[Dovecot] mkdir permissions denied

[maillists at gimo.co.uk]

Hi

I am having problems with a new server that I'm setting up. For some
reason it doesn't want to create the directories for the users.
I'm getting a permissions denied error when logging into the server.

Here is the info I could find, the weird thing is that I have two other
servers where this configuration is working 100%

# dovecot -n
# 1.1.8: /etc/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.2 (Final) ext3
base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/
listen: *
ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/cert.pem
ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/key.pem
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login
login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
login_greeting: Ready.
verbose_proctitle: yes
first_valid_uid: 89
first_valid_gid: 89
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_location: maildir:/var/virtual/%d/%n/
mail_debug: yes
mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh
tb-extra-mailbox-sep
imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh
tb-extra-mailbox-sep
imap_client_workarounds(pop3):
pop3_client_workarounds(default):
pop3_client_workarounds(imap):
pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
auth default:
  mechanisms: plain login
  verbose: yes
  debug: yes
  passdb:
    driver: sql
    args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf
  userdb:
    driver: sql
    args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf
  socket:
    type: listen
    client:
      path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
      mode: 432
      user: postfix
      group: postfix

# grep -v '^ *\(#.*\)\?$' /etc/dovecot-sql.conf
driver = mysql
connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=user password=passwd
default_pass_scheme = MD5
password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u'
user_query = SELECT 89 AS uid, 89 AS gid, maildir FROM mailbox WHERE
username = '%u' AND active = '1'

# telnet localhost 110
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Ready.
user user1 at domain.com
+OK
pass userpass
+OK Logged in.
-ERR [IN-USE] Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to
server log for more information. [2009-01-16 14:47:16]
Connection closed by foreign host.

# tail -F /var/log/maillog
Jan 16 14:46:53 host dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=15501
Jan 16 14:47:15 host dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH       1      
PLAIN   service=pop3    secured lip=127.0.0.1   rip=127.0.0.1   lport=110 
     rport=50795     resp=<hidden>
Jan 16 14:47:15 host dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to
localhost (postfix)
Jan 16 14:47:15 host dovecot: auth-worker(default):
sql(user1 at domain.com,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE
username = 'user1 at domain.com'
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK        1      
user=user1 at domain.com
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST    2      
15427   1
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: auth-worker(default):
sql(user1 at domain.com,127.0.0.1): SELECT 89 AS uid, 89 AS gid, maildir FROM
mailbox WHERE username = 'user1 at domain.com' AND active = '1'
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER      2      
user1 at domain.com    uid=89  gid=89  maildir=domain.com/user1/
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<user1 at domain.com>,
method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1 at domain.com): Effective uid=89,
gid=89
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1 at domain.com): maildir:
data=/var/virtual/domain.com/user1/
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1 at domain.com): maildir++:
root=/var/virtual/domain.com/user1/, index=, control=,
inbox=/var/virtual/domain.com/user1/
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1 at domain.com):
mkdir(/var/virtual/domain.com/user1/cur) failed: Permission denied
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1 at domain.com): Couldn't open INBOX:
Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.
[2009-01-16 14:47:16]
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1 at domain.com): Couldn't open INBOX
top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0

# ll /var/
drwxrwx---  2 postfix postfix  4096 Jan 16 13:14 virtual

# grep 89 /etc/passwd
postfix:x:89:89::blablabla:/sbin/nologin

# grep 89 /etc/group
postfix:x:89:


Can anyone please shed some light on where my problem lies?
I'm at a total loss about this because like I said before, I have two
other server and they have no problems.

Thanks
Reinhold

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