[Dovecot] mkdir permissions denied

[maillists at gimo.co.uk]

Hi

I just would like to let you all know I solved the problem by disabling
selinux.

grrr, linux makes my head hurt coming from the bsd world, hehe

Have fun

On Fri, January 16, 2009 14:59, maillists at gimo.co.uk wrote:
> 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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