[Dovecot] 1.2.alpha1: file_dotlock_open() failed with subscription file

[Timo Sirainen]

On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 11:13 +0200, Frank Elsner wrote:
> Sep 10 01:28:38 seymour dovecot: IMAP(steffen,192.168.28.31): fchown(/home/Mail/steffen/subscriptions.lock) failed: Operation not permitted

This'll improve the error message:
http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.2/rev/c22b7db8c173

> File permissions are:
> 
> -rw------- 1 steffen elsner 124 Aug 22 12:51 /home/Mail/steffen/subscriptions

What about /home/Mail/steffen directory's? It's probably trying to
preserve its group. If so, either change the group or chmod g+s it or
give mail process permission for that group.

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