[Dovecot] Corrected permissions for login directory message

Nicolas Letellier nicolas at nicoelro.net
Fri Sep 12 10:47:24 EEST 2008


On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:45:09 +0200
Nicolas Letellier <nicolas at nicoelro.net> wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I already have this warn message when I start dovecot (1.1.3). I saw
> some message in mailing list about this warning, but nothing which
> solve my problem.
> 
> See the message:
> 
> root at machine dovecot $  /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dovecot restart
> Stopping dovecot.
> Waiting for PIDS: 47494.
> Starting dovecot.
> Warning: Corrected permissions for login
> directory /var/run/dovecot/login
> 
> See the permissions:
> ls -l /var/rundrwxr-xr-x  3 root   wheel      512 Sep 11 15:42 dovecot
> 
> ls -l /var/run/dovecot/
> srw-rw----  1 dovecot  mail            0 Sep 11 15:42 auth-master
> srw-------  1 root     wheel           0 Sep 11 15:42 auth-worker.47529
> srwxrwxrwx  1 root     wheel           0 Sep 11 15:42 dict-server
> drwxr-x---  2 root     dovecot-auth  512 Sep 11 15:42 login
> -rw-------  1 root     wheel           6 Sep 11 15:42 master.pid
> 
> ls -l /var/run/dovecot/login/
> srw-rw----  1 root  dovecot-auth    0 Sep 11 15:42 default
> -rw-r--r--  2 root  wheel         230 Sep 11 15:41 ssl-parameters.dat
> 
> And the dovecot conf:
> # 1.1.3: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf
> syslog_facility: local6
> ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/mail/mail.nicoelro.net.cert
> ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/mail/mail.nicoelro.net.key
> disable_plaintext_auth: no
> login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
> login_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
> login_user: dovecot-auth
> login_greeting: Mail Server
> login_processes_count: 2
> verbose_proctitle: yes
> first_valid_uid: 143
> last_valid_uid: 143
> first_valid_gid: 143
> last_valid_gid: 143
> mail_access_groups: mail
> mail_location: maildir:/var/mail/vmail/%u/
> mail_plugins: quota imap_quota
> imap_client_workarounds: delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh
> tb-extra-mailbox-sep auth default:
>   mechanisms: plain login
>   passdb:
>     driver: sql
>     args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
>   userdb:
>     driver: sql
>     args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
>   socket:
>     type: listen
>     client:
>       path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
>       mode: 432
>       user: postfix
>     master:
>       path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
>       mode: 432
>       user: dovecot
>       group: mail
> plugin:
>   quota: maildir
>   sieve: /var/mail/vmail/%u/sieve
> 
> 
> Thanks for your informations.
> 
> -- 
>  - Nicolas.
Hello.

I need help.
I *always* this warn message when I start dovecot.
I tested many owners/groups, and the warning is always here.

Which permissions must I set for my configuration?

Thanks!

Regards,

-- 
 -Nicolas.


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