: Apr 09 16:22:38 Info: Login process 9 connected
dovecot-auth: Apr 09 16:22:38 Info: Login process 9 sent handshake: PID
13876
dovecot-auth: Apr 09 16:23:11 Info: MySQL: Performing query: SELECT clear
FROM postfix_users WHERE user='chris'
dovecot-auth: Apr 09 16:23:11 Info: MySQL: Performing query: SELECT
concat('/var/spool/mail/', maildir) AS mail, uid, gid FROM postfix_users
WHERE user='chris'
imap(chris): Apr 09 16:23:11 Error: mbox: Can't create root IMAP folder
/mail: Permission denied
imap(chris): Apr 09 16:23:11 Fatal: Failed to create storage with data:
/var/spool/mail/mydomain.com/chris/Maildir
imap-login: Apr 09 16:23:11 Info: Login: chris [::ffff:192.168.1.2]
dovecot-auth: Apr 09 16:23:11 Info: Login process 9 disconnected
dovecot: Apr 09 16:23:11 Error: child 13879 (imap) returned error 89
dovecot-auth: Apr 09 16:23:11 Info: Login process 9 connected
dovecot-auth: Apr 09 16:23:11 Info: Login process 9 sent handshake: PID
13880


The file status in the mail folder. The uid and gid of vmail is 1004

[root at bluemountain chris]# ls /var/spool/mail/mydomain.com/chris/ -l
total 16
-rwx------  1 vmail vmail 11382 Apr  9 00:51 Maildir


Here's my mysql data

mysql> select * from postfix_users;
+----+----------------------+-------+-------+------+------+------+----------
----------------------+------------------------------+-------+--------+-----
----+-------+
| id | email                | clear | crypt | name | uid  | gid  | homedir
| maildir                      | quota | access | postfix | user  |
+----+----------------------+-------+-------+------+------+------+----------
----------------------+------------------------------+-------+--------+-----
----+-------+
|  1 | chris at mydomain.com | pass  |       |      | 1004 | 1004 |
/var/spool/mail/mydomain.com | mydomain.com/chris/Maildir |       | Y      |
Y       | chris |
+----+----------------------+-------+-------+------+------+------+----------
----------------------+------------------------------+-------+--------+-----
----+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec) 

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