[Dovecot] Error - Dovecot Permission denied

[Sahil Tandon]

kbajwa <kbajwa at tibonline.net> wrote:

> I have posted the permissions on another post. However, when I look at
> "properties" & then "permissions" for 'dovecot.conf' file, following are the
> 'permissions' listed:
> 
> Owner:	dovecot
> Access:	Read & Write
> 
> Group:	Mail
> Access:	Read-Only
> 
> Others
> Access: none

This is the problem.  The mailbox_command runs neither as the dovecot user 
nor with the mail GID.  You need to give others access to read the file.
                    
# chmod o+r /etc/dovecot.conf

> 
> Execute: [] Allow executing file as program
> SELinux Context: file_t
> 
> I hope it makes sense to you, it does not to me.
> 
> Let me know if the above need some change.

[...]

-- 
Sahil Tandon <sahil at tandon.net>